Windows are all shut today in order to lower our exposure to the northern Ontario, and Manitoba wild fires that are currently ablaze. The sunset was something else with all of those extraneous gases in the air. Lots of pinks, reds, and oranges last night. A slight stink of acetone in the air from the VOC’s breaking down after prolonged exposure to UV rays and/or atmosphere. I forget what combination causes it. We learned all about it last year when Ontario, and New York state we’re just covered in a thick layer of dense smoke. Those haunting orange glowing vistas are going to become common place now I fear. Good luck to our lungs I guess!
In other news it is Tuesday. We walked to school today. The dog was more subdued on the school grounds because of it. Not that he gets hyper when doing drop off, but he certainly sat more chilled out by my feet than usual.bthe walk home with just the two of us was more pleasant. Not trying to race the clock. Didn’t have the kids racing ahead to wind him up. Could stroll slowly and let him sniff & pee to his heart’s content. A big bonus was the fact that it isn’t too hot in the mornings yet. Late afternoon is one thing, but we still have single digit early morning temperatures. For how much longer is anybody’s guess.
We have a transformer put on our power line pile yesterday morning. With the power left on at that. Incredible. I was heading out to cut my grass and saw two Hydro One vehicles. A big boom truck and a support vehicle. In all it was only about an hour for them to disconnect the street light, remove it, uncover some wires, make several disconnections, Mark and drill holes, add in the lag bolts, light up the new transformer, run the grounding wire, and reassemble it all, and add the switches and then pack up and go.
I stood and watched one guy do 95% of the work from the Cherry picker at the top of the boom arm, while five other dudes chirped him, and called out reminders about placements of bolt holes, and taping up lines once finished. I got my lawn done without too much of a delay. Not only that but they cleaned up after themselves fairly well, so I didn’t get any debris shit at my legs when passing over the work area with my mower. Thanks!
I didn’t take any photos because I was trying to be in the moment while fascinated by what they were doing, and how it was done.
The temperature is cooler than they were calling for due to the volume of smoke hanging over a large portion of Ontario. It was supposed to reach into the thirties, and now it looks like we might hover around 23°C for the next couple weeks. One day up and over that, and a few down below. But mild for June. Soon enough the grass stops being green and we get drought conditions, and a low water table.
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