Saturday, August 18, 2018

Keep HER there please!

Life is difficult enough without help from your Woman in Red Pati so please keep her there with you! But please keep sharing your stories of HER adventures because I am enjoying the laughs too much.
I took Daisy along with her granddaughter to Huntsville Hospital for an 8 pm appointment for an ultrasound last night. I offered to drive them and glad I did - for Daisy and Michelle. Things are a bit tough there right now and I know Daisy enjoys my company to lighten it up a bit inspite of her increasing compromised situation medically. I cannot remember if I mentioned that her son was to come this week but then his wife fell and broke her arm so all the plans fell through for care. Now Michelle is staying for another week. Her mother owns a Hair Salon in Toronto where Michelle also works so times are tough for them complicated by Daisy's recent fall and subsequent issues. Daisy's son Mike now has to drive his wife to the Salon to set it up for her for the day, She is answering the phone and basically running things with one other hairdresser doing all the hair work as she herself cannot do anything physically with her arm in a sling and constant pain. What a circus for them! Driving down to Huntsville we spotted smoke rising from the bush along the highway and shocked to see flames rising above the trees and the air filling with thick black smoke. Fire trucks were rushing up from Huntsville along the highway ( cars by the way were not giving way for the trucks - must be frustrating for the emergency responders when this happens) On the way home, in the dark now as it was past 9 pm, I wondered if the highway may be blocked as a result but only encountered heavy Friday night traffic heading North for the weekend and as we passed the area, no evidence of continued involvement so thankfully they must have got the blaze under control. Michelle said she had seen a structure in full blaze on the way down, so perhaps it was a garage or maybe a home? With the dry ground and trees and the threat of forest fires I had worried the fire could have taken off worse.
Well, the  weekend is here and so I hope you folks enjoy a bit of rest - Cathy how are things there - have you cleaned up your garden yet? We are in the process of doing that now - but with each day Harry comes up with a new idea and things get interesting. Yesterday a dog wondered into the yard obviously lost so Harry secured him by promising treats. He had a phone number on his collar which I called but left a message only. It was about an hour later that Harry actually made contact and the fellow came over in a flash to get the dog. The dog has done this before and it was the same dog we helped the neighbour Ruth look after in the Spring that landed in her yard. The man was very nice and acknowledged that he had come this way before to retrieve the dog and joked that we must have his phone number on speed dial by now!  Take care.

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