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Terrible weather in Toronto

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Since last Friday we’ve had some pretty bad weather here in Toronto. Severe thunder storms with winds that knocked down trees, super heavy rain and more!

The other day … I think it was Monday we even had hail!

I grabbed my camera as soon as I realized it was hailing, but the rain was coming down so hard that the hail melted in my area before I could take a picture of the grape size hail!

Even this photo doesn’t really show how hard it rained that day. I believe there was still a little bit of hail coming down while I took the picture:

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Apparently some areas of Toronto had worse hail than we did. A lot of cars were dented! The news said we should look for “hail” sales at dealerships in about a month!

It’s been so cold too! I turned our furnace back on, although it hasn’t been quite cold enough for it to turn on … so we’ve been sitting in our house with sweaters or blankets covering us. Hard to believe that it will be summer in about 27 hours! If feels more like autumn around here.





Why does this commercial want to make me buy a product I don’t need?

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I keep seeing those commercials on TV for acne treatment creams or packages. It figures that one of the commercials hasn’t come on since I’ve been watching TV today so I can’t remember the name of the stuff .. but it’s the commercial with Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt in it.

I think the commercial must have subliminals in it, because every time I see it I want to buy the stuff and I don’t have acne! Isn’t that crazy?

Ok now I remember the name of the product – it’s proactiv. Have you seen that commercial? Doesn’t it make you feel like it’s the best acne treatment ever? Like I said I don’t have skin trouble – thankfully!

So why do I want to buy this stuff every time I see the commercial?

Are there any commercials that really make you want to buy a certain product – even if you don’t need it?

Watching old shows on TV

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I’m not feeling so hot today so I’ve just been lying down and watching TV for a good portion of the day. Unfortunately there really isn’t much on.

For a while I was watching Melrose Place. You know, I never did get into watching that show back when it was one of the hot shows on TV and I still couldn’t get into it. For some reason some of the characters were walking around dressed in what appeared to be equestrian clothing. They weren’t riding horses so I have no idea why they were dressed that way.

I do like watching some of the old shows on TV … Archie Bunker in All in the Family is usually funny. It’s amazing to think how bad attitudes were in the 70’s when you see shows like that or the Jefferson’s, Good Times and so on.

Actually when I’ve been watching the old shows – even reruns of Rosanne I’ve been having fun spotting actors that are in current shows or who’ve made it big in movies like George Clooney and many others.

Do you ever watch old TV shows? Spot any familiar faces?

Funny Signs

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Wordless Wednesday

I love seeing signs that people or businesses have put up that seem to have hidden or un-intended meaning! Here, take a look so you can see what I mean:

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or this one –

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I’d bet you’d get attention if you dropped your pants in a place of business!

Have a great Wednesday … the weekend is almost here.

Blooms everywhere

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It’s amazing how quickly the garden changes at this time of year isn’t it? Two weeks ago I still had some tulips – like this beauty peeking out from around another plant –

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Now that tulip is gone, but it’s been replaced by blooming peonies, columbines, hundreds of roses, geraniums and more … I can’t even think of all the names of the flowers that are currently blooming in my garden right now. It’s a delight to walk out there though and smell the fragrance of all those roses at once.

Other short bloomers that are mostly gone now are/were my Dover Blue German Iris:

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These German Iris’ are still blooming. I think the only reason they’re still around after our storms and heat waves are because they’ve chosen to grow up into one of my large rose bushes this year. I guess they are getting a little more shade and staying cooler so they’ve lasted longer than they usually do.

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Is your garden full of blooms too?

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