Its been a busy, tiring, turkey filled weekend. Friday, was a large scaled card game, followed by late beers at a favorite local. Saturday, of course, was early morning tree removal followed by a friendsgiving turkey dinner, followed by more late beers with some westerners and high energy people - i had little energy, but managed to stay up late and have a blast. Yesterday, was chill. A quick painful run (out of practice), then family thanksgiving dinner, which was terrific and followed by… wait for it… more cards at my friends house. Once the 8th and 9th people showed up at 12:30, i decided to cut it off there and came home feeling fine.
Today… is a day of relax. I’ve gota turkey carcass from saturday, and even if i don’t do much with the broth, my place’ll smell like turkey all day. I think it’ll be a cooking/baking/cleaning/musical day, i’ll get some physical and mental rest. I was shunned yesterday with the “nothings open today”. Whatever, herbnspice was open, i gots my flour, i’m good to go. Its gonna be fun.
“The tree is gone nananana nananana NANA” (sung to the tune of “the heat is on”).
So the dudes came, and took care of business this morning. Over all i am quite pleased with the results, and am glad to have this nasty tree business done with. It took about 2 and half hours, no wires were broken or damage caused, they cleaned everything up, took care of another precarious limb, and told me to ensure i cover the exposed stump with some goo from canadian tire to ensure bugs to get in and kill the rest of it.
I had the option to pay the tax, which i did, as i’m probably gonna save more on this by writing it off.
All in all, i’d call these dudes again for sure. I’m pretty sure their insurance on these jobs is quite high, and while on the surface you’d think i got fleeced as any bozo that could work a chainsaw could do it, experience matters, and these dudes had it.
So now it’s 11am, i’m up, its saturday, basically… i’m wide awake, its morning!!!!!! I’m gonna make some bread, do some house stuff, eat turkey, and enjoy my limb filled day thinking about how to get rid of the brush… mabye i’ll post it on the freecycle site, who knows, someone may want it.
So apparently i’m gonna be getting bills from bell and possibly rogers for disconnect/reconnect charges that the tree caused. As well, the tree is apparently going to collapse any time which will destroy the fence at the back of the house that belongs to the business back there.
My insurance company tells me it doesn’t cover wind damage to trees, and unless damage has been done to property, theres nothing for them to do. Even if there was, i’ve got a 1K deductable… i’ve been told by one knowledgable folk, ya, a crane will be necessary. Will all this cost more than a grand? Probably… we’ll wait and see. Ahh home ownership. Ugg.
In the meantime i’m making some pita bread. Anna Karenina the movie is on tv… i watched the first bit, then recalled an earlier conversation, and my half assed half read of it in high school, and decided it best to read it.
I’ve never watched anything rise. The dough isn’t really rising, sorta just bulging out the sides. The waist or the hips of the dough not being like i’d imagined, but i’m eager to bake it anyways.
I know its hard to see, but trust me, theres a fallen tree here…
I arrived home last night to good and bad news. The good news? A parcel from amazon sitting on my front step. A little strange that they didn’t leave it at the post office, but i got it, so o well. Contained within was the larousse cooking book and a terry goodkind novel. The bad news? A note on my door from the city looking for the owner. The reason? A massive tree whose roots are on my property fell last thursday, and only now am i finding out about it. O well. The picture really doesn’t do it justice, its a massive tree. Its now raising doubts about another massive tree that every windy night threatens to crush me in my sleep. They’re all weeds too, manitoba maples, they sprout anywheres and grow like crazy… then in a big wind storm, no matter how healthy they are, they can fall over. Just like that.
Anyways, hopefully my insurance will cover it’s removal. Its currently resting on a bunch of telephone and cable wires. Bizarre it took me 4 full days to find out about it. My buddy in bc says if it’s gonna cost more than a return plane ticket here he’ll come out and lumberjack it himself… i think its too big, but this guy’s pretty huge, arms the size of tree trunks they say…
Had a great day. Up early, thanks to not going out last nite. Went out with a friend for parliment hill runner for a cause scouting, saw some cats, ate some food, watched a bridge move for a boat, wandered, bought some veggies, took some photos, all around super. Had a wicked awsome skate session at some school off percy near laurier, new pavement, great curb, kick ass. Played poker, got my ass kicked hard… final hand, my ak against a9, on the river, 9, doink!! This table does not treat me well, but it was fun. Skated home, also quite cool. Not sure what else to say, it was a splendid super day.
Check this site out:
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011502_e.html
I had no idea all these pics were online… see below. Searching for streets is the best, i did another search that yeilded a bank at bank and gladstone (i guess perhaps it’s name origin) with a whole bunch of pics. Ottawa had a lot of grass back then.
This is bank and mclaren, 1892. Wow. Think the people living there ever would’ve thought some dude like me would drink excessively on that soil a few times a week over a hundred years later??
As a follow up to last nites post, i still have so much to learn. Ribbons of knowledge pile on top of the other and are so thin it takes such a long time and so many lessons to gain any depth. Even if you ‘don’t feel the wine’, its there, and dang it produces might head pains and body lethargy throughout the whole of the next day. Or perhaps i’m just used to the beer hangover, this is a whole other breed.