On again but for how long

Its 6:15 am and I am checking my e-mail. We have been without power again.
After I last wrote it went off again, until late last night. Hopefully it is here to stay. It is -8 degrees right now.
I will write again later if we have power.

Power on again

Our power went out late yesterday afternoon, we were told that we would not get it back until Wednesday, and maybe not then, but here we are, it came on about an hour ago. I certainly can’t complain about BC Hydro, those guys are out in all weathers.
The Mayor of the village was about to [...]

Snowed in

Woke up this morning to about 5″ of snow. I was sitting in the living room as the sun came up and two boulders suddenly got up shook the snow off and plodded away. Two moose had been sleeping in the snow not more than 50 ft from where I was drinking my first [...]

Changes

My three year old boy, ran in from playing outside with his brothers. He clambered on my lap with his cowboy hat and toy gun and started to nurse. I was a strong proponent of self-weaning. He suddenly stopped, sat up on my lap and announced, “I am a big boy now” and pushed my [...]

Acknowledging our fears

Most people suffer from some degree of fear. There is a whole list of fears or phobias ranging from Acrophobia – fear of heights to Zoophobia – the fear of animals. My list shows about 200 but there are no doubt more.
We don’t know how many people we cross in our daily lives are [...]

Birds that visit us

We have a Stellar’s Jay who comes and visits us quite often and it has a repotoire of sounds it makes. It was sitting on the deck fence going through them this morning.
If you are looking for a bird who can make eagle calls, squealing brakes, dog barks, to name a few I can [...]

Went fishing today

This morning we went down to the little lake that is about 10 minutes down the road. It was lovely, the sun shining, the loons calling and the water very calm with little circles all over from the fish rising. It was a bit chilly but we were both dressed warmly, and later when the [...]

Countdown to winter

The trees are almost bare now, the last leaves are hanging on in spite of the wind, but the lake is a brilliant blue and the days are still mild and sunny.
I have just finished canning pears and peaches and freezing raspberries and plums. Mother Bear and her two cubs are browsing along the road, [...]

Curious Wolf

I have a small electric organ and I have been trying to learn to play it. [...]

Slug it to ya

Have you ever done something really dumb and funny too? I have a story which I tell about myself and it generally draws a laugh. I am not sure if I can write it as well as I can tell it.

I lived in an old fixer upper that really should have been demolished, however since [...]