We get a local newspaper that is published three times each year. It is called "Daytripper." It is filled with ideas for day trips by car in our area, not including anything in the USA. We used to do these a lot more often, but we finally seem to be getting back to them. Tuesday was a full moon, and Wednesday we celebrate Lammas. So we went hunting and gathering. Deb had her bi-monthly infusion Tuesday morning. Afterwards, we went to Odd Burger, a vegan restaurant chain, which is close to her clinic. We got a take-away and headed out onto the highway. Lunch was at a rest stop, before moving on to the main part of the day trip.
We turned of at exit 117 (117 km east of Windsor), heading north to a small village called Alvinston. We passed through an Indian Reservation on the way, stopping to fuel the car at considerable discount to regular gas station prices. The reserve is filled with gas stations, cigarette, and cannabis shops. Natives don't pay federal taxes on these items, so everything is much cheaper. Alvinston is about 30-35 minutes north of the main highway, and is the home of Munro's Meadery. We found out about this place years ago from our Daytripper newspaper, finally making our first visit today! I just finished one of their session meads, a blueberry one, and it was too fantastic for words!! I only bought one can of the blueberry, raspberry, and cranberry. Now I wish I'd bought six of each. I also bought a bottle of their dry mead, and one of their semi-dry. They also had beeswax candles, and honey, of course. They had a glassed in active beehive in the store, and we could watch them at work.
Next stop was coffee at Parks Blueberries, last visited only a few weeks ago. I found some hard-to-locate ginger molasses cookies to bring home. In addition to the store and restaurant, where you can buy anything blueberry, including blueberries, they have a u-pick-it field, which was very busy today. I would like to bring my pet black bear here someday soon.
Final stop was down the road at a corner market in Kent Bridge, a four corner community. One of the corners has an amazing bakery/market, and we left with apple crumble pie and more molasses cookies! Here is a photo of the complete haul. The Kool-aid pack was a fun purchase, and I will be making mango Kool-aid soon. We used to drink this stuff by the gallon as kids, and even in university (but not mango flavour). Since you add your own sugar, we make a semi-sweet version that is very refreshing. Haven't had it in about 40 years! Besides, the packet adds a nice bit of colour to the photo, taken on our front lawn.
In film news, there is one feature and two shorts to report on. It Always Rains on Sunday is a British film from 1947, part of a series Criterion is running called British Noir. Again this does not fit the true definition, but so what. It's a b & w crime film about an escaped convict on the run. A family in Bethnal Green, London, is struggling to remain a unit. Two teenage daughters do not get on with their wicked stepmother, who was the woman who had an earlier affair with the convict. Of course he shows up at her door, and she tries to help him. A decent "slice of life" film still well worth watching. Some strange sub-plots get mixed up in the main plot, but the bad guys are all accounted for by the police in the end. We can all sleep easier knowing that the police always get their men. And it does rain a lot.
Deb's first film festival choices were two short films. The first is a little SF film called Os Humores Artificiais, from 2016. A woman and her AI drone are visiting a native community in Brazil, and doing research. The engaging little flying AI unit falls in love with a young native girl, and asks the chief if it can marry her. Thus ends the research project, as the chief is not amused. But the girl stows away and gets taken back to Sao Paulo with the researcher. She erases the memory circuits of the AI and turns it into a stand up comedian. But true love will find a way, and the AI gets its memory back and tracks down the native girl, who has left the big city. An enchanting film, 29 minutes long. The AI tells some good jokes, too.
Now showing on Criterion.
The second short also has ties to Brazil. Called The Age of Stone, it is a French film from 2013 lasting for 29 minutes. It is mostly a visual treat, as we watch workers at a quarry split rocks and load them on trucks. There is also a lot of the landscape of western Brazil. However, the vast sculpture that overlooks the quarry, and is part of it, is quite unbelievable. It is one of the strangest sights I have ever seen, and makes the film worth watching.
Mapman Mike
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