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Category: Rainwater

Rain Poncho Test

We went to Ikea after church this morning and one of the things we picked up were rain ponchos for Angela and Claudia. They need one for their trip to Germany, something to keep their knapsacks dry. When we got home we tested them out and they passed the test.

An update on the backyard bird feeder, one night this past week a couple of racoons were fighting over it and knocked it to the ground. After refilling it and hanging it up again, it lasted a day until some squirrels decided they would take their turn at it. They broke the handle off and chewed the cap to get the lid off. Undeterred, I fixed it up with some new wire, tape and a hashi.

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The birds are back, we even had a Blue Jay munching away at the seeds that were on the ground.

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New Neighbourhood Feeder

This past weekend I put up a new bird feeder in the back maple tree. It has been slow trying to attract the birds away from the neighbours many feeders. We didn’t see a single bird on the weekend, even the squirrels were ignoring it. Finally on Monday while I was bbq’ing a cardinal stopped by, yesterday were some finches and today I had my camera out.

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Look over here.

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It was so good she brought her mate back with her.

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Soccer Game Called

Angela’s soccer game was cancelled due to heavy rain and lightning. We made it to the field and then ran for the truck. We sat in the truck while waiting for the referee to call the game. This was the sky just before the storm rolled in.

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Congratulations Angela!

Angela has accepted her offer to McMaster’s Kinesiology program starting in September. Exciting times are ahead for her. Susan and I are very proud of the choice she has made.

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Happy Birthday Claudia!

Happy 16th Birthday Claudia! Where has the time gone. Claudia had a couple of friends over to celebrate her special day.

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A photo from the archives, this was taken 16 years to the day. It was our first “selfie”, well before selfie’s were a thing. I remember Susan had gone to the washroom and I had Dad’s HP200 1 megapixel camera, so I took a photo of Claudia and I.

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Angela’s Prom

Angela has almost reached all of her high school milestones. On Friday it was Prom. Here she is with her boyfriend Dylan.

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Can you tell that Dylans boutiniere was broken, they made me put it on and I accidentally snapped the head off the stem. No problem mon, just a little situation. I was able to MacGyver it back together with some pins and according to Angela it lasted the night.

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They were going to her friend Dani’s house for pre-prom photos, but we did some pre-pre-prom photos at our house ahead of time.

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Angela with her friend Christian.

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Angela, Ashley and Danee.

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A group of eight of them were taking a limo to the prom, however the one girl and her boyfriend were late getting to the house so they missed most of the photos.

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Susan had taken Angela to their hairdresser Angela in the morning and turned out well. Angela looked great.

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Angela and her squad.

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Danee, Ashley and Angela were friends from elementary school at St. Richards.

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My heart goes on?

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The limo was a little late, but did arrive, as did Hailey and her date.

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It sounded like they had a good time.

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Tree Service

We needed some dead branches trimmed on the maple tree so Claudia volunteered to go up the tree.

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Chloe got a haircut and a bath. Then she promptly rolled around in the garden.

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Cousins

Shanna and Jesse arrived back in Toronto from Montego Bay on an earlier flight, so Gillian and Claudia went to pick them up and they stayed at our place. They had a flight Sunday afternoon to Kelowna. The girls with their cousin Jesse.

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First Blue Jays Game of the Season

We headed down to our first Blue Jays game of the year for Josh Donaldson Bobblehead Day.

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As you can see in the photo, we got there early and it was a little on the chilly side.

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We drove down and parked over towards Spadina and Queen, not a good idea, getting out after the game was a zoo.

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The roof was closed.

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We were pretty high up, after last year’s playoff run, getting tickets was harder this year. We were seated in Section 515R, seats 8-11.

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The Blue Jays won the game 6-3 over the Oakland Athletics.

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We Need a Bird Feeder

Chloe keeping watch in the backyard from intruding birds and squirrels.

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Despite Chloe’s patrols the neighbours tree still gets Cardinals. I was out with my big zoom lens.

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And American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).

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He was in the tree after Chloe chased it from the fence.

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The Cardinal’s mate.

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The squirrel back on the fence post.

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An American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis).

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