June 28 to July 4

Monday
We moved a few more items over to our daughters new house. They now have room to store things. Finished reading "The Forest," by Ernest Rutherford. A very good read. I finally got out to the garden centre to buy a couple of pieces of sod. I have a spot in my lawn that does not grow grass seed well so I am trying sod. Walked 9.8 km.

Tuesday
We are taking a vacation from book sorting at the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada until September. Did some gardening. Some showers. Biked 9.2 km. Walked 6 km.

Wednesday
Today was supposed to have some sun but instead it was grey and cloudy with rain late in the afternoon. Found time to cut the grass and do a bit of weeding. Walked 7.3 km.

Thursday
Canada Day our 143rd anniversary! Sunny this morning for a change but cool, lots of cloud during the day. My wife and I went in to Parliament Hill to see the Queen. We left home about 10 am and when we got there, there were lots of people but we found a spot next to a barricade that gave us a good view of Parliament. We saw the Queen arrive from a distance of about 200 m. Watched her review the troops. She stayed for the entire noon hour show. There were several excellent speeches. her car exited the Hill right in front of us. We left the Hill about 2 pm and decided to head home. After some lunch we then headed over to our younger daughters house and spent the afternoon there. They gave us a BBQ supper and then we waited to head over to the Trim Road Hill to watch fireworks on Petrie Island. The fireworks were Ok but we were about 2 km away so the sound effects were limited. Walked 7.2 km.

Friday
A much nicer day today, sunny abt 25 C. Went shopping this morning for an electric power washer at Canadian Tire. Did a bit of gardening as well. The day went a way too fast, not much accomplished. I tried to read but kept falling asleep. Biked 11.2 km. Walked 8.5 km.

Saturday
A sunny and hot day today, abt 32 C. Spent the day mostly at home. Did a bit of gardening. I tried out my new power washer today, by cleaning the back patio stones and then cleaning the garage doors and frames. We also took off a large storm window form our living room window washed the glass and reinstalled the storm window. Walked 7.2 km.

Sunday
A bit hazy this morning. Sunny. abt 35 C. My wife and I went for a bike ride before noon. Did a bit of gardening today. We watched a few more episodes of Andromeda. We also had the two dogs Jackson and Hogan over to our place for a couple of hours while their parents were out doing errands. They really like visiting us but they miss their parents. Biked 11.4 km. Walked 3.1 km.