Month: October 2022

Now two members of the extended family have Covid, so the long weekend festivities are on hold indefinitely. Which sucks, but, but he says, after the extremely busy fair weekend we just had some downtime around the house would be most welcome. No rushing off in holiday traffic, and late night drive home through even more nightmare traffic. That’s gotta be a blessing, anyway you slice it. So instead I’ll have the kids help me with the leaves, I’ll cut the grass, and then we can decorate for Halloween. That should be good for 2-3 hours of work tomorrow. We’ll dig out the two inflatables, caution tape, cob webs and such. Make a garbage bag man corpse to hang from a tree. You know – fun stuff. I’ll get my leaf mulcher up and running if it doesn’t rain, and the yard will be clean once more – momentarily.

The youngest is home sick with her long lasting cough that’s she’s had for five plus weeks now. It was getting better, but all that outdoor time & dust at the fair has set it off – again. It never really goes away. It dies down but never leaves. You can hear her hack & cough from the lingering post nasal drip. Then it gets irritated and ramps up to what we have now. A semi constant stream of sputtering coughs. It’s a whole thing. Horrendous.

So October 7th eh? Friday of the long weekend. Thankfully I have managed to knuckle down and complete a hefty chunk of work these last 3-4 weeks, and I don’t have anything major hanging over my head for the holiday. New things can, and will certainly pop up, but for this particular moment in time I am not under a crunch. Which is very pleasant. Busy, busy, rest period. It’s good to have time to think & rest. I had some new books delivered so now I can read those. I started a new bust sculpt out of Super Sculpey yesterday, of yet another monster. So that should be a fun way to relax. My air brush paint arrived, a black & grey surface primer. Nothing too crazy. I’m going to complete my latest sculpt and then see how I fare with my old air brush on painting up those busts. Could be a nightmare, could open up new exciting challenges, and thus new rewards. Wee! Or it’ll help me prime things quickly and I’ll end up hand brushing everything anyway. Hard to tell at this point.

What else is there to say? Might actually have some new packaging that isn’t alcoholic beverage related, or cigarettes out in the market come early 2023. That’s always fun to see. Cartons, trays, cans, bottle labels, glass wear and custom bottles are one thing, but getting to see a product outside of the beer store is pretty rad too. Even had a brief return to conference roll banners this week, which reminded me of my Moosehead Brewery days, and my time with PBC ( Premium Beer Company) and all of their partner brands doing stuff like that. A nice little stroll down memory lane.

The wind is kicking up today, so these trees should be bare in another three weeks. Seeing night time temperatures down to almost zero degrees Celsius. Winter will be here before we know it. Wash those jackets, and dirt out the snow pants before you get caught out! Heed my warning! Muah ah ah ah! Ciao Bella!

With random rain clouds, odd spot of occasional sunshine, blowing leaves and patches of blue sky. Welcome to fall in southern Ontario where you never know what you are going to get, from hour to hour on any given day. Hard to dress for success when the day starts at 2°, and climbs to 23°, but has rain, wind, harsh sunshine, and a cold bitter chill thrown into the mix. So we wear layers and pray the kids don’t forget their shit throughout the day. Clear as mud, right?

Spooky season is upon us. Just gotta creep on by Thanksgiving first! Might have a bit of a jumbled holiday this weekend, as Covid has come to town in the immediate family. No chance the afflicted is safe to be around in just two more days. So perhaps next weekend we’ll celebrate together. Fingers crossed for no major lasting effects. Ciao Bella!

Strike while the iron is hot, and work, work, work, work, work.

Not going to say much, as I’m on a pee break, with twenty plus 3D renders to do today, make final edits to one report, and work through the last chapter of a second report. If I can do all of that, then I need to prep a third report that is hot on my heels.

Chat later. Ciao Bella!