oh canada!

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damm you guys i was just sharing my porch with a frog. and it was really cute and did some hopping and some hanging out and stuff too.

okay it's my parents porch but whatever. i just sat there and played sudoku and stared at the stars and didn't really do anything. my brain it went a rambling and it didn't accomplish anything. i gotta say, it was all good.

there was rain falling and nature noises and peace and goodwill to all men. i'm going back out shortly.

i've had the nicest day today which is seriously appropriate since it's Canada Day and all. please note that i used capital letters, that's how much respect for today i have. so i done did her well.

i woke up at my sister's apartment this morning to the sounds of coffee and happiness. i saw that my companion for the drive up and guest room sharer was up and gone already and i could see that the sun was up. this boded well.

so i checked the time and it was nearly eleven and well i wanted to hang out with my friends so up i got and out i went to a delicious omelette and a lovely cappuccino and then a scenic drive to the farm.

you know, the farm, also known as heaven on earth.

there i had pizza leftovers with my parents. please grok the homemade pizza from the wood fired pizza oven nature of said leftovers. and while you're at it note that one had capers and roasted peppers and crab and another had quattro formaggi and another was tuna and some kind of white cheese and some bechamelish sauce and caramelized onions and the last one had pepperoni and cheese and uh... onions?

and then dad and i sat around for an hour to digest before heading out to the bush whereupon we displayed a herculean ability to work together and cut up four deadfall trees with a chainsaw (he chainsawed and i did all the moving logs around and stuff... well not all.. whatever, it was together) and get eaten alive by mosquitos all in an hour.

that was the easy part. then we went and got the tractor and came back with it and the truck and drove the tractor around the back twenty five and piled it with this wood we'd cut and then took the wood back to the truck. i'm going into this much detail for the city folk among us.

the thing is that the wood goes in the front end loader/scoop/bucket/whatever it's called and there's still the digger attachment and it's bracing arms at the back so this thing is long. longer than my truck was and it was huge.

and there's my dad driving around on the tractor and i'm like yanking saplings out of the way and stuff. and literally five minutes before we were done? this little rain starts.

so we get in our vehicles and pull out and the rain hits and my dad is racing home at like mach six on the tractor and i'm driving the truck lackadaisically [i couldn't believe i spelled it right, so i checked, and i did] down the road and he comes roaring into the driveway and flies into the barn and he looked so happy all wet and grinning!

then we sat around while mom made dinner which makes me feel a little bad but i was tired yo and had a lovely dinner with beer and wine and conversation and then we all hung out and read the paper (well dad did the sudoku puzzle that i couldn't finish) and then i sat outside for like an hour.

ahhh it was blissful.

Canada Day is officially over but the weekend goes on and i am going outside to finish the new sudoku puzzle that i'm working on before i crash. it's so peaceful out there and since i learned not to scratch the mosquito bites they bother me much less.

night kids, happy Canada Day!

Official Lyrics of O Canada!

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.


O Canada!

O Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!

Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.

Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.