Monday, April 21, 2025

Easter Monday

Cool Breeze Along the River

Although Easter Monday is a statutory holiday in Canada, I find that I have every single day of the week free.  Mostly government offices and schools were not open, I think.  I did walk down Columbia Street this morning for a bit of exercise.  It still feels pretty damned cold.  The chilly wind was blowing up the river.  I have heard that things may warm up later in the week and it might get up to 20°C or 68°F.  

I ducked into the Thrift Store and looked around.  I nearly found nothing of interest.  Then, I noticed a baseball type cap.  Jay likes the ones without the adjustable strap on the back.  He's bald and they usually chafe and leave a mark.  The hat didn't look as though it had ever been worn, so I picked it up for CA$2.99.  Oh, actually it was CA$2.69 because the clerk automatically added my senior discount.  I'm not really sure how I feel about that.  I used to be asked but now sales people just assume!  LOL

Later in the afternoon, the Amazon guy bought a small case for my new DJI NEO drone.  It was a few days late but at least it got here.

DJI NEO Case

I put the two photos above to represent the day, but I realize I didn't continue talking about the cap.  The size was marked as S/M so I thought it'd fit Jay.  However, it was too large and ended up fitting me.  I didn't have a mannequin nearby.  I had to put it somewhere to take a photo of it too.  I don't do selfies but I needed a place and my head was handy.  The company is a Swiss watch company that still makes mechanical watches only, I discovered.

Picture of Cap


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