Another beautiful fall day, sullied by a golf game.
Thankfully, Matt had a birdie so we could drown our sorrows in birdie juice.
Be nice to each other. And stay well.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Monday, October 10, 2022
Beautiful Fall Day
Headed to the greenhouse to do some more work on the Lilac garden. Digging out 4 to 6 inches of heavy clay and replacing it with 4 to 8 inches of top soil.
Taking the clay back to dump it was a joy due to the magnificent view on this fine fall day.
Also in the view today were my son and his three boys, replacing a section of the greenhouse roof (Ewen is out of sight on the other side of the house, holding down the plastic).
By the time that I left about all that remained was to reinflate the roof.
You need a windless day for this job. Otherwise you risk taking a ride off the roof on a plastic sail.
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Mardi has been suffering with a head cold which started on the way home from Wisconsin (Covid test proved negative). That's probably why I'm beating her at Skip-Bo. Too soon to brag though.
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Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. Al's response yesterday said it best. Thanks for being our friends!
Stay well.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Saturday, October 8, 2022
Fall Colours
Correction: We weren't on the road for 12 hours yesterday - just 11 hours and a time zone change. Still tired though and we both slept in this morning as a result.
Then I headed to the greenhouse. Very surprised at how much the fall colours have developed in the five days we were away! The escarpment looks great.
It's the end of the annuals season so David and I removed the baskets from the front and I stored the stands away until next year. Then started to work on the Lilac garden. It's been a bit of a mess for quite a while. We'll make it look good for next year.
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Blue Jays season is over. They had an 8 - 1 lead and ended up losing the second game of the series 9 - 10 to Seattle. Better luck next year.
Stay well.
Friday, October 7, 2022
Home at Last
Happy birthday to Mardi's brother Steve. You're gaining on her Steve, now 95% as old as Mardi. All the best!
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Not much to report tonight, after 12 hours on the road. It rained for a couple of hours around Chicago (glad we changed our plans!) and again for an hour this side of Sarnia.
Tired but content.
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Blue Jays apparently lost, but I'm too tired to care right now.
Stay well.
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Lake Geneva Boat Tour
Today is Gabriella Lougheed's birthday, but I'm sure the shine has been taken off it by the recent health issues of her son Cristian. The young teenager has Lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy. Your thoughts and prayers would be welcome.
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There is a second course here at Lake Geneva called The Brute, but it is currently closed for aeration. It's just as well. We certainly aren't up to two days in a row after yesterday's hill climbing. Next time perhaps.
Instead we decided to take a two hour boat tour on the Walworth.
Bought our tickets and then headed to a local restaurant for lunch. Mardi was looking for wings, but so far on our travels, wings have not been on any menu, even in the bars. So, she settled for Cheese Curds and some salad.
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Lake Geneva is seven miles long and our cruise took us around the entire perimeter. Multi-million dollar homes every step of the way!
The Wrigley family owns about a mile of shoreline with several mansions.
Most of the mansions on the lake are only used for a few weeks in the summer. This one is the biggest. It was subdivided into seven units a few years ago, but one woman has bought up six of them and has a promise that the seventh will be hers whenever the owners decide to sell.
I asked the Captain what would be the cheapest house. He said that a 1,500 square foot ranch style sold for 3.5 million a couple of years ago.
This steamboat dates from the 1800's and still operates as it originally did.
The temperature at start was 20C, but it quickly became overcast, cooler and windy. We managed to stay on the open top deck for about 2/3 of the trip but ended up in the closed-in lower level.
Glad to get back to our unit and warm up with Canadian Club!
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We had originally planned to head for Chicago for most of the day tomorrow but have decided to leave it for another year. Holiday Inn Club has a resort in Illinois, about an hour south of Chicago. We'll head there next year and add a couple of days for Chicago and do it right.
Stay well.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Me and My Playmate
The Grand Geneva Resort and Spa is an opulent, four diamond resort. Originally the Lake Geneva Playboy Club Hotel, it has its own airstrip, indoor and outdoor pools, ballroom and "Grand" ballroom. Quite the place!
The Holiday Inn Club buildings are separate and newer. Our unit is very nice, although as per their rebuild schedule it will be gutted and rebuilt next year. Every seven years they do this so that standards are maintained.
As owners of Holiday Inn Club timeshare we were able to golf today for half price - just $40 including cart. As you will see from the pictures that is a real bargain.
We were fortunate to be paired up with a couple of really nice guys, plus a friend.
On the left is Abhi, next Jim (who is undergoing chemo for spinal cancer - his "golfing" was limited to putting on a half dozen greens), Wally behind him on the cart, then my sweetie and me.
Our golf performance wasn't great, and the terrain was a challenge, but we had a terrific day with our new friends.
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Headed to the Magpie Bar again. Blue Jays had lost the first game 4 - 5 and were half way through the second. Unfortunately, in Wisconsin there is no real interest in either the Jays or the Orioles - they're Chicago fans here, so they couldn't find a channel that covered the game. Blue Jays won the second, although neither game mattered. They had already secured the first Wildcard position. They'll play three playoff games against the Seattle Mariners in the Skydome starting Friday.
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Life is good. Stay well.
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