another downed tree

 Summer persists with days with sun, cloud, and one day, threatening rain. Tuesday and Wednesday were beautiful with temps in the high 20s with a humidex in the low 30s. Perfect for chilling outside and for having supper on the deck.

Today, not so much! We’ve taken the shade down as there is a tornado watch again… 

(later in the day: I hid out in the closet for a bit this afternoon as we were hit with an incredible storm. One huge poplar tree was blown down and another is down but tangled up in another tree… a tornado did touch down in Barrhaven)

Monday I spent the morning (aside from a quick trip to the grocery store), in the kitchen making barbeque black-eyed pea burgers - 18 of them! They are tucked away in the freezer ready to grab and heat for an easy plant-based meal, even for a crowd. Covid did a bad thing to our diet - as the months wore on, more and more meat and cheese and eggs made up our meals - it’s time now to get back into healthier eating.

We are not going to become die-hard vegans again but will try to make more meatless meals with only the occasional bit of beast.

Lately for lunch I’ve been harvesting some lettuce leaves, topping them with homemade hummus and avocado, then rolling them up into ruffled cylinders - yum!

Tuesday night was our last night of agility… I have to decide if I’ll sign up for another round of classes. Lupa is doing reasonably well and it seems to be fun for her but there’s lots of standing around waiting. Our last run was A-frame, tunnel, jump, jump, tire, tunnel, dog walk! Almost a whole course! There were a few glitches but she was great :-)

The agility is a bit like ballroom dancing - there’s lots of technique/body language cues that I can’t seem to get right - it’s amazing that I don’t fall on my face as I’m running around the ring. I can’t always remember to shout out the right cue…

A bit more time travel: Sunday we traipsed into the city with the dogs for their annual dental cleaning. The technicians said they both did great, but who really knows how they were! Their teeth are shiny and white again. We took advantage of being next door to a shwarma place ;-) Two giant tables were crowded with Middle Eastern families eating giant platters of food. Saturday Mom and Dad came for a late afternoon visit :-) It was a lovely afternoon and not too hot for a change so we could sit outside - I should have gotten a photo as Mom went all out with blue and white attire to match the deck - all the blue made her eyes look incredible! Friday night we went to Trudie & Leo’s for supper.

Awesome!

“Mom’s bright blue eyes”

“stacks of vegan burgers in the freezer”

“roasted mushrooms in the actifry”

“a whole course with only a few hiccups”