BLACK RIVER FEN PRESERVE NEAR INVERNESS
I was sitting on a Baddeck park bench by the Bras D’or Lake shoreline waiting for Blaze’s summer tires to be put on. As I hugged the new deluxe mop that I’d bought for Sue, I couldn’t help but notice how blue the sky looked. I could believe that nature was cleaning itself because we were, for the most part, leaving it alone.
I worry that when the economy gets rolling again, the world will go back to their dirty economical tricks and blind financial dogma and not nuance their way to a solution where we can live with the environment and not against it.
I worry that when the economy gets rolling again, the world will go back to their dirty economical tricks and blind financial dogma and not nuance their way to a solution where we can live with the environment and not against it.
HEADING OUT TO SEA
I’ve been noticing that lining up for entry to stores is a good way to meet people outside my six-foot protection zone. I’ve had quite a few corona chats.
Last week I was lined up at the hardware store. People were coming out of the store loaded with goodies. Some of them had helpers waiting for them outside so they could unload their haul and go inside to get more.
Last week I was lined up at the hardware store. People were coming out of the store loaded with goodies. Some of them had helpers waiting for them outside so they could unload their haul and go inside to get more.
ICE. WATCH YOUR STEP
The lady standing in front of me told me that people were phoning ahead and putting in their orders. The woman then went into the store and came out with pipes and dampers and paint and mysterious gadgets. She unloaded it all on the ground so she could go in and get more.
WALKING TO LINE-UP FREE STORE
The person behind me asked me if I’d ordered ahead. I said no.
Then I said, to all the line-uppers behind me, “All I’m lining up for is to buy this.” I then reached into my pocket and pulled out a very tiny night-light lamp bulb.
The line-uppers did the chuckle wave until it got to the last person in the lineup who was having a getting-into-the-store dream dancing in her head.
Then I said, to all the line-uppers behind me, “All I’m lining up for is to buy this.” I then reached into my pocket and pulled out a very tiny night-light lamp bulb.
The line-uppers did the chuckle wave until it got to the last person in the lineup who was having a getting-into-the-store dream dancing in her head.
SNOW SPIDER
Last Friday it became apparent to me that a person can, over time, build up some rather interesting relationships with servers in different establishments.
For example, every Friday I buy a healthy Iced Cap at a local coffee shop. The staff has got to know me. They’ll often say, “Two Iced Caps, right?” before I even order.
For example, every Friday I buy a healthy Iced Cap at a local coffee shop. The staff has got to know me. They’ll often say, “Two Iced Caps, right?” before I even order.
DISAPPOINTED HAWK AFTER MISSING A ROBIN BY A FEATHER
One day I responded with, “Yes, that’s what I want, but maybe, some day, I might want to buy something else.”
The young female server brandished her fist at me and said, “You better not!”
The young female server brandished her fist at me and said, “You better not!”
BADDECK HARBOUR CROW
Another day, just before they had decided to close up the inside of the store and resort to drive-through only, I went to grab a straw for my precious Iced Cap and there weren’t any. The manager told me they’d hidden them away because of the virus.
A young server stepped to the counter and said, “Don’t you worry! We’ll look after you!”
A young server stepped to the counter and said, “Don’t you worry! We’ll look after you!”
COLTS FOOT
Last Friday, after dancing my way through this store and that store and after helping an elderly woman find help to get her keys out of her car, I went through the coffee shop vehicle pick-up.
When I got to the ordering picture place where you can see what you’ve ordered, so you can remember what you’ve ordered, I said, “One Iced Cap please.”
When I got to the ordering picture place where you can see what you’ve ordered, so you can remember what you’ve ordered, I said, “One Iced Cap please.”
I SEE YOU
The faceless voice replied, “Two Iced Caps.”
I said, “No, just one Iced Cap.”
The faceless voice, who obviously knew me, actually had the gall to question my order.
I said, “No, just one Iced Cap.”
The faceless voice, who obviously knew me, actually had the gall to question my order.
WOLF WOMAN'S HOUSE AND BARN
She said, “What about your wife?”
Well that shocked me and I quickly replied, “She doesn’t like them as well as I do.”
Well that shocked me and I quickly replied, “She doesn’t like them as well as I do.”
EIGHT AM BREAKFAST
That’s all I had and I felt rather guilty and sad and derelict in my duties as a good partner. I was torn. One reason I didn’t buy Sue one was because I worry about the residual viruses that might be on the cups. Who knows? More nuance and to be truthful about it, Sue and I often go through the drive-through where I buy two Iced Caps.
GOOSE
Anyway, this faceless voice was defending Sue and as I slowly pulled away from the speaker, I heard her shout into her mouthpiece, “Buy her a donut!”
Am I too sensitive? Who knows?
However, remember I told you, in another blog, that the Co-op doesn’t take our returnable bottles anymore. Well, we’ve made a good thing out of that. We are using the bottles and filling them with clean spring water. It’s probably healthier.
Am I too sensitive? Who knows?
However, remember I told you, in another blog, that the Co-op doesn’t take our returnable bottles anymore. Well, we’ve made a good thing out of that. We are using the bottles and filling them with clean spring water. It’s probably healthier.
LIGHT IT UP, WOULD YOU?
On Sunday, after we got our spring water, I drove to that coffee shop and went through the drive-through and ordered two Iced Caps. Part of the reason was because I wanted the faceless voice to see that I was a good partner who was buying two Iced Caps.
Alas, she wasn’t there and I’ll have to order two for sure next Friday.
Alas, she wasn’t there and I’ll have to order two for sure next Friday.
BLACK RIVER FEN PRESERVE
