Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Bike Ride: June 30/21

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Marks, Walsh, Syndicate, Ridgeway, Hardisty, May, Memorial, High, Lisgar (r & l), High, Oliver, Winnipeg, Queen (to High & back across Hill to Ray & back to) Winnipeg, Dog Walk, 8th, Carrick, Superstore, Memorial, May, Syndicate, Dease, Vickers, Walsh, Marks.

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Mum Jab #2: June 29/21

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Scheduled for 11:40. Due an error by the provincial booking system, appointments had been made for the two hours that day before the doors open!! However, my Mum got jabbed only 20 min. after her scheduled time.

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Monday, June 28, 2021

Bike Ride: June 28/21

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Alley, Walsh, Vickers, Luci, Isabella, Archibald, Miles, Syndicate, Dease, Syndicate, William, May, path, Waterford, Carrick, 8th, Dog Walk, bridge, Pasteur, Beverly, Ravenwood Ave., Trillium Way & Ct., Ravenwood, Beverly, Oasis & Vista, Balmoral, path through Academy Park, Academy Dr. & Pkwy, Balmoral, Oliver, Langworthy, Oliver, Enniskillen (to end & back to) Crooks, Ravenwood (l & r), Beverly, Darwin, Winnipeg, Dog Walk, 8th, Carrick, Waterford, path, May, William, Syndicate, Dease, Archibald, Arthur, Shoppers, Vickers, Moodie, Marks.

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Bike Ride: June 27/21

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Alley, Rollins, Red River, High, Elizabeth, Duke, Dawson, Aspen, River, Dobie, Parsons, Brent, Logan, Brook, Hull, Balsam, Clayte, Shuniah (visit), Marshall, Farrand, Briarwood (alley), Meek, Farrand, Briarwood, Autumnwood, Peter, Van Norman, College, Hebert, High, Red River, Summit, Bay, Winnipeg (delivered book), Bay, High, Dufferin, Rollins, St. Pat's, car.

My map says I've not ridden Brent St. Bridge before, but I'm sure I have:

Clayte St. Bridge:

Hillcrest Sunken Garden is coming along:

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Friday, June 25, 2021

Bike Ride: June 25/21

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St. Pat's, Rollins, Ambrose, Beresford, Winnipeg, Red River, Martha, Tupper, Algoma, St. George, Jean, Dawson, Algoma, Argyle, Court, St. James, Cumberland, Van Horne, Court, Angus, Cumberland, Tupper (left & right), Court, Red River, St. Pat's, car.

Views of Tupper starting at Martha. The garden has made a lot of progress since May 24:

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

Bike Ride: June 24/21

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Joe's Auto, Gore, Neebing, Rosslyn, Metcalfe, Rosslyn, Bowman, Machray, Rosslyn, Baker, 20th (left then right), Otway, 20th, Perozak, Lar-Den, Freeman, Empson, Fraser, Almira, Freeman, Perozak, Empson, Fraser, Empson, Fraser, RS Piper, Rosslyn, 20th, Nova, Acorn, Nova, Lacewood, 20th, Arthur, Garden, Gardenbriar, Garden, Arthur, Ramada Inn, Beaverhall, Walsh, Gordon, James, Gore (Joe's), home some usual way.

Looking from Machray Ave. across the tracks to the end of Frederica where I was on Mar. 15/21. And looking along it to Rosslyn Rd.:

Looking for Holmes & Watson:

I was last here on Sept. 5/20. Why is the hut still there?

I always wondered whether there was any connection with the Otways of my childhood:

Shiny!

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Licence Stickers: June 24/21

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There's been an amnesty on renewing these during Covid. I piled them on so thick (all the way back to '98) that the most recent one had barely any text on it. So I removed most of them before affixing the latest, which coincidentally is the same colour at the first.

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Basement Door Bolt: June 24/21

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This has needed doing for years. Now I don't have to keep the door closed with a bungee cord.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Cheer's Open Mic Gang Outdoor Fewer Than 10, Distanced Jam: June 22/21

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I sang:

One Too Many Mornings (Dylan) - This week's lesser-known Bob Song,
Rosie the Riveter (Evans/Loeb),
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (LENNON/McCartney),
The Hippopotamus Song - Mud, Mud (Flanders/Swann), and Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport (Harris).

Review: "Noice." - re. "... Kangaroo" - what I wish Kris had said.

Sterling took this pic of the grass. I thought he was photographing his feet:

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Bike Ride: June 22/21

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Alley, Walsh to Waterloo, Alma Adair Park, Moodie, Brown, Isabella, James, Arthur, Vanguard, Arthur, Melody, Arthur, Garden, Arthur, Fairview, Pacer, Fairview, Trotter, Normandy, Trotter, Bordeaux, Trotter, 20th Sideroad, Malibu, Seminole, 20th, Herrick, 20th, Arthur, side road of Arthur St. W, Arthur, Kent, Arthur, driveway(?) to OPP, Arthur, Wilroy, Ottawa, Valhalla, Arthur, Ramada Inn, Beaverhall, Mountdale, Walsh, Marks.

The end of Vanguard Ave, and looking back towards Arthur:

The end of Garden Ave. and looking back toward Arthur:

Lots of Bible Studies here back in the day, and some street hockey:

One of the 3 (?) ends of Arthur St. W. Technically it ends when it becomes Hwy 130, but where it meets 17 *feels* like the real end:

Perhaps this little branch off Arthur St. W. is merely a driveway for the OPP, but there appear to be 2 residences here, too. If this actually is Arthur W, then this is one of its ends. This fence prevents entry to the airport:

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Monday, June 21, 2021

Bike Ride: June 21/21

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Waverley Park Towers, St. Pat's Sq, Rollins, Ambrose, High, Beresford, Hill, River, Pine, Carrie (as far as Dorothy & back to) Pine, Red River, Winnipeg, Bay, High, Dufferin, Rollins, St. Pat's, car.

This is the section of Hill St. where my chain had broken. It doesn't look that steep, does it?

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Saturday, June 19, 2021

AMPW etc. Visit: June 19/21

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Trampoline, Hide 'n' Seek, tea, bike demo (see vid), 20 Questions, Would You Rather?, Find "B" Objects, Zombie Tag.

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