Labour Day

  The last of the holidays... and easy driving in the city. Tomorrow's drive to the tennis club will be considerably longer than usual. A beautiful day - we were in summer mode at the tennis social today. However, I was praying for the promised thunderstorm to materialize this afternoon as I need the pool filled up. So far just a sprinkle but there is thunder hovering around. It may still come as it is getting very dark.

   A bit of tennis (it was very busy so we only had 20 minutes on the court at a time) and a nice lunch of chicken skewers, potato salad, pasta and greens. Also cake and cookies and as much coffee as you wanted. Not a bad deal and it was FREE!

    I left around 1:30 and have been watching the US Open since then. A couple of exciting matches and the sublime Roger (Federer) is playing this evening. Can't miss that!

   Just some shrimp and the rest of the mashed cauliflower from yesterday. It was very good with lots of cheese, much nicer than mashed potatoes.

A Quiet Sunday

   A very lazy day - it was almost noon until I got myself dressed. Rain overnight so no tennis, and it stayed overcast until mid afternoon. Not warm either until the sun finally came out but the cold north wind seems to have subsided.

   A bit of gardening between US Open matches. The lone Canadian is finally out and my least favourite in the women's singles. There is one more match I want to see this evening then I will switch to something else.

   That's it for today. A piece of rainbow trout and some mashed cauliflower for dinner.

Feeling Like Fall

   A pretty rose in the garden.....

..........and some home baking, sugar cookies.

   A quiet day at home with just a trip to the grocery store this morning. I washed all the "pool" towels, dried them outside and stored them away until next year. It was sunny but cool this morning - only got up to low 20's - and now it has clouded over.

   Overdosed on US Open matches this afternoon so will have a change of pace this evening with a movie. Then off to bed with my current library book. It's called "The Witches of New York" and is turning out to be more enjoyable than my last one.

End of Summer is Coming

   Another cool but sunny day. It was only 8C this morning and just managed to struggle up to 19C by the afternoon. At least it is nice in the sun. I had a long morning at the tennis club (8:30 to 12:30) and, after, lunch at Metro (sushi) with Jasmin, Dick and Martin - a working lunch as we were discussing our strategy for the tennis club AGM later this month. We're not happy with the current management.

   I have just finished the sushi with a glass of wine but will have dinner later. I got bored with watching tennis yesterday and watched "The Danish Girl", a video from my friend Cathy. I think I may resort to another movie tonight but this afternoon watched the lone Canadian still playing at the US Open. He won when his opponent withdrew due to injury. However, a win's a win!

   The sun is going down and the temperature is dropping. I have on warmer pants, a sweater and socks. My days of daily swims in the pool are well and truly over and the guys will come to close it up in a couple of weeks. It is always rather bitter sweet when the pool gets its winter cover on.