July 30 - Taking It Easy On Our Final Full Day

This is more like it
A slow start at the cottage
Lakeside afternoon

July 29 - Not A Perfect Day, Though The Sun Kept On Shining And It All Worked Out In The End (More Or Less)

Bad moments today
Failed brakes, forgotten orders
Weed-whacker sunset

July 28 - I'm In My Happy Place When The Grandkids Are That Perfect Age When Time At The Beach Is Practically As Good As Disneyland

Back and forth for R
Though the commute's well worth it
For one more lake day

July 27 - Jason's Gang Joins Us For A Very Sunny Day At The Lake

Overgrown tracks lead
to Old Mill beach, where the kids
find sand and new friends

July 26 - A Small Paterson Reunion Manifests Despite Some Confusion About Who's Coming When

Relatives come south
They want lunch; we serve dinner
Sun so close, yet far

July 25 - Let's Face It, Even Catch And Release Must Be Fairly Uncomfortable From The Perspective Of The Fish

Rosy little fish:
Never trust pepperoni
dangled in your face

July 24 - Up And Down The Island As We Prepare For Our Lake Week With A Car That's Not Really Built For This Many People With This Much Stuff

I collect O, then
head south to stuff the car full
Shawnigan, we're here

July 23 - Onward To Mom's House To Pack Up For Shawnigan, But Not Before Lifting And Carrying Many Heavy Things To Yet Another Temporary Home

Trudi's in at 10
And we're gone, car stacked roof-high
See you next time, D

July 22 - Last Day Of The Long Housesit Requires Much Heavy Lifting And Wild Running Around

Two months pass quickly
Broken tumblers, flooded sink
Dusty car to clean

July 21 - In Hindsight, Our First Trip To Carnarvon Water Park Might Have Been Better If Not On One Of The Hottest Days Of Summer In Mid-July

You shall know crazy
by the number of day camps
at the water park

July 20 - Big Child-Minding Day In Which I Resort To The Classic Method Of Getting Small, Reluctant Children To Sleep, And Then Jessica Visited With Clippings

Once, I had the knack
Now, all I can do is drive
Her small head bobbing

July 19 - Must Maximize The Earning Days. Must Maximize The Earning Days. Must Maximize The Earning Days....

This is a work day
But damn, what's that sun doing?
The deck sirens call

July 18 - The Sad Story Of The Squishy-Ball Gift

A small plastic toy
A wedge issue, one more thing
to build the mistrust

July 17 - Long, Slow Cycle Through 10 Mile Point As I Make The Most Of A Sunday To Myself

Perfect bike-ride day
I play piano outdoors
in rich people's lands

July 16 - In Which I Crack Open More Of Our Storage Locker "Treasures" Before We're On The Move Again And Puzzle Over Where My Head Was At Way Back Then

Soured social week
Still, I get the totes emptied
Why'd we keep bad mugs?

July 15 - Recovery Day For Me, While Paul Continues To Languish With Whatever Bad Bug This Is

If you must lie still
Let it be in summer sun
Sick Paul takes the bed

July 14 - A Very Nice Day Ends Badly With A Lot Of Throwing Up

Alas, now I'm sick
Though at least there was bike time
And the pork bun...? Hmm

July 13 - My Quiet Charge Is Through The Worst Of It But Not Yet Up For Sea Serpents And Big Blue Whales

Plastic pool, foam beach
I curse the crappy bubbles
Though R could care less

July 12 - On The Upside, I Get More Time For Working

The baby's barfing

Plans go sideways. Jessica,

we'll have to check back

July 11 - I'm Still Worked Up By All The Intense Conversations And Wars Of Words I've Been Having But Gradually Getting Back To What Pays The Bills

My mind's on sex work
Alas, you can't eat passion
Quiet, head. Just write

July 10 - The Lineups Are So Huge at Pride Festival That We End Up On The Grass Eating Popsicles, Though That Feels Like It's In The Spirit Of The Day

Too late for parades
Too impatient for food waits
R's view is rainbows

July 9 - Down At The Storage Locker Heaving And Ho'ing, And Always Left Wondering Why We Thought Some Of These Things Were Treasures

A day of sorting
The ongoing dream is "less"
Though "more" keeps calling

July 8 - One Of Those Days When I Just Couldn't Leave Facebook Commentary To Go Unchallenged

Way too much time spent
trying to change a closed mind
Walk away, Jody

July 7 - OK, I Admit That Two Previous Perfect Summers Led Me To Forget That Grey And Rain Is Kind Of A Norm In This Land

Backyard barbecue

Under a canopied sky

Dyson plays martyr

July 6 - One More Lazy Afternoon Of Child-Minding At Gyro Park, Though A Shame That Theo Couldn't Come

Sprawled out on the sand
We eat Kim's cherries, then run
from the coming tide

July 5 - I Head To My CISV Talk Reminded That The One Thing You Can Depend On With Things Like Tent City Is That They Free Up Nearby Parking

Daniel's lugging pipe
I eat a gay-pride doughnut
then talk homelessness

July 4 - Yay To Billable Hours To Ease The Financial Pain Of The Giveaways. But Somebody's Got To Do It

Hey, this day might pay
Though my passion piece is free
Paul's cold has caught me

July 3 - Will The Ghost Of My Favourite Terrier Always Haunt Mystic Vale Walks?

Rabbits scurry past
Dyson jumps, but leaves them be
Ah, Jack, you'd give chase

July 2 - In Which We Take Our First Bedtime Child-Minding Duties Very Seriously And Hope Rosetta Doesn't Feel Too Crushed That Owen Isn't With Us

Bye, little beach bud
At night we take R to dine
Then sing her to sleep

July 1 - We Set Up On The Usual Canada Day Grassy Knoll Near Laurel Point Inn And Are Grateful For The Foresight To Have Dressed Up Really Warmly

Fireworks are best
when seen through the eyes of boys
at their first big show

June 30 - Our Little Sextet Of Former TC Types Gathers For Its Annual Dinner, And How Fortunate That Mary Felt Like Cooking

Old friends in new digs
We eat well, but can't stay late
Babysitters wait