Woodpeckers

So I popped Home from work this morning to bring in Lewie's Paper's. I thought it was going to rain and they often just deliver them in a bundle without any protective bag or anything. I went down the driveway and was totally focused on the papers. I turned around and spotted these little guys in the hanging flower basket. I think they are babies and learning how to peck. They look a bit fluffy. They were pecking at the wood in the basket. Not sure what they found to eat but the image of them both together pecking at the basket was spectacular. Unfortunately I have not quite been able to catch that image as they moved away to the tree. One did return but the other one did not join him again. This year has been a wonderful treat for wildlife in the garden. By the Way this is Tom's Hanging Basket Design he made it using left over bits of wood and string. Quite a Cunning Idea, and yet so simple!!!!

A Lucky Break

Lewie and I had one of those days on Friday best forgotten. Started out with me slipping down the stairs. There was a puddle of water at the top of the stairs left over from a shower. Unknown to me until I slipped on it and fell 4 steps down the stairs. I was incredibly lucky that the banister was there and I grabbed it. Could have kept going to the bottom. My toe popped and it sounded like it was broken. It swelled immediately and turned black. I called in sick to work and went to the doctor. This lead to us having to go to the Hospital for an Xray. Turns out it is only badly bruised and not broken. It is quite tender and ugly looking.

Lewie ended up staying home with me and doing his paper round, instead of going to summer camp. At about 4pm I received a call from Lewie. (I let him borrow my cell phone in case of emergencies while out on the round) He had fallen off his bike in the church parking lot and couldn't get up. I hobbled to the car and went down the road to find Lewie sitting on the grass with blood all over his knee and hands. I cleaned him up best I could on the side of the road. We managed between us to finish the round and get the bike and trailer back home. Once home I was able to assess his injuries a little better. He had a deep cut on one knee and road rash on the other. Road rash on his chest, and palms of his hands. The cut on his knee didn't look like it needed stitches so I patched him up using a butterfly bandage. Later on in the evening Lewie still seemed to be in pain and favouring his wrist. I checked it out but couldn't really tell if it was just badly bruised and swollen or broken. So we had a quick trip to the Janeway to have it checked out. (The Janeway is the Children's Hospital) Lewie had an Xray and his wrist is also only badly bruised but not broken.
So all in all a very lucky but eventful start to Tom's Birthday weekend.

Time Flies

Well Tom has been home now for 4 weeks now and is due to leave again on Tuesday to go back up to Northern Quebec, Raglean. We have had a lot of dilemmas since he has been home and time has really flown on by. Firstly we were thinking of buying a new car. Which we still are looking around for but are finding that the car we want is very desirable by others and hard to come by. Secondly Lewie wanted to get a paper route, this has cause some discussion around is he really old enough. We decided that yes this responsibility will be good for him. Lastly we have been looking for a new house. Not that there is anything wrong with our current house. It is just that we are steadily outgrowing it and space is getting limited. Of course everything always happens toward the end of Tom's time home leaving it all very rushed and chaotic. Still it hasn't stopped us taking some time and sitting back and smelling the Lilacs. I know the saying involves Roses but mine are really not that spectacular. Not like the Lilacs. They have been really amazing this year attracting all kinds of wildlife to them. They smell absolutely fantastic. If only we had smell-o-vision. Anyways we will make the right decisions and we will try not to be rushed by time as it flies by.

The New Paper Carrier

Lewie has entered the Workforce. I know he seems way too young!!! He has a job delivering the paper in our local neighbourhood. He has a route with 20 papers during the week and 35 on the weekend with 22 on Sunday. He seems to be getting on really well with it. He has had a few teething troubles but all in all is quite enthusiastic about his new responsibilities. He learned the hard way that carrying a paper bag over your shoulder while trying to ride a bike with heavy weekend papers in the rain is a challenging thing to do. His dad (thankfully was still home) came to the rescue and made this trailer for his bike. He is now able to deliver his papers a little faster. Not sure what he'll do when the snow comes.