Day: May 21, 2026

It’s not been running all that well this season, which we’re only 3 weeks into lawn cutting, so that’s not very helpful. So I took it upon myself to replace the air filter, the primer bulb, the spark plug, and to take off the exhaust cowl and check the spark inhibitor mesh to see if the muffler and/or mesh was plugged with carbon and was causing the weed eater to big down, and not achieve full throttle. After some poking, brushing, and minor cleaning there was no difference in operation, so I’m stumped. I had to call up the Markham Mower service desk and take it down there to get it serviced professionally. I’m not at all mechanically inclined. Plus I had them price out a replacement trigger, since mine shattered last summer, or perhaps the summer before that. Either way, if it’s a reasonably priced fix I’ll tack it on. I’ve had the unit since 2006, so it’s had a good twenty years of mixed use. I did, once upon a time, do professional landscaping and I’d run it 8-10 hours a day. Now I use it once a week, or once every other week for less than an hour. I keep it inside the shed, and out of the elements. That’s about as good as I can do for it these days.

With any luck in two weeks time I’ll have it back, and for a price that won’t require me to sell an organ on the black market. Fingers crossed for an easy fix, and not only that but an additional long life left on the equipment once repaired! One can hope!

You know you talk to a parts counter, you check using Google, and you flip through a book but the colour suggested is just a tad too bright, and a little thin, and the touch up version is real thick and gloppy, so the attempts to hide the rust spots isn’t as successful as one might have hoped, but in the end it still looks better than when I started, and I have sparkle paint left at my disposal for other projects that require a bit of whimsy, so all good. The colour match for twelve year old paint isn’t perfect, but it’s the best I can do without painting the entire car, and that’s not in the cards for the GMC Terrain that’s nearing 170,000 Km, and limping along once more. If it can get to the end of the school year, and possible through summer, then that’s pretty great.

A shame that, it was this lovely brief moment through all the trees into a side window that felt sort of at peace given the current state of the world. Unfortunately it didn’t really capture the depth, nor the grandeur in camera. Oh well. I experienced it, and just wanted to share. Something’s you just need to be present for I suppose.

It’s now Thursday of the short week. Heading into another weekend. I have a dog urine sample to collect for the vet’s office because they believe our pooch has contracted Lyme Disease, and they need to determine if he has fought it off, or if he is still living with it. Thing is the blood work only tests for antibodies, and can’t tell us if it’s a current or past infection. Hence more tests required. And the urine sample collection. Hope it’s not a messy affair. Fingers & paws crossed.

School ends in about a month. Not much time to do all the things! These next two weeks are going to fly by because everything is coming to a head with final classes, recitals, tournaments, proms, graduations, rehearsals, fairs, talent shows, spring dances, and whatnot. Heads will spin! Whoosh!