8r4dsfeets It has rained enough today to finally say it has rained good and proper and maybe even enough to make a difference. The air still smells of #firesmoke tho which just goes to show that as much as it has rained it probably hasn’t rained enough-enough. #rain #weather

8r4dsfeets The rock snake swallowed our run club logo. I recall that at one point a couple years ago, back during COVID days, when this #rocksnake was one of those spontaneous community projects that appeared around town, she painted a few rocks with the logo I created ten years ago for our #running club. It's held up very well and is now about mid-point in the chain of rocks stretching about 50m down this asphalt path. #runcrew

8r4dsfeets Not quite my dream-mobile and I’m sure it’d just go to pieces anyhow on our winter roads. #lamborghini #lego #westedmontonmall

8r4dsfeets With a vacation on the horizon we’ve been shoe #shopping an excessive number of times in the last couple weeks! I've replenished my footwear supply, which should be great for our trip, but it's not helping the bank account! #westedmontonmall

8r4dsfeets first day parking in our new parking lot… so lame #commuting

8r4dsfeets All ready for a downtown #running adventure and starting under the beautiful bridge. Too bad it's a crazy-hot #summer day again!

8r4dsfeets post-run parking lot shorts weather #summer #running

8r4dsfeets Election Night… #politics

8r4dsfeets Under the orbs of colour and light. #edmonton #downtown #lunchbreak #publicart

8r4dsfeets Nope. Not snow. Poplar fluff. #walk #spring

8r4dsfeets If only the rest of the world worked this way, but alas a Sunday run at the gym and on the track was a break from the mean streets and the smoky air outside.

8r4dsfeets It's been almost a full week of moving, shifting, cleaning, shuffling, hauling, hustling, and trying to find some rest in the middle of it all. Replacing the entirety of our upstairs carpet (even tho the actual removal and replacement of the carpet was done by a pro) meant moving almost ever piece of furniture and object sitting on that furniture into the basement or elsewhere in the house. It meant hundreds of loads down the stairs, hundreds more back up, packing, lugging, discarding, and rearranging everything. The rooms needed to be entirely empty and in many ways it almost seems like it would have been simpler to pack it up and move it to a new house at the same time. Alas, about nine days after taking the first load down the stairs, the place is about 80% restored, and what hasn't gone back up may never go back up, so there is some serious (and slow) sorting to be done now. We are over the carpet hump, tho, and it sure does look and feel nice.