Broken Area

Man, it was five degrees when I woke up! That said, it warmed up to the point that I shouldn’t have worn the hoodie I had on.

The term starts next week.

Maddie has been in town. We’re having a little birthday get together for her today.

Jon came with us today, so there’s a sort of mini Jon files in this episode.

Isabelle is, as usual, working on a grant.

A few colleagues have taken early retirements, that’ll change things up at work.

Hey, back to writing the post before we go!

So Isabelle is off on Saturday for a quick trip, so we’re shopping on Friday.

My holidays are almost over.

I got new bike tires.

The LCBO now seems in on ‘Bag or Box’.

The fall is coming, and so is the looming fall term.

The expression ‘it is what it is’ led to some hilarious impressions.

So, we’re back from a whirlwind camping trip to Cooper Harbor Michigan. It’s the home of Mike, the Virtual Yooper, and Chris or Mrs. Yooper…

When we arrived Mike set up a microwave wifi network for us…. Cuz, like, that’s how he rolls.

It turned out that one of our tires on the trailer needed to be replaced, so of course Mike did that.

We went to a lighthouse!

We drank beer and gin.

Isabelle went to Art in the Park with Chris.

Jon mostly stayed in the trailer.

Mike made his famous Pad Thai.

Plus, we passed Scarborough dude, on his way to Copper Harbour. Seriously.

Thanks Musiels, you’re awesome people.

An extra stop today as we had to return empties for the first time since June or so.

Isabelle and Jon had the opening of their show in Blind River. It was great! To celebrate, yesterday we went out for dinner.

We’ve been watching an Australian cooking show on Netflix called ‘The Chef’s Line’ which is pretty good, though Isa is not much on the episodes about the restaurants. We’ve been spoiled by the likes of Bourdain and Chang.

Isabelle is still thinking about her art podcast. Any name ideas?

The cashier at the grocery store noticed that we went later than usual…..

Pretty great title right?

We’ve been remodelling a room, which is fun. The real fun is finding old stuff and then wondering if you should keep it and where.

Isabelle and Jon have a show coming up in Blind River. I don’t. I’ll go though.

It’s pretty warm today, and Monday is a holiday, so, the LCBO was packed. Still, no problem getting in and out in the space of a song.

Isabelle explained to me how artist fees work.

Looks like there’ll be an art burning tonight!

Back on our regular schedule. OK, not at all. Actually we released one yesterday, and now today we had to go shopping, so we recorded.

The whole deal in the US with ICE etc is getting us both down.

We had a funny story at the border yesterday, and we shared it for your amusement.

Isabelle came down to help me put stuff in the cart and the cashier said ‘oh you’re helping, you never help’. That was weird I mean, I think she meant it as a joke, but umm, yeah….

Isabelle needs a name for her in the planning stages art podcast.

So, another whirlwind tour is in the books.

We went to London, where Jon stayed with my Mom. Isabelle and I then headed off to Montreal for a surprise birthday party for Isabelle’s brother in law Bernard.

It worked, he was surprised!

Then we drove back to London.

Then we drove back home.

All the while it was super freaking hot.

It’s good to be home.

This weekend is the anniversary not only of Isabelle’s birth, but of men landing on the moon.

While yes, we did record last night and release a podcast special for Isabelle’s birthday this morning, we still had to shop. Look, we record when we shop ok?

Isabelle was gallery sitting again today, but she only had one person come by.

Isabelle is hoping to get John Meadows up to show his photography with old timey cameras.

Jon stayed by himself last night, which is a big deal.

Isabelle has a drone!

Heat dome really just means it’s hot out.

So it’s Isabelle’s birthday as I type this.

Mae went out for dinner

We were, oddly, the youngest couple in the place.

Many of them seemed like they might be Seinfeld’s parents’ friends.

Turns out there was some sort of golf tournament in town or something.

Oh and Jon stayed at home overnight by himself for the first time which is sort of a milestone.

Still not quite back on schedule.

Isabelle has an opening at the gallery tonight, and also has a workshop tomorrow, so we went on Friday.

It seems MMPR was bad luck for recording.

We’re replacing our toilet seats!

Jon continues to be Jon, which has its effects on us.

A local guy has a sign telling people to slow down near his house. He uses the word ‘asshole’ on the sign. sadly, we don’t have a picture. However, here’s a story about him.