I had a bat flying around my bedroom last night. I couldn't catch it so I left it for the night. This morning, it was asleep, hanging from a window screen. It put on heavy gloves and detached it from the screen and released it outside. It was very groggy and probably hungry. I hope it survives.

I had a short but very enjoyable weekend with my family. Geoffrey and Wanda arrived in Belleville at 1:30p.m. on Friday ( Read more... )

Early this morning, my attention was roused by a very loud squawking of multiple birds outside my window. When I looked out, I saw a large crow on my back porch (first I have seen on my property). The crow was surrounded bu grackles, blue jays and mourning doves who were the cause of the commotion. Suddenly, these birds all attacked the crow ( Read more... )

I was driving north on Northumberland County Rd. 30 towards Campbellford today when I was stopped by a Hydro One flagman. A Hydro One crew was erecting poles to replace ones downed by the two storms on Wednesday. I was shocked to see the old poles broken and shattered by the storm. Some areas will not have electricity until Sunday.

I find that I haven't updated in a month. Not much has happened except for my Dad having an illness that he seems to be recovering from. It is hard to think that he will be 92 years old in six weeks. I've been spending a lot of time with him as of late: getting him to medical appointments, doing some shopping for him and taking him for drives. He ( Read more... )

On Good Friday, I drove to Toronto to spend the Easter Weekend with my son, Geoffrey and his girlfriend Wanda and their two 13-week-old kittens, the Duras sisters, Lursa and B'Etor.


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My dad and I paid a follow-up visit to the audiologist in Campbellford this morning. Everything seems to be going well with his new hearing aids and he got a remote volume control for them. dad then decided he would like to have lunch at the Savoury House, the Chinese buffet in Stirling.


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I drove my Dad to the audiologist in Campbellford today to get his new hearing aids. The originals from five years ago were useless. My first sense of how sensitive the new aids are was when we went to the bank. As we were waiting in line for a teller we were conversing and my dad said "Bob, you don't have to shout any more." I had been used to ( Read more... )

Thursday was a gloriously sunny but cold day. I drove my Dad from his retirement home in Campbellford to the Hôtel Dieu Hospital in Kingston for an examination by his ophthalmic surgeon. Them treatments seem to be working. The deterioration seems to have stopped and his vision has improved marginally. While not totally blind, he is legally blind ( Read more... )

Absolutely beautiful early Spring day, today. Temperature about +8° C with little wind and not a cloud in the sky. I drove to Campbellford to take my Dad to the library for some talking books and to the pharmacy for his glaucoma medication. We took a drive up to Hwy. #7 to the Ranch Restaurant just west of Marmora for lunch. It is one of my father' ( Read more... )