We had had good weather, a little cool, but we got to try out our new toys, Mike had bought himself a fishing kayak and I had bought a standup paddleboard. We went by the osprey nest but saw no sign of them this year. Although I heard the Orioles, I didn't see them but I did get to see a rose breasted grosbeak which landed in a tree nearby. Almost immediately after I put up my feeder, the hummingbirds started coming. It was great to see them.
Since it was too cold to swim, I decided on doing a lot of walking and bike riding. Mike came some days, but we had to stop and rest a lot. We saw the raccoon (probably the same one from last year) doing his tour around 5pm and a couple of other times during the day he gave me a good scare by coming up behind me in the yard. He is quite brazen.
We had Cris and Arnie for dinner our first day and April and Jack were going to come up the weekend of the 22nd, however, on that Friday night, she called to say that Jack had a sore throat and so did she so they would not be coming for the weekend. I was disappointed but that's life. We were having a quiet evening, it was cool and I was reading, Mike took Finn out around 11pm but Finn wouldn't go, just sniffed over and over. Mike was uncharacteristicly angry with him. I went to bed at 11:30pm, giving Mike a kiss goodnight.
At 6:15am I awoke to see Mike fall from the bed onto the floor. I got up and found he was awake but looked like he fell and couldn't get up. I asked him what was wrong but he couldn't answer. I thought it was because of his pain, but then noticed he had a droop to his face and realized that he might have had a stroke. I immediately called 911, then Cris and Arnie who were nearby in Smith Falls. The ambulance came and took him to Kingston General Hospital, where it was confirmed that he had had a massive stroke.
So, I have had a big change of plans, and I begin a new type of journey, one that certainly will not be as pleasant and easy as the great summer I had planned for myself.
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