At least every other day there has been fog for some of the day. Today we took the dogs for a walk at Battery Park, a provincial campground on the ocean just beside the canal—on our side. Unlike parks in Ontario, there is no charge for day use. A section of the trail went by the rocky beach and we watched the fog roll into the bay. When we got home, four kilometres away, it was warm and sunny. As sunset approached we watched the fog come over St Peter’s and come across the lake, completely obscuring the lights on the other side of the bay.
Monday I bought my new yard tractor. Locally there are two dealers selling tractors. They both sell Husqvarnas, so you will never guess what brand I bought. It has many options, including cruise control—yes, on a yard tractor! The best feature of the tractor is that most of the controls are exactly the same as the controls on my previous Kubota, so I don’t have to learn a whole new system of inputs and pedals. Also, it is assembled in North America. The garage had no problem taking a check didn't even ask for ID. I told the driver the address to deliver it to and he said, “Oh. You must be in the white house just past Errol’s house on the left.”
“Yes.”
Today our new Dyson vacuum cleaner arrived. It took us a while to put it together as the manual comes with pictograms so it doesn’t require multiple languages. Brigitte has taken to ordering things online. While we like living close to the village for picking up day-to-day necessities we cannot get all we need there. Rather than drive to Port Hawkesbury (43 km) or Sydney (83 km) it is easier just to order items online with free delivery. And, our nephew is usually the delivery person.
One thing I am very surprised about is the number of emergency vehicle sirens we hear. Several times a day we can hear one or more vehicles screaming off going somewhere. But, then we do live across the bay from the second busiest highway in Cape Breton.
Paul
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