Canada Geese continued

We, too, have been watching the geese.  They are starting to gather in larger and larger flocks.  We can see them practicing their "skeining up". At one spot on the bike trail, there is a field where there have been 3-4 of them all summer.  Now we see multitudes, but one family is still holding themselves apart.  The four of them have been about 75 yds further down the trail since spring, and they are still there.  Probably close enough to hear any orders given and to participate in the flight training.

Big fire here last night.  One of the newspaper headlines this morning said "St. B Burns".  Well, it was a very nasty fire at a  refinery/storage depot for specialty racing fuels, and one tanker car full of biodiesel fuel exploded.  I was out and drove over the Lagimodiere overpass just south of  Regent.  The smoke was obvious from just about anywhere in the city, but from the top of the overpass I could also see flames going quite a way into the sky.  Cars were pulled over all along the overpass with cameras etc.  There was a evacuation of several blocks of businesses and residences, for fear of greater explosions, as there were several other tanker cars just outside the burning building.  The news said that it was just off the corner of Marion and Archibald. We were through there this afternoon but saw nothing.

Ravenesque met last night, and we all delivered our hats.  For the most part they were just personalisation that resulted in a still wearable hat, but mine was a little different.  The organizers are still in the stage of preparing proposals for galleries, so I suggested that they include Viscount.  I hope that was okay.

The piece that I had in the gallery for the last month sold from home yesterday.  Since the contact had nothing to do with the gallery, I have no intention of paying them any commission.  This means that I have to make something else for the show next spring for which  the piece had been originally intended.  Same thing happened last year.  I'm not complaining, mind you!