Trips, Licenses and Things

Shauna surprised me yesterday morning when she messaged this photo.

They were on the their way across province to visit Sha's friends in Sarnia. Shauna was born and raised there — 6 or 7 hours driving distance from here in Eastern Ontario to there in Southwestern Ontario. Thank goodness they're driving across province in the south and not the north because it take days, to drive across Northern Ontario. Yes, it's a huge province.

Anyway, I was surprised to see Danica behind the wheel. I shouldn't have been for it makes sense. It's just that her driving is a new thing. She can only drive for the first hour or so. After that, they will be travelling on major highways, which she is not permitted to do with her graduated license. Still, it's a little break for Mom. It was such a break that she was able to complete Wordle in 2 tries as they travelled. I got it in 3 later.

Sue and I made the trip quite often from 1998 to 2005 which is when we finally moved here to be closer to Shauna. If possible, we would take the lazy backroads and perhaps stretch it into a 9-hour odyssey. Shauna does not have the time or inclination to do that, and the kids would be highly disapproving of a 9-hour sightseeing route.

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To continue the transportation theme, their dad dropped by with his new conveyance (photos and composite by Sue).

He went out once day and came home declaring that he had purchased a motorcycle. He has some past experience with dirt bikes, but he has had to take thorough instruction regardless in order to get his motorcycle license, which is much more difficult to obtain than a car license. His partner is not terribly amused and swears that she will not permit her daughters to ride with him.

Meanwhile, Sue does want to hitch a ride once Eric is fully licensed. I probably will also take a turn, but unlike Sue, I am not exactly itching. 

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Just two other random photos while I am at it: the first of the first daylilies of the season. Unfortunately, some were a day or two old and already spent by the time that I took this. The idea was to shoot past and through other foliage to create a blur effect. It sort of worked but not as well as I might have hoped. 

These are the common, ubiquitous daylilies. We let them grow in the back 40, as it were, partly because we can hardly stop them. We have nice, modern and tamer cultivars out front; they are in bud but not yet in flower.

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Finally, a phone photo while we were waiting for night to fall, or at least blue hour, so we could take some bridge-lights photos. I liked the bit of colour in the sky and reflections, which I was able to accentuate a bit more in edit. We were a little behind town hall at this point, looking across to the dam and falls with St James Church way in the distance.

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Oh, and Happy July 4th to all o' ye YankeeDoodleDandies.