Where HAVE I been?? Oft times suffering from toxin overload and feeling like.... In between times, getting some things done. The shed is almost empty and needs a truck - for big stuff - which has not been happening. Maybe tomorrow. Then I can take it down and see our two beautiful flower beds. The sunny one includes the terribly stunted rhubarb of which some have recovered and a couple still need CARE. I managed to plant 8 tomato plants before the heat hit. Still have 10 and 6 pepper plants to get in. I do NOT go out in this heat.

However, a special invite to a garden tour yesterday took a special trip to the country. Took a load of stuff mostly loaded by R who does not mind heat. I endured the heat for the sake of the gorgeous garden. Then unloaded at the house, had lunch(3 pm) and started home. The "for sale" house just along the road had another pile of neat stuff in the trash pile. I picked it up and took it back and put it in the garage. Most importantly - a folding table which is just what we need to do a pottery thing at the Apple Hollow Music Fest next month!! We plan to take a wheel and clay, etc and let people try their hand playing with clay.

On the way down, I had picked up cheap groceries and dropped off a pile of stuff at the thrift shop where I spent 50 cents for a useful wire cupboard shelf, already put in place. Some of this new batch will also o to the thrift shop.

Then, about a half hour from the city, R called and told me the building in front of one of his was on fire! My immediate response? Wonderful!!

It STOOD between their building and the historic Lachine canal. Without it, that bit of land can be purchased and made into better parking, lawn, etc. It was a paper recycling depot with transports coming and going all day long. Sometimes one waiting in the parking lot and even one or two in the middle of the street!

The parking lot is entirely part of R's property - the company had right of way only - so the trucks were damaging the parking lot and drives and making dreadful noise and pollution all day.

Well, it is gone. The fire fighters did, however, knock one wall over on top of a ten ton machine (also knocked over) and a travel trailer as well as dumping lots of debris on the property. Hopefully the company's insurance will pay for this foolishness. It will of course take time and effort to get all that sorted. I can only hope for the best possible outcome. The road was still blocked this morning when I dropped R off.

The country home is a source of pleasure. There is light at the end of the move tunnel and also for the pottery making. I am soon going to go get some clay - a trek to the north of the city.

What an exciting life, ehh!?

Last Saturday I made R's life exciting. We were "exploring" in the country and he bumped into a friend who lives nearby. W said he had pieces R needs to get the stove in place (a stove extension cord!). So we went to W's. I waited and waited and ..... ...decided to go to the nearby gas station and fill up.

"She left without me!!!!" W was going to have to drive him somewhere! He was SO upset- both of them! W felt guilty for keeping R and R was sure I would be furious. Then, R thought - THOUGHT! Maybe she went for gas... I really thought he was that smart. I just laughed!!! I knew this would happen with W. So we bought a beautiful plant for the town balcony and set off for the Saturday music event, stopping at a yard sale and buying two beautiful corner etageres for my pottery display. We could not get them in the car with the other yard sale purchases of the day so I made a special trip down on Monday with a load. But there was no one at the house so I left a note. (Sunday we had to come into the city.)

Jou Tou is a totally amazing group. They were at the one cafe on Fri and the other on Sat. Irresistibly fantastic! The open mike was good too and I felt well enough to sing "my" song - The Frozen Logger.