Windows on London

We had a nice, if brief, chat with Caitlin and Louis on Portal this morning. She seems better and says she's feeling better. Louis was his usual bouncy, ebullient self. 

They gave Louis a Covid test today. If it's negative, he can go back to his nanny, Carrie. They feared it would be traumatic for him - and them - but although he did gag a bit when they put the swab at the back of his throat, he didn't seem to mind it. He giggled at the swab up his nose, and said later he thought it was all "funny." 

Of course, he had been promised a chocolate egg if he was a good boy.

Bob also feels he's better, so much so that he went in to the office for a meeting with two of his guys today. That may have been more because he's so stressed about having to miss work, and fearing falling behind. He spoke to his boss and told him he was still too sick to come back full-time, but he's worried he's losing ground.

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The weather was supposed to be mild and sunny today. It was certainly milder - 8C - but not as warm as had been promised, and cloudy. We have warmer days ahead, but also lots of rain.

I decided my walk today should actually be a walk, rather than just dawdling around close to home looking for photographs. I walked up to Wortley Village - lots of folks about, it's always a lively place - and then back down Bruce St. 

I think he wanted to be outside

Aren't they worried about vandalism - or it's stained plastic

I crossed Rideout and worked my way along little dead-end streets and through the back of an apartment complex to Carfrae Cresc., the continuation of Richmond St. south of the river. That's a nice little enclave between Rideout and Carfrae - old brick houses and quite decent looking apartment blocks (from the 1950s or 60s, I'm guessing.) Very quiet and secluded.

Carfrae Cresc. - Jesus a fallen man?!

At the Richmond St. bridge, I was intrigued by a group of four people on a little spit of land that extends into the river. What were they doing? They all seemed to be in their own little world, although it was clear they were together. When I saw the pictures later, I was further intrigued by the fact that they looked indigenous. One was fishing. It's still not clear what the others were doing. 

I continued down Richmond to the market and so home.

Good Value store on Dundas St.

This used to be the backdoor to the Simpsons department store. Today, the building is mostly empty. It's owned by - who else? - Schmuel Farhi

If Jackson Pollock was a street artist