We've got that incredible November hush that descends on us at this time of year. The float planes are mostly idle, even the most die-hard sports fishers have given up for the season, and the only sounds at all are from the occasional tug boats hauling log booms and barges. The humpbacks have mostly headed back south to wherever they go -- down to Baja or Hawaii for breeding -- and the big tour boats are docked for the winter. The waterfront fishing lodges have put their docks and guide boats away and the tourists have all gone home. The only sound I can hear right now is the fan on my laptop, and a snoring cat.

Every time I think I might want to move back to the city, I remind myself that there isn't one second of peace and quiet like we have here.

Exactly why I live in the country too, hagatha!

I can only imagine the peace and quiet you're enjoying Hagatha .. nothing like it at all.

T.G.I.F. good Friday one and all

I brought a light afternoon blend of coffee for the break room:D

college football and chores.

Good morning, all.

We actually had some sun yesterday so I did some outdoor chores; notably cleaning mink AND raccoon droppings from our deck. The animals tend to use the deck as a path to the water, and so they've started using it as a latrine, too. I'm getting some motion-sensor lights put in but in the meantime I've got some pretty foul-smelling deterrent pellets spread around out there. Then I did some general de-sliming of concrete so delivery people don't slip on the property, and cleaned out the driveway drains. I have a very sore shoulder this morning!

After that we all had a final fire down by the beach for burgers and hot dogs.

pro nfl football,, and chores.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. District meeting at our Eagles today. Dinner out tonight, then going to see James Brown in concert.

Good morning and Happy Sunday everyone

I brought a pot of Hammer Down - Bold Roast coffee this morning for the Break Room.

Wow Connie ... James Brown as in 'one of the Kings of Soul?' ... where is the concert tonight?

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone

court shows and even perry mason, and chores, starting with perry mason, america court with judge kevin ross, the people court, judge greg mathis, justice with judge mablean ,the verdict with judge hatchett, judge judy. and chore. for tomorrow, after carrie underwood sang, cheifs vs raiders, falcons lost to cowboys, seatte with russell wilson vs green bay with aaron rogers.

God morning , Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. It was James Taylor and Jackson Brown I went to see last night. I keep getting the names jumbled, the concert was Great. Lunch and Netflix with a friend today, meeting at the Eagles tonight.

James Taylor and Jackson Brown? Fabulous!

same thing.

Glad you enjoyed the concert Connie

Have a wonderful evening everyone

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room.

Danish please! Nothing on the agenda today connie? I always look forward to hearing what your day will be. My days are almost all the same - sit in front of my computer .

Have a good day all!

I had a back injection today. Probably NOT the kind of uplifting and interesting to hear about, right, oldbroad! I'd rather hear about Connie's fun than that too. But on the up side, I did crank out close to 2 miles of walking by parking as far away from the buildings as I could get at the Pain Clinic and the two stops I had to make on the way home.

Draclvr, I am interested in all people and all that they do. I still hope to get myself out and walking regularly at some point.

But some things are more fun to hear about than others, eh!

Not much fun at this end, either. A trip to the hospital for John's blood test, and then home -- and then I collided with an exuberant Dude and now he's so scared of me he runs away in terror every time he sees me. I hope it doesn't stay that way, because he was really starting to trust us and even enjoy Willow's company.

I'm pretty sure he'll be fine hagatha!

I hope so. He's such a little 'fraidy cat. And we were all having so much fun.

Our heat pump has been installed. We're fortunate that one of the installers is also a neighbour, so the install went very smoothly. We'll be turning it on soon. I'll be interested to see how quiet it is -- our master bedroom is right above what was the furnace room, and the old furnace was so noisy I had to turn the heat way down at night to stop it from coming on. The fan for the heat pump, which is installed where the old furnace stood, should be much quieter. I'm told I won't hear it at all.

same thing, and cooking class we are making tacos.

I agree with oldbroad... it may take Dude a while to come around, but he will finally miss you!

Give Dude time and he'll come back to you Hagatha

Have a wonderful evening

I've just been looking at the extent of the damages caused by our recent torrents of rain. Most of our highways are completely cut off by mudslides and flooding. And in some cases the highway is just...gone, and the ground underneath completely washed away. We weren't affected where we are, but my planned two-day visit to Victoria is off, since the Malahat portion of the highway from hereis now impossible to travel.

I have no idea how long it will take to repair all of this, since in some cases entire stretches of highway will have to be re-engineered, given that the ground they were built on is now utterly gone. I'm guessing that in some cases it will be years before those stretches of highway re-open.