A Daybook . . .

 

 

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW ...

Not quite my window, but you can imagine!  This is a photograph that someone in Nova Scotia took of a moose on their roof in the snow.  We had snow literally all day yesterday and high winds and drifting. We are well and truly entrenched. It is a bit milder this morning at only -1*C/30.28F and the snow has stopped. I had to put my garbage out earlier and I didn't have to trudge through too much snow to do it. Only about 2 inches which is enough in your pajamas!  Normally I put it out the night before, but I was afraid it would blow away so I waited until early this morning. Everyone else was doing the same thing. You are told to have your garbage out by 7 a.m. Normally they don't come until mid-afternoon to pick it up, but this would be the one time they come earlier. So best to not take chances!  I cannot open my back door which is a bit of a pain in the patootie. They did not shovel out any of our back doors.  I am not too worried as Sheila will be on their case complaining about it today and I am sure it will be done today.

I AM THINKING ...

I was saddened to hear yesterday that King Charles is now battling some form of cancer. It is probably bladder if they discovered it during his recently prostrate procedure.  I hope and pray that he gets through the treatments and recovers completely.  I like HRH.  I think he has gotten a bad rap through the years, and undeservedly so. I think he is an incredibly intelligent man with a good heart, especially for the environment, etc.  I wish him well.

 

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I AM WONDERING ...

I am wondering if we will get out today, and what the roads are like. I know Dad is keen to pick up his car.  Nobody got out yesterday.  I did see a few hardy people out and about, but nobody from my family got out. I don't think Dan even made it in to work.  It snowed pretty much all day and into the night, with a lot of blowing and drifting.  I will see what Cindy wants to do later when we "meet" for our cycling session!

Here is an actual photo of outside my door that I just took.  Thought you might like to see it. We are pretty buried despite them plowing out the drives yesterday.  Interestingly enough they used a snow blower to do the street.  It took ages.

 

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A BIT OF A SCARE ...

One of the downsides to living by yourself is that you have nobody around when something goes wrong. I was eating my dinner yesterday and I inhaled a piece of rice and started choking.  I managed to get it out but I was really scared that I wouldn't.     It took a lot of hacking.  That is how mom died you know.  She choked  on her breakfast in hospital and nobody was there to help her.  Living on your own makes you quite vulnerable in a variety of ways. I suppose anyone could choke when they are by themselves, but when you live along you are almost always by yourself.  

Anyways, must not have been my time! ( Thank goodness!)

 

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LOVING THIS ...

This is so true. I had never thought of it before, but it really is true.  This is the month of hope! Won't be too long now, especially when you think about how fast the days and weeks seem to flow!

 

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ALSO LOVING ...

Loving this vase of flowers.  So pretty. I couldn't tell you what kind they are, peonies?  I don't know for sure. Baby's breath.  That I know for sure.

 

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ITS ALWAYS SOMETHING ...

Just got off the phone with dad.  He said he had been up since 3 a.m. Worrying about this car he bought.  A 2021 Kia Soul. He said his brother said that they were hard on gas. And Dad thinks the car dealer is taking advantage of him. He thinks the mileage is too high at 60,000 k's. His mind is going over and over it.  He says the car came from Newfoundland.  I am not sure how he knows that.  Anyways I reassured him that Cindy was not going to let anyone take advantage of him. We will see what happens when we get out later this morning.

CRAVING ...

Marry Me Tuscany Vegetable Soup from Plant Me.  This looks fabulous!

 

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A FAVORITE THING ...

Forget me nots. I love forget me nots.  Such a pretty little flower.

 

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ALSO CRAVING ...

Chocolate cake.  With white frosting. I love chocolate cake with white frosting. 

LOVING ...

All Creatures Great and Small.  I am very late to the party. I don't know why I did not watch it before, but I am really enjoying it. I just started series two so I have a lot of catching up to do. It is so well done.

I AM READING ...

To the Bright Edge of the World, by Eowyn Ivey

An atmospheric, transporting tale of adventure, love, and survival from the bestselling author of The Snow Child, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. 

 In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition that has been deemed impossible: to venture up the Wolverine River and pierce the vast, untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his newly pregnant wife, Colonel Forrester records his extraordinary experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn't return--once he passes beyond the edge of the known world, there's no telling what awaits him. 

 The Wolverine River Valley is not only breathtaking and forbidding but also terrifying in ways that the colonel and his men never could have imagined. As they map the territory and gather information on the native tribes, whose understanding of the natural world is unlike anything they have ever encountered, Forrester and his men discover the blurred lines between human and wild animal, the living and the dead. And while the men knew they would face starvation and danger, they cannot escape the sense that some greater, mysterious force threatens their lives. 

 Meanwhile, on her own at Vancouver Barracks, Sophie chafes under the social restrictions and yearns to travel alongside her husband. She does not know that the winter will require as much of her as it does her husband, that both her courage and faith will be tested to the breaking point. Can her exploration of nature through the new art of photography help her to rediscover her sense of beauty and wonder? 

 The truths that Allen and Sophie discover over the course of that fateful year change both of their lives--and the lives of those who hear their stories long after they're gone--forever.

I loved The Snow Child. I think I have read it about three times. I am loving this book also.

IN THE KITCHEN ...

A delicious stir fry today. Bok Choy Chicken.  Quick, easy, healthy and delicious!  I really enjoyed this.

 

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TRACING THE GOODNESS ...

Warm home and hearth, safety, faith, family, friends, cats, enough. I have enough of all that I need and I know from whence it comes. I am truly blessed.

 

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A THOUGHT TO CARRY WITH YOU ...

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And that is my daybook for this week. Not much of a one today, but I am out of time. Cindy will soon be calling me and I have things to do before that happens!  I hope that you all have beautiful days.  Blessings to you all and don't forget!

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