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ohmigod - if i hadn’t played with it for 20 minutes (when i should have been walking the dog), i would have never believed it.

make for early wakings… especially when the other body in the bed refuses to be quiet for any period of time…. and so - here i be on an early saturday morning…. it’s still quiet and peaceful, but that will only last until the chickadees swoop in later, looking for fun and attention and entertainment.  alas, they will swoop out 24 hour later, eaving a mess of droppings and stray feathers. :-)

and then i am all on my own for 2 weeks.  i am teetering between being giddy with delight and morose with loneliness…. we shall see.  teetering and tottering is what life’s all about. 

walking the smapp this morning was surreal - everything was diffused with gold light and whisps of fog.  the waterfront is peaceful at 7 am on a saturday, of that there is no doubt…. the only path i crossed was that of an early morning photographer… and he and i both continued on our way. 

… the lady at tim horton’s doesn’t even need to ask me what i’d like - she’s already got me punched in, and she’s pouring the triple triple as i approach the counter.

normally this likely wouldn’t impress people - but i go to what is likely the busiest tim horton’s in toronto - in the metro centre…. and it’s impressive that of the thousands of people who get served there daily, she knows i want an extra large triple triple…. 

it’s a small thing. but it’s a nice thing. 

ok. i love this bike.

really, really. ok ok ok - you got me - i love it because it’s the only one that goes faster than 60 and you still don’t need a motorcycle licence for it.

The red one actually goes to 80 kms/hr. It’s aptly named "FLASH".

…. as usual, every 7 or 8 months i get the bug to think about moving… and last week the wiz and i went east - just looking.  And we realized that there was nothing that we saw (that was in our pricerange), that we liked better than the location that we are at now….

our locaion is outstanding. the water, the roof, the peace and quiet. (usually)

and so i started to look and see what was in our own (backyard) community…. and there are 3 suites that are bigger and for sale…. and now i’ve spent the past few days crunching numbers and figuring out how to buy something new.  Or something else new,

Or another 

… yesterday was hot - the good hot, where nothing is sticky, but you don’t need a long sleeve shirt to walk the smapp dog.

And then there was rain.  

And then this morning, it was all different, the roof was different, the lawns were different and the smapp dog had a spring in her step.  It was the arrival of fall… Somehow between 4 pm yesterday and 7 am this morning, summer disappeared behind a cloud. I didn’t get to say goodbye, but i’m not terribly sad to see it go.  Perhaps it left because i bought my first fall outfit yesterday. Silver cords from Point Zero.  I’m not a name person, but these  cords are outstanding….. now i need boots ;-)

our neighbourhood is odd. odd in a good way, of course, and no one wants to really think of their neighbourhood as odd in a bad way. our neighbourhood is made up of really swanky condos and townhouses and marinas, interspersed with some co-ops and some subsidized housing.

a few days ago, we went to a neighbourhood meeting to discuss the implications and applications of a new condo developer who wants to put up a monster condo on the water, right beside us - and right behind tip top tailor lofts. 24-37 stories of glass and concrete and nastiness…. blocking people, pets and the rest of the world from the waterfront… not to mention the poor saps who bought lofts at tiptop… for a zillion dollars, will now be starting into a reflective wall, as opposed to the vista of lake ontario. Not ideal….

the community gathering was well turned out - folks were vocal, fired up and emotional… i’m on the fence. i’d like to see a lower building, one that is priced similarly to ours… the last think i want is something really cheap…. :-( and if there could be ammenities, that would rock. would love to be able to get a discounted fitness membership, or be able to use their cool features… oh - and if they could get a starbucks…. :-)

friday.

i’m thrilled, can’t  you tell?

:-)

1). What time do you get up? 6:24 am 2). If you could eat lunch with one person, who would it be? Michael Moore 3). Gold/silver? Silver 4). What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Lord of War 5). What is/are your favorite TV show(s)? CSI, Lost, Rome, Regenesis, 24 6). What did you have for breakfast? XL Double Double 7). Who would you hate to be stuck in a room with? Dr Phil

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