Sorry Benz. He loves Halloween.
Looks like we'll be 'locked down' for a COVID Halloween. We moved the Jack O'Lanterns to the back yard so as not to look like we're open and we'll turn the lights off so it looks like no one is home. How sad is that?
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Don't panic! It didn't stay on the ground but I'm afraid it does foreshadow the weeks and months ahead.
At least snow ends the outdoor yard work. Ha ha! Time to get the snowblower ready with new oil, new gas etc.
From "'Fall, leaves, fall'" by Emily Jane Brontë:
I shall smile when wreaths of snow
Blossom where the rose should grow;
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Sometimes you find a picture that isn't even square, but has potential for some fun improvements. This isn't a big problem for Photoshop since the program allows you to skew it back to its original shape. I found a picture of a card for sale on eBay and decided to play around with it:
Vintage Lucille Ball I Love Lucy Postcard 5" X 7" California Here We Come (Aired January 10, 1955)
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Nearly 7000 people died yesterday:
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This is the letter that my friend David received and responded to when the hacker stole his email password and username:
Always be careful when receiving emails. Don't give out your password. You are better to telephone the sender using a number you know is correct and ask them about the alleged 'problem'. Legitimate companies and banks etc. will NEVER ask you for your passwords in emails and over the phone.
The hacker then accessed Dave's contact list and sent more emails to unsuspecting people.
Once the hacker had the email contacts he sent the following:
They then pretended to be Dave and asked me for a gift card:
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Talk about 2020 vision... According to data gleaned from my study of the intricate tracks of the Emerald Ash Borer, I have discovered I am now able to, with great confidence, predict the following outcomes:
1) The upcoming US election.
2) The future of COVID-19.
3) Moves in the markets and the economy to 2022.
Remember, you saw it here first! To compare the outcomes with my insightful predictions, I invite you to check back with me in 2023.
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The beautiful mums Erin brought over a week ago are still blooming in their radiant glory.
As the great manipulator and Photoshop, I didn't have to enhance the flower blooms, they were already perfection, but I removed the background and added some subtle shadow for a very dramatic look. Great Halloween colours. Click the pic to enlarge.
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I am very glad that I do not have to vote for any of these clowns. Maybe there should be a discriminate age limit? Everyone that is old is not necessarily wise. My 'artoon' pic for today.
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Well, I've already changed my watch an hour back even though we are a couple weeks away from the big day. One thing that really gripes me is the biannual clock fudging, promoted by my government, meddling in my life in the name of the ridiculous Daylight Saving Time.
I'm trying an experiment to minimize the effects of this stupid infringement on my rights as a human. A couple of days ago I reset my watch, and because the rest of the family is not willing to participate in my mini-rebellion, I guess I'm on my own.
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| You can see that the TT Time Zone occupies a very small part of Canada |
I've been, as much as possible, dwelling in my very own time zone - I'll call it "Tim Time" (TT). Today I didn't get out of bed until nearly 8 am TT. (9am your time) Amazingly Wendy also slept to 8 TT. I haven't been overly keen on delaying my usual Happy Hour to 4pm TT (which puts me at 5 your time) but I'll play the game. Since we can't really go anywhere anyway, TT so far serves my needs. I seem to be adapting well.
Personally I don't care whether they stay permanently on Daylight Saving Time or Eastern Standard Time. Just go with one or the other! Hopefully on the big adjustment day on November first, back to Standard time, I'll hardly notice any change. I'll let you know.
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The leaves are beginning to look spectacular especially on this beautiful, bright, sunny day. We visited Greenway Park, the Coves, Woodland Cemetery and then Wendy's old family home on Riverside Drive. I took at least a hundred pictures. Here's a few:
Igrets at 'the Coves'.
We drove by Wendy's old family home site on Riverside Drive. Wow, the trees that her brother Doug planted are getting huge and in full colour.
The new owners finally paved the driveway. A dream of Wendy's Dad Howard.
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