The beef bourguignon is in the oven, you better believe it smells good!
Now, I just have to wait 2 hours to eat it.
Yay! We did it!
We scored really good seats for the Sarah McLachlan concert here, in Quebec City, on Saturday November 1. And I am stoked that we managed to grab possible the last pair together in the whole section facing the stage.
This will be my first concert in ages and, I can’t wait.
I struggled to finish the first episode of Chief of War starring Jason Momoa, last night. It was ultra violent in places to the point of showing us visceral disembowelment and people having the skulls smashed in. You know what, there’s historical accuracy, then there’s historical accuracy.
This is not a show I will be finishing.
Watched: The Diplomat S3 (⭐️⭐️) 📺
I had such high expectations for season 3 of The Diplomat given how season 2 ended (on a cliffhanger). But, have to say, all the usual snark and drama has been overshadowed by way too much sex. This season has turned into a very bad British sex-farce worthy of a Benny Hill episode. I mean, I understand that having sexual tension between certain characters is a must these days, and can really change up a show.
But, dear me, when it devolves into us seeing naked butts thrusting skyward for five minutes solid, you can get distracted quickly from the message that the world is, once again, on the point of annihilating itself. Several sex scenes in one episode become tedious quickly.
So much so that, by the end of the last episode I was, quite frankly, bored and couldn’t care less.
So, for all of you who are following along. This morning I went for my follow up endoscopy at the hospital. A three minute prceedure that, in the end, took almost three and a half hours.
But … skipping all boring details … the good news is: MY ULCER IS GONE.
Healed one assumes. And, as a result, the doctor told me I could stop at least one drug straight away. As to the second one? Well, I have no idea who to ask about that one. It remains to be seen over the coming weeks what effect this will have on my guts and health going forward. It’s certainly a weight off my shoulders to know the ulcer is gone. And maybe, just maybe, things are slowly getting back to normal.
My next doctor’s appointment is with the colon surgeon on November 6th.
I am so hoping for more good news.
Watched: Murderbot (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) 📺
It took me a long while to get into this one. I have to say that, after the first episode I was ready to abaondon it and, well, actually, I did in that my Apple subscription ran out and I waited till just last week to renew it.
Maybe the break was just what I needed because we’ve just binge watched the rest of the season. And — I loved it.
You cannot become a Canadian Citizen unless you:
- love ice hockey
- drink a gallon of maple syrup a day
- know who scored the Stanley cup winning goal for the Montreal Canadiens
- know what the Grey Cup is
- wear a toque during winter
- drink Molson lite
- cheer for the Blue Jays no matter what province you live in
- eat poutine for breakfast every day
- finish every sentence with the word, eh
Taken through a dirty bedroom window …
Ladybug, Ladybug
The ladybugs are swarming again today. Hundreds of them. I mean, the air is thick with them. This usually tells me summer is definitely at an end when you see them all looking for somewhere to spend the winter, safe and warm. They’ve been swarming for the last two weeks. They’ve also been providing a bonanza feast for all sorts of other animals and birds. The morning after we had our first rainfall in almost 3 month, which lasted all of about 6-8 hours, the birds and squirrels were our mowing the lawn.
Fungi high rise …
Iconic Buildings
While in Montreal despite spending most of our holidays in the hospital, we did get to walk around some of the iconic 1976 Olympic Stadium. Two different views of the iconic stadium tower which, by the way, you can go up inside to the top. But it’s all stairs and, well, I’m not that crazy. Also, next door to the stadium, the planetarium had this fantastic building … An oddly angled beehive version of the leaning tower of Pisa maybe?
Montreal Trip Part II
Despite the amount of rain the poured out of the sky on the first Monday we were in Montreal, we had tickets booked to visit the Bio Dome in the afternoon and, like two crazies, decided to get a taxi and brave the weather. As you can see, it was raining so hard, there was a waterfall. Once inside though, we visited the North pole to the Amazon and saw penguins, capybaras, otters, turtles and piranhas and a lot of very colourful birds.
Montreal Trip (highlights)
It’s Sunday and I realise that I haven’t really shared any photos from our trip to Montreal, which as you know kind of got overshadowed by other events. So, here I am looking to rectify that with a few of my favourite photos from the Chinese Garden at the Montreal Botanical Gardens. One of the main reasons for us choosing to go and play tourist at Montreal in the first place.
Is this the way to the secret garden?
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do …
Mum, is it edible?
Barking up the wrong tree? Maybe …
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 30: Solitude
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 29: Winding
You do see some curious things in the neighbourhood … an elevated house having it’s foundations fixed.
