Isn’t that special! We now share something (other than being an island) with New Zealand. Heading back into lockdown (the polite term for an upgraded quarantine).
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Some days, just laying in bed, with a couple of dogs, sounds like a plan… that could have been. Except, we had already made an appointment with our local electrician, and he was on the door step before coffee time. Now, I’m glad we have access to tradespeople that can come the day after being called. And that show up. And that can take a half-baked verbal plan and turn it into what we want. Worth it, and more. Our basement has moved that much closer to being complete.
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The snow is back. See? We live in fast changing times.
I’m also doing my neighbourly duty by welcoming that other dog into the house for a couple of days. I have nicknamed him “Frank Sinatra”, due to a wonderful singing voice and blue eyes. You can’t make this stuff up.
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Looking at a storm, after the fact, is not wasted. We learn for the next time, etc. In the case of yesterday’s storm, we came out with less snow on the ground, and some decent temperatures. Today, the best time of day was mid-afternoon, when we reached a balmy +7. Destroyed any possibility of skiing. Or snowshoeing. In fact, as we pass the date of “imbolc”, I feel blessed. Another year without parka requirements? Maybe.
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Once upon a time, we would line up just after midnight, outside. At dawn, the most magical day of retail commerce in a calendar year would begin: Boxing Day. Those of you who are younger believe that Black Friday is the day of peak commerce (it might be; I don’t have the supporting numbers). But for many of us, if we wanted a big ticket treasure (think large screen TV), then the 26th was circled in red.
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I have no idea about how they make the various pâté loaves. Don’t want to know. Can we simply accept that most of them add the missing ingredient to a slice of crusty bread? In fact, there are any number of foods that I don’t want to learn the origin or study the recipe. I accept that we have worked out “good” vs “bad” already, and that my species stopped eating the things that are wrong for us. Not bad for us; that’s a whole other cultural paradigm.
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Outside my windows, I can see trees. Different each from the other; all part of our world where birds and bunnies take shelter. As we move into that season where some trees must be sacrificed to a seasonal tradition, we have found an alternative. years ago, we decided to forego the “natural” and tie into the “artificial”. Yes, we have a tree-in-a-box, thank you very much.
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There are such interesting tools available to the mathematically challenged. Why, I just learned that I am close to 35 million minutes old, and thanks to a skilled programmer, I didn’t have to carry digits or try to compensate for leap seconds. Pretty cool!
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Soon… the first weather forecast model for the season shows snow, within the week. No big stress, because that first bit rarely stays. Also, I have no place to go, so as long as I remember to get some food beforehand, it will just be a bookend to the season.
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Those of you that live in an area with grocery stores that are open 24/7 should just skip to tomorrow. For the rest of us, here’s how it plays out.
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