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Carol ****
From Carol
We went back up to Wiarton on Wednesday because our new furnace was being installed Thursday. Even though the sky was overcast Wednesday, we managed to get some yard work done. It then rained and stayed overcast Thursday. Wouldn’t you know it today, when we need to go home it is a beautiful sunny day. It seems all summer, and it has been a beautiful summer, the best weather in Wiarton occurred when we weren’t up to enjoy it. I was only in the kayak once this season. Cousin Greg brought me uncle Russel’s trike, which I have here in Wiarton, but I haven’t been able to enjoy it much either. The most recent Tim update is; he was transferred to the transplant clinic at Toronto General to undergo tests to see if he is well enough to receive a lung transplant. If an unknown heart issue or cancer is discovered then he won’t qualify. Since the likelihood of that is slim I believe he will be put on the waiting list. Heidi and Tara will know more today as they will be in TO visiting Tim and talking to the doctor. Please keep them in your prayers.
Carol ****
From Gale
Our visit to Motherwell in Scotland Our visit to Motherwell was very brief but it was one of the highlights of our trip - and one of the lowlights (is there such a word ?) The highlight was visiting with our friends Jim and Rhona. We have known Jim for over 50 years and some of you might remember him because he stayed at my house for a few months when Ewan was little. Since our last visit, their phone numbers had changed so we walked up to the house we hoped they still lived in and knocked on the door. It's not the first time we have done that so it only took moments for the grins, hugs, visit and catching up to begin. The lowlight was the weather ! It was so cold with an icy wind, I had on 3 pairs of pants, 2 sweaters, a lined jacket and a coat. I looked and felt like the Michellan man and I was STILL shivering. Time to hop the train to Edinburg (next week).
Gale ****
From Doug
We did our street concert as intended and it was more fun than I’d ever hoped it could be. The afternoon performances went off without a hitch and turnout was better than expected. Jane and I played and sang for an hour and neither of us could stop grinning. And face it, grinning and smiling don’t come easy to me. As well as people from the neighborhood, several of my biker friends from the city attended. Several others from the city had tried to attend but a fiery crash on the highway blocked the highway for several hours so they gave up and turned around and headed back to the city. The afternoon session gave us a chance to get used to the acoustics in my garage and a chance to tweak my PA system setup as well as a chance to ‘feel’ the audience to see how they would react. It was all great. The young families in the neighborhood turned up for the afternoon session as expected, as well as others who couldn’t make the evening show. Our evening show was set for 7pm but people started showing up half an hour ahead of that. Cool. By 7 we had probably 4 time the turnout as we did in the afternoon, and people kept coming after we started our show. The sun had dropped below the mountains so it was becoming dark outside and that made the setting even better. The temperature was dropping along with the daylight but we were nice and cosy in the garage. People were standing outside because there was no room left inside and they all seemed to be enjoying the evening too. Our idea to put on a ‘street concert’ inside my garage worked out great, it gave it a rather ‘industrial’ atmosphere and shelter from whatever the weather might have thrown at us. It all worked out great. Many came out of curiosity and then stayed for the music. Several who had come to the afternoon session came again for the evening show. That was very nice. People tend to applaud out of politeness but the applauding we received went way beyond that and their attention to our music told us that they were truly enjoying themselves, and perhaps fascinated by the fact that two neighbors could get together and do an evening of music. It was the funnest show I’ve ever been involved in and as silly as this may sound, we felt like stars. Here’s a pic of people coming for the evening performance. You might notice that I even moved my Harley out of the garage to make room for everyone.
Several of you have expressed interest in seeing a vid from our little street concert. Well, apparently there are some. A surprising number of attendees in the audience had their phones out taking pictures and in some cases, videos. A fair number of these were sent to me, most of interest but of too poor a quality to be used for anything beyond a quick look/see. One neighbor did send me a vid of Jane and I doing the old Buddy Holley song, ‘You Won’t Matter Anymore’. She took it using her phone so while vid quality is pretty good, the audio component is as expected. There is lots of audience noise as well but thats because there was lots of audience. So, if you’d like to satisfy your curiosity as to what we look like and sort of sound like, click this link and enjoy. And if your are wondering why I sit on a stool when playing, its because my tired old back and my old hip simply can’t do standing. They can do walking, but not standing. A cell phone captured video from our street concert.
Doug ****
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