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Tragic accident in Edmonton

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Did you hear about the terrible transport truck accident in Edmonton, Alberta a couple of days ago? I’ve seen the video that a terrified commuter took as the transport barreled down the highway several times and it’s unbelievable.

The transport traveled along an Edmonton highway for approximately 30 minutes. Barreling along, seemingly out of control until if finally crashed into the abutment and caught on fire.

Edmonton is in our Prairies so the roads are generally flat and straight so I can see how a vehicle manned by perhaps what was an unconscious driver could keep going for so long.

It turns out that the driver was only 25 years old and he suffered from poorly controlled diabetes. I suppose they’ll do an autopsy and investigate to see exactly what happened, but I suspect that the poor man might have been in a diabetic coma. He died when the transport crashed. I sure hope that he had life insurance. Poor guy.





Time to start getting things done around the home

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I’m so happy that spring has finally arrived! The snow is melting and some of my garden plants are starting to show up! Yeahhhh!

Now my thoughts are filled with gardening tasks. Well, they are also filled with thoughts of all the things we need to do around the home like finish our living room dining room reno so we can get started on our bathroom renovation. I suppose that sometime soon we’ll have to go out and take a look at bathroom vanities and other items we’ll need for that project.

Do you ever getting thinking about things that you need to do so much that you start dreaming about it too? I do. Lately my dreams are filled with me digging in the garden or painting walls. Figures it’s not something more exciting!

Fighting garden pests with dog fur

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Our puppy just finished going through a big shed. We’re talking handfuls of fur coming off her! Ughh … I spend a portion of each day sweeping or vacuuming just to get up all the hair!

Her shedding did give me an idea though! We have cats that like to pass through our garden. Heck, we’ve got a few raccoons that like to visit as well. So I decided to save the dog fur and try placing it in the garden in order to see if the dog smell scared the animals away.

Have you tried anything like this to keep pests from your yard?

I think it will work to some degree. At least it’s worth a try and it won’t hurt anything. Fur is organic right?

Beautiful interior wood doors for your home

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I believe that one day I’ll be able to say that we’ve completely renovated just about every inch of our home. I’ve made plans for each area and completed a number of major renovations so far, however it will still likely be a few years before I can make my claim.

One of the areas I’ve yet to address are interior and exterior doors. Our home was built in 1927 and I believe all of the interior doors are the original doors – complete with ancient hardware. Needless to say, doors that are 81 years old tend to have several coats of paint and a number of dings in them! As much as I like our doors I think we might replace a few of them. The rest I’ll try to refinish.

If you happen to be revamping or renovating your home you might want to take a look at the selection of Interior Wood Doors at Hardwood Door & Bevel.

Not only does Hardwood Door & and Bevel have a wide selection of beautifully designed interior and exterior hardwood doors, wrought iron doors, French doors, bevels, windows and hardware they will also create a custom door for you if you need a very specific height or width or have a custom design in mind.

As I said our house was built in the 1920’s and the interior and entry doors are narrower than those in more modern homes. We might well have to get a custom door ourselves, or at the very least trim to sides of a pre-made door.

I spent some time on the site looking over the various styles of doors which range from hardwood doors of Oak, Maple, Mahogany, Cherry and distressed Alder to wrought iron and Rio Tuscany doors, solid MDF doors and various collections listed by brand and or style of door and I was pleased with the designs.

I also took a look at some of the custom doors that they’ve created and in a word they are gorgeous. Seriously. If you need a new door or believe that you might want to have a custom made door in the future do take the time to visit the site and bookmark it. I think you’ll be as pleased with the selection as I was!

Snow’s melting fast!

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I didn’t think I’d be able to say this so soon, but our snow is just about gone. Oh yes, we still have a snow that’s close to a foot deep in the shadier areas of our yard, but clear grassy areas far outweigh the snowy areas now!

I’ve even seen signs of life in the garden. A couple of my crocus’ are bloom, the chives are up and other plants are beginning to emerge. I’m sure when I clear dead foliage and leaves from the garden beds I’ll find a few more surprises.

Now, as for the photo above. I’m not sure if that was a joke photo taken in an area like this with a ton of snow, or if it snowed in an area where it really snows and someone was actually trying to find people gullible enough to buy a few snow balls. I thought it was kind of funny though.

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