Old truck full of Sunflowers - a photo on Flickriver

            Friday, 5 August 2022: just before 10:00 am, our temperature is only 11°C (feels like 8°C).  Sunrise was at 6:07 am and sunset is at 9:15 pm.  Supposed to get up to 17°C this afternoon.  Such a welcome break from the very hot weather we have been having for ages, though it is quite windy.  After tomorrow, we return to hot weather again.

Just before 1:00 am this morning, 5 August 2022, I added another five photos taken on 28 July 2022.  On that day, I went for a drive out of the city.  Having stayed home for eight days because of an extremely painful infected tooth, I just needed to get out for a few hours.  It got up to 33C when I was out that day.  For some reason, my tooth and jaw became almost as painful as at the beginning.  Two weeks of this pain has been more than enough, and I got a root canal in the afternoon on 3 August!  Have to get it finished in a week's time.  Not sure if I will be getting a root canal in a second tooth that day, too.  I most definitely did not enjoy my appointment on 3 August!  It was a complicated root canal, as part of the gum had grown into a cavity in the tooth.  Fortunately, my dentist is also a Dental Surgeon and he really wanted to save the tooth.  He told me that I must have broken the record for how many instruments he needed to use in my mouth.  Now I am into the third week of not being able to eat on that side of my mouth - thank goodness for endless soups.

My trip on 28 July started with a visit to the Saskatoon Farm for a late breakfast.  I knew that the Farm was going to get busier than ever and I wanted to take a few bright, colourful photos while I had the chance.  Every time I go to the Farm, new things have been added.  Hard-working, creative owners and staff!  Everyone is so friendly there.

From the Farm, I drove further south-east and quickly checked out Frank Lake and area.  It was too hot for me to do more than a very short walk just as far as the American Pelicans.  Driving a back road or two, I only saw a few small birds.  Maybe it was just too hot for them.  I did see a Yellow-headed Blackbird at the lake, standing on a rock with its wings slightly open and its beak open, in order to cool down a little.  I was also very happy to see a beautiful adult, dark morph Swainson's Hawk perched on a fence railing along one of the roads.

Taken on: July 28, 2022

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2 greenhouses with fake red 'barn' fronts

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28 July 2022

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