Mail and Masks

The masks that I told you a few days ago  that weren't coming are still not coming.

As far as I can tell from other information farther down the page, it left Montreal on June 11. If that is the case, I presume it is in Kanata which is a half hour away from us, but it doesn't look as if it has yet been processed there. In fact, I may not be reading the messages correctly, and the package may still even be in Montreal.

Clearly, Canada Post has been overwhelmed by the extra C19 volume, but I have seen that they have been advertising to hire more workers.

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Meanwhile, Amazon orders continue to arrive within two days in most cases. Sue ordered another strip of the rainbow maker, and I thought of puss's needs. Sue also broke her little tripod for her ipod, and I thought puss needed a playtoy (puss wasn't of the same opinion, however, and is not very interested). Anyway, we ordered both, and they were here lickety split.

I understand the negativity that some have for Amazon, but when you live in a town with limited shopping that is further limited by the plague, it is so handy to have.

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But we did get new masks for this Pride Month even though we are more than halfway through. They were made by a lady in Perth where Shauna works. Sue saw her post on FB, called and had Sha pick up on the same day after I paid by e-transfer. Shauna delivered them that very day.

It's true; the eyes give away that I wasn't smiling but that Sue is

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We had a park visit with friends from Ottawa who felt the need to go out for a drive. It was a pretty hot day but not under the shady trees with a nice breeze blowing. You can see that we are maintaining our distance pretty well.

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I did my first grocery shopping in three months, fairly early in the day. There weren't too many shoppers and maybe 50% were masked. One worker was present to hand me a clean cart just outside the doors. My list was short — only a dozen items — so my exposure, such as it was, wasn't prolonged. I was masked and felt safe. I think our main shopping, however, will still be using online ordering with pickup — at least for the next little while.

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Finally: we are still doing selfies, but I haven't posted any for a few days because they haven't seemed to fit whatever I was posting about. But this post is already a hodgepodge, so here we are. What a clever filter.