Hot Feet!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been beautiful and we've enjoyed doing more yard work. We had a few days that were a bit too warm for us, and we're thankful for an air-conditioned house to escape from that. Wendy put in a lot of hours cleaning up the flower beds and transplanting several hostas and bushes. Tonight she celebrated with her feet up by the fire!

Hot Feet!

We spent Thursday over at Trav & Joanna's to build and install their new pergola. That went well, and I also took advantage of the opportunity to recharge the AC in his car using the remnants from when I did the same job on my own car. We are now three weeks past our second vaccine dose, so we're pretty much at maximum protection. We're starting to plan travel in July, but are still delayed by some medical work for me. The world-wide pandemic data did not improve this week, and we're closing in on 4 million deaths, sigh! The coronavirus situation in Canada continues to improve and all provinces have reduced the infection rates below the concern threshold. The single fly in that ointment is in the combination of the delta variant along with the number of people who remain unvaccinated. Ontario is taking the next stage of reopening next week, and most other provinces have announced similar removal of the restrictions. The majority of infections and deaths has now switched to the unvaccinated. My concern relates to the fact that if the virus is allowed to infect people, it will also have opportunity to mutate into even more variants. The markets had an up and down week, but the up days were really good, and I've managed to make quota for the month, so long as I can hang on for the final three trading days. The US Open golf championship went to Spaniard, John Rahm. The Blue Jays continue with their inconsistent results, mainly due to failures by their relief pitchers. They are playing a series against Baltimore, but that ends tomorrow. The NHL has moved onto the Stanley Cup finals. One of my picks actually won a series—the blind pig found a turnip! I'm picking Tampa Bay to win the Cup; that is Habs' fans you hear cheering! 

Erica writes, "We’ve enjoyed Liam’s visit this week. On Friday, Liam went to a walk-in and got his second shot. We are starting to plan for my surgery in Germany. Germany has now opened its borders to fully vaccinated travellers. The church benevolent fund approved this project for me; I'll pass along the particulars, soon. On Tuesday, Saskatchewan Lipedema launched its website. I gave a talk on Lipedema and my journey so far. "

Kristian has completed his final quint of this school year and is now on summer holidays. He achieved great results in Social Studies and Mathematics, his second best quint of the year. Well done, Kristian! Erin managed to score her second vaccine dose, so she's on her way to being as fully protected as she can get at this time. 

Travis and Joanna bought the lumber and connections for a pergola on their upper deck. We worked with them on Thursday to assemble it. It went together well, and looks impressive.

Back yard decks! 

The sail on top provides UV protection and shade for them to enjoy their new deck chairs. Gemma continues her summer job for the University, although she has to work from home. Andrew is in a training program as a personal care worker. He is enjoying that. This week, they are off to southern Ontario to visit family down there. 

And that's enough for this week.