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Carol **** From Carol In this country we can always talk about the weather. For most of last weekend I needed to wear a light jacket while outside but then came Monday. The temperature went up to 31 and Nick dipped his feet in the water of Colpoy Bay but then we headed to Red Bay with its sandy bottom and shallow waters where Nick stayed in the water for ages and got his shorts wet. I even waded in for a bit. Two days later there was frost Wednesday night in Wiarton. The warm weather also opened up my lilac blossoms at home. I transplanted a lilac bush from the Homestead 46 years ago so the roots must be fairly old. We really appreciated Nick’s help with the heavy lifting getting the place in Wiarton ready for summer but it wasn’t all work. There is a place that serves homemade ice cream in Wiarton and another in Big Bay. We always take a drive down to have ice cream from both places so we can debate over which place is better. Carol
**** From Gary Hi folks. Another week flew by. Victoria long weekend started cool and wet but soon turned hot and sunny. Sunday reached 29C. Woke up up to frost this morning with highs in low teens last few days and into the next few days. As I like to say, global warming sure is making it cold. The pictures are our apple tree, common blue violets ( edible) and our lilacs. Hopefully I will get the garden planted this weekend if it’s not too wet. Hopefully the frost is done. Take care and stay safe everyone.
Gary ****
From Doug
It has occurred to me that by this time last year we had shut down for the summer. We had ended in mid May. So, with that in mind I’m thinking that a good time to break for the summer would be next Saturday, May 30. That can be our last issue until September assuming there is still interest at that time. So, here’s your notice that next week’s issue will be it for now and if you’d like to contribute your story, please do so. And now for a short update on my almost unending cataract eye issue….. I’ve had my followup exam at my local optometrist because I refused to go back to the guy in the city. I’ve had it way up to ‘here’ with that nonsense. Exam was great, the laser treatment to remove the scar tissue was successful and now my vision is clear. For unknown reasons the surgeon had put a lens in my right right eye that gives near vision but needs glasses for far vision. (For all I know he put the lens in backward). My left eye has the lens for far vision and I had wanted both eyes to be the same. I don’t know why the right eye has a near vision lens but I’m NOT going to go through having it replaced. In some ways its actually ok because I can get by quite nicely without glasses now, left eye seeing far and right eye seeing near. Apparently lots of people choose that setup. I didn’t but now have it. It works, perhaps it works better than how I had wanted it. So, new glasses are on order now, one side will correct for far sightedness and the other for nearsightedness. New glasses with highest quality progressive lens’s now-a-days cost as much as my first new car did 60 years ago. I would like to say that the vast majority of people having cataract surgery have no issues at all, everything goes smoothly and they end up with clear bright vision. One of our readers is going through this right now. I won’t mention her by name but she’ll marvel at how much better ‘seeing’ will be. OK, next week is our last issue before our summer break so lets hear from a whole bunch of you for that occasion. Doug ****
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