So here I am sitting listening to thunder in the background waiting to see if we get hit by a tornado , there have been watches and warnings most of the day but this line of thunderstorms heading our way comes with this warning for Enviorment Canada :
" At 5:20 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. "
And its heading straight here , yikes !!!!!
I'll keep you posted .
This weekend we ventured out into town , I've said this before , Newmarket has been a pleasant surprise , lots of green spaces and activities and a good number of good restaurants within walking distance , I enjoy exploring it !
We left the pups at home much to their dislike and headed to the Farmers Market , a regular Saturday event in town during the summer , an appetite built up in my often questioned "three block walk" to the market so first we headed to our regular breakfast eatery The Maids Cottage.
With our bellies full we perused the antique car show on Main St and then had a leisurely walk around Fairy Lake.
A lot of avian activity around the lake, we encountered this roadblock of a herd of geese napping on the path
And laying solid claim to this patch of grass for use as their nursery
In the water under the bridge , mom duck and babies putting on a show for food scraps which they were getting plenty of .
There was an Artisan Marked all set up with lots of real nice nicknacks that we did not need but all the same we bought some interesting solar patio lights
We slowly made our way back to the Farmers Market arriving to music in full swing on the stage
After enjoying a few songs we moved on to the goods which are always amazingly mouthwatering as this bunch of succulent radishes illustrate
We were limited to the amount of produce we could purchase as the fridge at home was well stocked with dull truck ripened vegetables and no sense buying more then one can eat as it then just ends up in the green bin. But we did get some lovely fresh asparagus and some free range eggs
Morally the question of where does our food come from bothers me , I've tinkered with the idea of becoming a vegetarian but I don't think it will happen , so the question arises how to live ones life knowing that other life has to make the supreme sacrifice for that to happen ?
So I struggle with this on and off taking the easy way out of mostly ignoring it . One aspect of food production that I find unpalatable is large scale farming , animals penned for their whole existence not able to enjoy any part of the living experience , hens being one example.
I like eggs , eat a lot of them and I am going to try from now on to just buy free range eggs to ease my mind that at least for part of their lives these chickens get to feel the sun on their backs, get to peck at fresh grass and socialize with one another , they get to be chickens .
I now its not much but it is a first step and we shall see where it takes me
With produce in hand we headed back home and out again to the Marsh to purchase the last of the flowers for the garden and then it was an afternoon of planting that morfed into a huge tree pruning event in the search for extra light in the backyard for all these plants , the end result is that we now have a very large pile of branches in the middle of the lawn needing to go to the dump.
But the back yard does look beautiful !!
Sunday was game day , the World Cup is on and Argentina was playing their first match . Lisa invited us to her house for a BBQ so we all watched and cheered together as we emerged victorious against Bosnia- Herzegovina
GOOLLLLLLLLLLL !!!!!!!!! : )
Oh , the thunderstorm as long passed , no tornado but it did get pretty dark and windy for a bit boy did it pour !
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