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Memorial Day weekend - tried to pull out the bushes, but the tow strap broke. Used the chainsaw to cut them off, then the hard job of digging out the roots. One was a boxwood, and the roots were quite large and deep and entangled.
A small army of laborers picks away at the snow- and ice-encrusted switches at Tower A, just north of North Station.
Boo the storm. It rained mid-week and all the lifts stopped, the mountain was effectively closed for the day. Some of the boys decided to build a kicker (a jump) in a nearby field.
I sat and watched and took photos of them being rad, and not so rad. We then spent a good few hours in a smoky Austrian bar on the piste, listening to absolutely AWFUL europop, eating wurst and drinking hot chocolate, looking at each other and looking out the window waiting for the rain to stop.
This is Lee, he is a right bender.
Pictured is the Coatsworth House, located at 49 Cottage Street. Built in 1869 in the Second Empire style, it was the home of Thomas Coatsworth, who had the home built for him and his wife, Electra. Born in Ottawa in 1821, Thomas’ family relocated to Buffalo and quickly became one of the city’s most prominent early families. As a young man, Thomas sold wood and later coal to shippers traveling across the Great Lakes. He eventually amassed enough wealth to purchase several freight boats that operated on the Great Lakes. He became a prominent figure in the local grain trade, and established one of the first waterfront grain elevators in Buffalo, along with digging the adjoining Coatsworth Slip, located where the General Mills plant stands today. Thomas passed away in 1887 at the age of 66 following a short bout with pneumonia. The Coatsworth House would eventually become the original motherhouse of the Brothers of Mercy when they purchased the home in 1926. During their time of ownership, the Brothers operated an infirmary in the home. Today, the home is divided up into several apartment units.
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My beloved pooch, Casey, spent a fun afternoon at her favourite watering hole, Frozen John. Casey is currently dealing with a kidney failure that has left her at reduced capacity. She had so much fun on this particular day but was exhausted for a few days after. She's a senior now. In her earlier years, she would swim after sticks in this creek (Fish Creek) but not anymore. She devoted her energy to digging up rocks with her feet, sticking her head in the water, grasping them with her teeth, and piling them up on shore. The rocks she targeted were no pebbles...they were larger than her head.
Her tail was vigorously wagging and I caught it just at the right moment with my trusty camera.
July 19, 2006 - Casey was laid to rest today after a battle with kidney failure. We loved her enough to end her suffering and set her free. Ten years on earth with us was too short and she will be fondly remembered. Run free Casey.
My determined Jack was convinced something was up in those roots! I had to wash so much sand out of his eyelids afterwards it wasn't even funny.
This is Bob's mother and siblings posing for a photograph in their war time garden. I'm not sure who took this photograph but it was used for government publicity during the war and also appeared on a modern book all about wartime cooking. I shall endeavour to find our copy of the book to find out who wrote it, I have a feeling it was something to do with Margaret Patterson. It is a wonderfully iconic photoghraph.
Altered construction work sign. The sign is all bent out of shape, so it was difficult to get a clean shot.........hehehehe!
This hoarding book is geared towards the hapless family of the hoarder. It focuses on a harm reduction strategy aimed not at clearing out the relatives house, but at reducing the clutter that would most put them at risk i.e. papers too near the burners of the stove, triping hazards and dust and mold.
Quite a lot of the book is devoted to addressing the perceived pscychological injury of the relative, usually an adult child with a hoarding parent who grew up believing that the hoarded accumulation was more important than the child.
These authors appears to have much more experience with treating hoarders than the researchers who put hoarders on the map (and in the DSM). Instead of broadly defining hoarding as the collecting of items with little or no value, these authors focus on the compulsive part i.e. the compulsive aquiring of items and the difficulty in discarding items.
The authors also do not push cognitive therapy as the be and end all in treatment. They know that few hoarders are willing to undergo this treatment, so only suggest it for those those who are. Instead they teach non-judgemental interviewing to the reader with the goal of pursuading the hoarding loved one to allow a team to assist in harm reduction.
Lots of exchanges of dialog are given to demonstrate how these conversations might go.
The authors also outline how to create a contract between the hoarder and the team for the harm reduction project.
Given a willing and evolved family these techniques are a sound plan for achieving the stated goals of harm reduction. I did meet a very mature daughter who brough this book to my attention. She understood the family dynamics involved in her situation and was able to impart much valuable psychological information to me. Too bad for the family that she lives 3,000 miles away, which is where I come in. The parents are also much more inclined to listen to an "expert" than to their daughter, especially the dad who is prone to rage if he does not feel understood.
Because the psychological underpinnings are manifested in such illogical accumulation of seemingly low value stuff, it is easy to think of hoarders as being mentally impaired. When they finally do decide to clear things out it is quite a step up, so I make sure not to say anything that might comment on the illogic of the past collection. They can see it for themselves because once they are willing to address it it becomes obvious. The key is to keep them at it.
This book required for certificate in Hoarding given by the NSGCD.