A few more pictures today, borrowed from a friend’s Facebook page, of my neighbourhood after Friday’s tornadoes touched down in Ottawa. Schools are all closed today, though power has been restored most places.
Friday night a tornado ripped through Ottawa, a very rare occurrence. I’m in Germany. The first I heard of it was when I woke up Saturday morning to read that 150,000 people were without power. Homes were destroyed, people injured and it was being described as the worst natural disaster since the 1998 ice storm […]
Still feeling a little uninspired today, then I came across this photo I took in Naples almost a decade ago. Not sure what the context was, whether it was in a store or on the street. Probably the street, given that the pictures both before and after on the camera were street scenes. Back then, […]
The effects of jet lag have hit in full force. I’m certain anything I post would be unfunny, uninteresting and not even unusual. Therefore, rather than have you read something written while I was in a semi-incoherent state, I have decided to wait another day before resuming our regularly scheduled programming. The argument could be […]
The trip back to Germany was uneventful, much better than the 42-hour marathon we took getting to Canada six weeks ago. Now comes the adjustment again to language and culture, which will take much more than the adjustment to this time zone. It was so nice to be in the same time zone as the […]
Pumpkins are orange. Always have been, and I thought they always would be. Imagine my surprise to discover that in my year away from Canada there have apparently been some new varieties of pumpkins cultivated. Multi-hued ones caught my eye, but the ones that really stood out are the solid white ones. As a traditionalist […]
My mother had a birthday recently, and my siblings and I pooled our resources and got her a new cat. I think it was a surprise, even though my cousins had given her sister a cat for her birthday a couple of months back. Both women are living in seniors’ residences, which have a no […]
Following up on yesterday’s post, more pictures from the church.
With only a few days left in Canada I have been rather remiss about posting in this space. So many things to do before we leave, and it seems there is never enough time. I have several new posts bubbling in my head but haven’t gotten around yet to putting pen to paper (so to […]
You have to wonder why no-one noticed that these signs really don’t belong together. At least I hope they don’t.
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