WELL... For
"Starters"... My
Shoulder is NOT in such
great shape Today. The
Result of all of those
weighted-down Knapsack and
Tote Bag Straps on the
chronically BAD Joint and
Back. --
Oh, and, it's
Cloudy out
AGAIN!
Hey! Look! Now My
Toilet *isn't* FLUSHING! ...
joy...
o-
kay... At
least I got My
Load of Laundry out of the way. Whatever.
Time to get going on
THIS Entry. And,
back to
Yesterday's "Special" Moments...
But,
FIRST... A
*Mention* of a
lovely Couple We chatted with
Yesterday at the
NATIONAL WOMEN'S SHOW.
Unfortunately, I
didn't quite get
His Name, but
"SHE" was
JACQUI UZA - of
BOKO [Bead One Knit One].
She KNITS These absolutely Gorgeous Czech-Glass Beads into
VINTAGE-Styled PURSES!!
I
wish My
Pics were
better, as to SHOW off the
Exquisite
"COUTURE-Level" Workmanship and
Design Details put into
EACH of
These!
And,
THEY *FEEL* really Cool, too!
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| The "LITTLE BLACK DRESS" PURSE |
So,
have at
LOOK at
Her "SHOP" --
http://www.etsy.com/shop/bokointernational
And,
for the Moment,
*IGNORE* the
Pricing Stated THERE...
Apparently,
They're still
Setting the
SITE up. --
At least, that's
what They were saying at
THE SHOW.
LATER on... We were in the
TOURISM Section and
happened onto the
CARLETON PLACE Booth.
Which is
WEST of
OTTAWA, and
where My
NIECE and
The PRINCESSES live. The
*new* TOWN MAYOR -
WENDY LeBLANC - was
"manning" the
Booth!
We had a
pleasant Chat...
NOW, to get
on with
PART 2 of Our
DAY...
Bearing much BAGGAGE, We
departed The OTTAWA CONVENTION CENTRE to grab a
Return BUS to
THE BIG MALL, where
The CAR was
Parked. -- We had a rather
*Entertaining* DRIVER!
Once We
arrived, I left
MOTHER in
One of
Her favourite
*haunts*,
whilst I, headed to
The CAR to
DEPOSIT Our
FREE-gotten Gains! -- I
think I may have
bounced UP an
Inch... Anyhoo, I got
back to
Her in
short order - We
still had
Other Things to
DO,
ELSEwhere!
Dropped
Her off at the
POST OFFICE. I headed up to the
FOOD COURT to
grab a
"SUB" for
Dinner...
A
"Funny" Thing happened as I waited IN
LINE to
Pay for My
Food.... As I just
chanced to
look off
toward the
Seating Area and
Other Vendors, there's this
*open* space that leads off toward the
Restrooms. Right
smack in the
Middle of it - about
15 or so
Feet away from Me, I
*noticed* what
appeared to be a
Folded Piece of PAPER...
...That had,
what seemed like, a
bit of
Colour to
IT...? --
hmm...
I
observed MANY
People walking
past IT,
over IT,
never really looking AT
IT... I began to
wonder IF
IT really
was,
WHAT I
"thought" IT *WAS*...
FINALLY, I was
able to
Pay for My
Stuff and
leave to
Check IT Out! --
Nonchalantly, I glide over to
IT, as I *casually* begin to
place My
Food into My
TOTE, and bring
IT's "Identity" into
focus...
***YES***!!
HAPPY DANCE!! --
A $10. Bill!!
Feigning -
for the benefit of any Other Observers -
"fiddling" with My lowered
Bag, I
snatched IT UP in
Rescue from being
Toe-Troddened, and
into the
Security of My most
appreciative Protection!
-- Well, that
certainly covers the
Cost of My
Meal and
most of the
BUS FARE.
Now, to just
make it
Down The STAIRS safely -
The ESCALATOR was OUT of ORDER! - and retrieve
MOTHER.
From
THE BIG MALL, We snuck in a
Trip to the
Nearby Grocery Store. -- There's an
Ambulance out
Front...
*That* can't be
Good! Whatever, We
never did find out
*what* that was
about...
At any rate, We
didn't stay long. And, had
intents on heading STRAIGHT
HOME, when
MOTHER suddenly *Remembered*, that
She had a
Prescription to
pick up over at
THE MALL... Switched
Lanes...
Left Her IN
The CAR.
Ran IN to pick up
Her Meds.
Ah,
HOME -
finally! ...But,
wait...
Mr.SMOKES&Drinks-TOO-Much-Neighbour from across the
Street is
coming over -
He rarely
ever does! - as I'm
about to put
The CAR in. And,
He also speaks
French, I
don't.
MOTHER does [
because She IS], but, is
already in the
House.
Anyway,
LONG STORY SHORT... It would appear -
UNnoticed by Us - that
during the
"Not-so-Little" WIND STORM last Thursday,
He *noticed* that Our
Spruce Tree looked like it was
going to
BLOW OVER onto Our
House! -- And
here I
was,
hoping that
EVIL-NEIGHBOUR'S-TREE would.
I took a
better look at
THE TREE...
Yeah, there's a
definite LEANING going on, and
ROOTS are
surfacing.
Great.
*Just* what We REALLY
need right now! --
He suggested an
Anchoring Cable..
However, on
further contemplation, I'm wondering if
perhaps, a
couple of
Metal Framing Beams braced out
from the
House to
PUSH and
KEEP THE TREE Upright might be
better? As We
really *don't* want to
CUT IT Down or
Halve IT.
IT's currently Our
main barrier against the
Prevailing Winds, especially
since the
Other Tree had to
be removed
Last Year.
And then, there are ALL of
these *new*
CITY Ordinates on Trees...
yeah... I'm
going to
have to
DESIGN *Something*!
MEANWHILE... I've
GOT a
TOILET to
*FIX*!! -- crap...
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