Work, Work, Work......That seems to be all that I am doing lately. I eat, sleep and work. And this is retirement???? Lol. There is something definitely wrong with this picture!!
John and I have managed a few trips down the North Road and have even taken Hogan for a swim at Vimy. Hogan loves the water and despite the fact that he continues to lose weight and is failing to thrive, he seemed to enjoy the outing. I don't think he realizes he is sick and that is a good thing.
The forest to the north of us is burning. There are currently 116 forest fires burning and only 26 are under control. Needless to say, we have a lot of smoke in the air here in town. Some mornings, the smoke is on the ground. We have a evacuation plan ready at the nursing home just in case the air quality gets so bad that the residents have to be evacuated. I looked on the emergency phone fan out and I see that my name is the first on the list to be called. One of the perks to be actually living right in town I guess!!
Our Canadian Football League has officially started and we have been busy watching the games. It was a brutal first week in the league with as many as four starting quarterbacks going down to injuries. Of course Saskatchewan's was one of them. He will be out for the season with an Achilles tendon rupture!! Holy Buckets!! We are starting off great!!
John and I went on a rescue mission to Green Lake this week where Gary and Arlene had gone fishing. Apparently he was stuck in the lake and needed a tow. When we arrived he was indeed stuck. His whole truck was in the lake and the rocker panels were under water. I might mention at this time that this is a brand new 2015 truck!! I do not think it was meant to be "in the lake". Another fisherman was there and had attempted to tow him out but was unable to. After several failed attempts and a snapped tow rope, the guys then put the other fisherman's truck in front of ours and the two of them pulled and pulled until Gary finally came free. Man, his poor truck is no longer new. It now supports a twisted bumper and the air damn is looking a bit shabby as well. Not to mention the million and a half gallons of water that drained out of the cab!! But, he was out of the lake and more than ready to get home. John and I had to quickly beat it back home because I had to work a night shift. Man, our life is never dull for very long!!
John and I finally broke down and went for a load of wood this week. We headed out to our favourite spot and soon had a load. The smoke was pretty prevalent along the road and hanging in all the low areas.
When we got home, rain clouds were forming so we quickly got the wood into the storage shed and then John started a fire and we sat around it until supper was ready. At one point we were sitting under the umbrella!! No point wasting a good fire just because of a bit of rain!
Another busy week has come and gone and it saw us celebrate Canada Day and also the USA July 4th. No fire works around here though as the fire bans were on. No one wanted to risk endangering the very dry forest. We did get a bit of rain and that certainly helped but we could certainly use a whole lot more. Maybe this upcoming week will bring some. For this we can only hope........
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| Prairie Lily |
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| Vimy Lake |
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| Hogan fetching the ball |
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| Shaking off |
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| Smoke from our many forest fires |
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| Headed out on our rescue mission |
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| Gary deciding weather to use the truck or the boat to go fishing |
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| Pelican checking out the situation |
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| All hooked up |
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| Lets give it a try |
Out he comes
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| Smoke in town from the northern fires |
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| Hogan enjoying another fire |
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| Hogan waiting for some fish from Garry |
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