Day 693 A chip off the old block

2nd July 2019

The heat hit me as I entered the garage, even opening the door did not have any other effect. I had a list of things I wanted to do, so the heat was appreciated.

I was working on the two desk pedestals which needed a bit of filling. I mixed the “Bondo” with a small amount of hardener, I only managed to fill part of the area before the chemical reaction and ambient temperature made the stuff solid.

There was a lot of noise from the street. Contractors were busy cutting down a couple of large maple trees by the side of South Shore Drive. This was sad to see as we had lived in the shadow of these monsters all the time we were in the other house. There were cranes, cherry pickers, mechanical movers, and a mother of all shredders. This machine’s hunger was insatiable, taking huge boughs and turning it into chippings.

The place had the aura of a slaughterhouse, we were watching the destruction of a wonderful statue, with the cold precision of a death machine. I had seen the red dots painted at the base of the trunk a few weeks before, so I was expecting the worse, but it still shocked me to be witnessing the event.

Within a short time they were gone, the only evidence remaining were the trunks stacked on the grass. We asked one of the guys if we could have a slice from one of the trees. Kelli explained that we had lived in the house, and offered some ice poles in exchange. A little later were were looking at our piece of the tree, I’m not sure what we plan to do with it, but it will have a place in our home.

Kelli left me to get on with my jobs and went

off to do some errands, and scour the Goodwills. She returned triumphantly with a dresser that needed a bit of love on it.

Later in the afternoon the sky got dark, a storm was coming in from the lake. It got so dark that I had to put lights on in the garage.

Then the rain came, a quick burst, and then it was gone along with the black clouds.

The air was fresh and cooler, and hopefully all the fertiliser on the lawn would have soaked in and started to do its job.