Street garbage

This afternoon I went for my walk with a few garbage bags to pick up some stuff I had seen along the route I regularly walk in our neighborhood. I do this every now and then because it never stops to amaze me what people leave behind in our public places. And it is a small effort to clean some of it up as much as it is sad to see this kind of pollution. Today I had to get the car to pick up the collected garbage and bring it afterwards to the landfill. Way too much plastics among what I picked up. The most amazing for me are dog-poop plastic bags thrown in the bushes. It would be better to scoop up the poop and throw that in the bushes (nature to nature). Why on earth put it in plastic bags and then throw that in the bushes? 

And this is what I left for another day....

 

Talking to NL

Mary helped her Dad getting on his IPad again to be able to FaceTime with others. That resulted in a chat with the son of one of his sisters in Holland. It was fun to witness that conversation. In the meantime I have completed another puzzle, do my daily walks (although it was nicer with warmer weather) and exercises + continue to read books. The retired life has suited me quite easily. I do every now and then work on a possible novel but that requires being in the right mood.
 

Puzzles... the winter of...

The seasonal weather gives us colder days again, so more hours spend on our new table putting together jigsaw puzzles. This one took just a few days, but the one I am working on now is a lot harder...

Pick-nick along the canal

Today was again a beautiful sunny day. Susan mobilized us all and brought a lunch out to "lock 3" where Ralph and Mary cycled, Sue brought the food and I brought Opa Vandenboom. 

Opa enjoyed watching one of the "Great Lakes" cargo ships enter the lock on its way to Fort Erie. I took the e-bike back with Ralph while Mary drove Opa back. We both got our exercise for the day. At home we still enjoyed some of the Fall sunshine.....

Nice Fall days

While the counting of election ballots continues in the USA, we have a few very nice Fall days. Along the Welland canal it is always nice cycling and walking, especially during these nice weather days. One of my stops today was at the South Niagara Rowing Club (see photo below). I had nice days there doing volunteer work during the years that Hilary did her rowing practices and races, now already 13-14 years ago. Time flies...

Another puzzle bites the dust

Mary found a 1,000 pieces puzzle in one of the local second hand stores. We started on it early last week and it was a challenging self-inflicted task. Sorting the pieces in the beginning makes the finding of fitting color by color easier.....

Mary joined the puzzling and I did most of the work while listening to the USA elections. What a crazy process it is this time in the middle of a country wide severe Corona pandemic. I am impressed by the details required to make the counting a transparent, fair and diligent process. It takes time this time, of course also because the race is again very close. 

Continuing the puzzling while following the USA election counting process now during three days. It is an amazingly complicated process, and people have to be asked to be very patient. Hopefully the folks will manage to keep their calm and accept whatever the outcome will be. Today we completed the new puzzle: mission accomplished on this one....