PARK MARCEL LAURIN AND BASIN DE LA BRUNANTE, ST LAURENT

 I have walked a few times around this park, and I have enjoyed the architecture and the park. I was surprised, walking over the bridge of Basin de la Brunante, to see fossils in a limestone that I couldn't identify. 

I reached out to the city of St Laurent, who sent me this explanation from the team at the Citizen's office:

The most obvious bridge is the one that crosses the Bassin de la Brunante. It was built in concrete and limestone in 1994-1995. Concrete cannot have fossils. As with the limestone stones, it is very difficult for us to obtain information on their provenance considering the date of completion of the work and the fact that this construction had been carried out by an external contractor who was responsible for finding and dealing with his own supplier. 

CHALET GREY WOLF

 Dreaming of vacation, I looked up my friend's rental chalet. It was easy to find because of the theme Gray Wolf.  On the AIRBNB site, it's still available for fall rentals!

GIC, RESPS/RRSP LIMITATIONS AND BANKS

 When you go to a bank to open a savings account, you may be well served or badly served. 

See my post called MD PLUS.

I recently spent a number of hours on the phone and online filling out a form for a partial transfer out of an RESP, only to be contacted by the RESP manager to say that I couldn't do the transfer. Why, do you ask, did I waste my time. Because when I asked the RESP manager, he said he didn't know, and referred me to "the website" to find the correct forms. Arghh!!!

Why it is so difficult to find this link I will never know. If you are with Royal Bank, all of the mutual funds and ETFs available to you are at rbcgam.com. 

If you are opening an RESP, be careful that they explain the limits. If you can't buy all products, ask why. GICs are still offered first, when it's ludicrous for anyone to be investing at 0.0%! 

PROTECTING THE NEXT GENERATION

 

HOMELY

Yesterday morning I had an early but lovely awakening in my bed.

It did start rather abruptly though.

I awoke to the sound of something hitting the window, hard. Within in instant, I saw that the sun was already up, and that my cat, sleeping on the pillow beside me heard something too. I ran to the window, and confirmed that my immediate impression was right. A robin had hit the window, and was thankfully flying away.

It was not even 6 in the morning yet, and my alarm was set for 7:15. I had the best day shift, beginning at 9 with no signover, and a train that took less than half an hour to get me there. I lay back and tried to fall back asleep. I felt rested, actually, but the last hour is sometimes the sweetest. Indeed it was, but not because I was sleeping. 

After a little while, sleep was still eluding me, and I picked up my phone. It had a message for me. The book my daughter's English class was reading was now available for me to read on Libby, an e-reader linked to my library card. She had forgotten her book a school, and had received a message that she was meant to finish reading it for Tuesday. That was 6 days ago. With a ped day, alternating school days, a weekend and a strike, she had 

My teen came up sleepily as if on command, and curled up on my feet in my bed. She can usually sleep in very easily, and no longer asks for sleepovers, so it was a nice moment for me. I was awake for the day now, but that didn't mean I had to get up yet!

After a few wiggles, I offered her the book to read, when I finally had to get up to get ready. She was finished by the time I was ready, and I had a cozy memory to travel with me for the day.