Wednesday, September 4, 2013 We can walk....

"We can walk', is the answer I get every time I suggest getting a taxi when it looks like rain.  This was the case this morning, as we were walking home from the TEAPOT (the over 50 club on the lake)the wind was blowing and it was already a scattering of light rain across the lake .- thought maybe this time we'd take a taxi ..but no - think I've mentioned before mac does not lke to spend any $$$.  Actually, we were quite enjoying the wind and rain, and the huge change in temperature from scorching two days ago to this brisk cold wind.  Life can be so pleasant when one is healthy that is able to walk and enjoy the outdoors...and in our case, that is practically the sum total of our life ...but i answered an email today giving some of the facts of how we live so thought i'd include it for the record today....

 

The bldg i am in is a residence and also for people with problems, be they physical or mental such as alzheimers, in fact the 2nd flor. is devoted to alz. patients...the 3rd flr is for autonomus alz 4th flor seems to be mainly for wheel chairs bound people.... and the flor we are on is 6th which is mostly for autonomous people, i am there, in a very lovely apt. where i take care of Mac and cook meals, etc. and try to live as much as possible as i did when we were in our own house, which by the way is now for sale...i'm not sad about this as we sure don't need all the stuff that one has to do in a big house ...and of course a garden..this place has a neat back garden with garden swings..although since we walk every single day we're not there often...

 

the real reason i love it here is because we are a 15 min walk from the lake which stretches from lachine all the way as you probably remember...so we can walk and we do.   there is a walking path and bike path as well, one can go from Dorval all the way on the path to old montreal...of course we don't but we do walk from 32nd st where we are; all the way to 49th st. by the lake path..We can have our meals in the dining room, but we opt to have that approx once a week just for a change, although mac loves to be with the others there, as they all speak to us and he gets quite a bit of attention which is great..

 

 

.the B in our address is for tower B, there are 2 towers. the top floor is 6, so it's really not a high tower kind of bldg. but our view takes in the lake, the st. lawrence river, the mercier bridge, and also we can see the mountain and the shrine..so it's great.  i love all the trees and in fall it should be great...

 

Does Mac like it here...well that's for sure, he is not always keen on the people that have to help him, but there is no doubt that he is thriving on their attention....the only thing is he hates it when i leave him with anyone else, and that's what i have to do now...so better get ready  this is my afternoon to go out...hope it works out o.k.  bye for now.