Let’s keep that soul theme going a bit longer. Here’s The Temptations performing I Wish it Would Rain. I was out playing Go last night with my friend Vox (who played extremely well and beat me 5 games to 2) and while it was muggy… Read More
I shot a short video from my front door during the storm yesterday evening. This is in the SW corner of Toronto in the neighbourhood known as Long Branch.
Yesterday it rained and rained and rained and I slept and slept and slept. It was starting to look as if we’d need to build an ark in the back yard so we could load up the menagerie and safely float away. This was a… Read More
The rain finally stopped, with the ark still only partially completed out in the back yard. Maybe we don’t have to gather the all the animals two by two after all. Soon winter will be upon us and the shell of the great ship will… Read More
The Newfs and I ventured out to the park just as the serious rain began pelting down. We were a sorry looking lot by the time we got back, all three of us dripping wet. After drying off, I realized direct action was in order,… Read More
It seems more like October than September to me. As I look out the window, the sky is a dirty yellow, telling me the rain is not done yet. On the good news front, maybe that will trigger a fruiting of tasty edible wild mushrooms.… Read More
The lack of rain over the past three weeks has been hard to swallow for those of us who enjoy foraging for wild mushrooms. Last year at this time, the summer mushroom season was in full swing and I was picking enough to enjoy fresh,… Read More
Dear Mother Nature, I’m so sorry, I never should have suggested you were drunk the other day. I don’t know what got into me. It will never happen again. Now would you please make the rain stop? C’mon, please?
I awoke this morning and looked out on the back deck to see that it was raining hard. More than that, it looked as if it had been raining much of the night. For a Sunday mushroom-hound, a big Friday summer rain is most welcome.… Read More
This morning’s rain was a welcome relief, breaking a few days of intense heat. The rain felt good. The dogs seemed to respond too with more energy and appetite too. This evening Ellie Mae barked with joy as Tuffy P served up her dinner. I… Read More
27th Street 