Hope you're enjoying the second month of summer holidays. The minister of education says that we will likely start school gradually, with teachers and other staff back on September 8 and then kids arriving later that week, but it is all still quite vague, so you need to stay tuned. I imagine it is quite a scheduling challenge for our admin team and I am sure they are working on it now to figure out the logistics of getting everyone back in class safely. I wonder if you saw the photos the student took in Georgia of kids crammed into a hallway between classes. (They start school in August there, apparently.) It did not look good and I imagine that the powers that be don't want us to have to face that here in September.
Tonight, if it's not cloudy, you have the chance (which comes yearly) to see the Perseid Meteor Shower (with over 50 shooting stars per hour blasting through the sky). The best viewing is apparently several hours before dawn (like 2 a.m.) and you should try to get away from city lights if you can. There is a star gazing event at Aldergrove Regional Park on Thursday evening. We have gone in the past and it is a nice spot with a great view of the whole sky. You can take a blanket and a picnic and there is a lantern walk and story-telling and it is away from the brightest lights of the city. Check out the park's website for details.
Here is a link to 17 apps that help you identify birds and bugs and natural phenomena you might see if you go for a hike or do any activities in the great outdoors: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/travel/outdoors-app (from my buddies at the New York Times).
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