June 21 to 27

Monday
Sunny and warm today abt 25 C. I did some reading today on another Edward Rutherford book, "The Forest." In the afternoon I spent about 2 hours weeding the garden and rearranging my bunny barriers. It is amazing how fast weeds can grow in a week! The new grass patches I planted are doing really well. By the fall it will be hard to tell they were new. We had fresh strawberries for dessert. We picked our daughter up at the airport about 11.30 pm. She is back from Wisconsin for a while. Biked 9.4 km. Walked 8.5 km.

Tuesday
Sunny and warm today abt 25 C. This was my day to sort books at the Friend of the Library and Archives Canada. I was really tired after this as we moved about 100 boxes of books. Went shopping after supper. We had fresh strawberries for dessert. Walked 11 km.

Wednesday
Mostly Cloudy. I did a bit of gardening today then continued reading my book on "The New Forest." I went and got some fresh strawberries this morning.

A memorable event happened when we were out walking in the afternoon. We heard a noise about 1:41 pm that sounded like thunder. I was just going to say we are going to get wet when we noticed the ground was shaking. It shook for about a minute. We experienced a 5.0 magnitude earthquake. When we got home we discovered several items with small bases had been knocked over. The drawers on a wooden desk in our bedroom were all slightly ajar. People along our walking route were outside and several said they had to hold onto items like large screen TVs to keep them steady. One lady was very upset and she was out driving. She had to stop and talk to us. The epicentre was about 60 km North of Ottawa where we live. First one we have felt for a few years. Walked 6 km.

Thursday
Rain over night and heavy rain throughout the day. Didn't do any gardening. Read some more of The Forest. In the evening we went and looked at Chrysler cars and then went over to our daughters new house to help clean before they move in. I did the vacuuming. Walked 10.8 km.

Friday
Sunny today. Spent the day helping our daughter move, cleaning the new house and putting together a BBQ which came almost entirely in pieces. Walked 10.1 km.

Saturday
Rain in the morning and into the afternoon. We stayed home today except for a BBQ at our daughters new house in the evening. Read some more of my current book, The Forest." I finally found time to do a little sourcing on my Link family genealogy. Walked 6.2 km.

Sunday
Cloudy most of the day. Read some more of my current book, The Forest." Went out for supper to The Works, a fancy hamburger place. I found time to do a little sourcing on my Link family genealogy. Biked 9.2 km. Walked 4.1 km.