I signed out of work today to walk down to the waterfront and watch the river ferry get pulled out of the river. It seemed like a really important thing…
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A few more pictures from Saturday
Here are a few more photos from our trip up to Tombstone on Saturday. We found some old equipment on a back road off the Dempster. I believe it was…
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The fox
We drove up the Dempster highway today and found more snow in Tombstone Territorial Park. We had the pleasure of watching a fox hunting along the side of the road. He…
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Saturday’s drive to find winter
Finally a clear sky day! Saturday of the Labour Day long weekend we headed up the Dempster Highway to Tombstone Territorial Park again to hunt for birds (grouse and ptarmigan)…
Read MoreSpring thaw is underway
Jeff was busy this past weekend, so I had each day all to myself. On Saturday I was hoping for deck weather, but it looked pretty grim: I watched 3…
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Easter Sunday drive
It was unexpectedly sunny today, so we went for a drive. We headed down to Aspen, then took the back highway to New Glasgow, through Garden of Eden. Then we…
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It is still snowing!
Our neighbour Buddy came by with his tractor this morning to plow us out so Jeff could get to work. I just went outside to try to fill the bird…
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An impressive amount of snow
Today is the third blizzardy day of the last 4 days. Right now, the snow in the backyard is deeper than my thighs, almost up to my waist! We have to…
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SNOW! About time it stopped raining….
It was warm enough yesterday to pour rain for hours. But since everything was already covered in ice, it just made a bigger mess of the mess. Jeff’s cold is…
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They do blizzards wrong here in Nova Scotia
Yesterday was a cold day that started calm and clear, with a big bright moon. The snow moved in later in the afternoon, the fine kind of snow that accumulates…
Read MoreTop 5 reasons we lose our internet service
Living in the country has a few drawbacks, but only a few. One is that no one will deliver pizza. The other is that our choices for internet are incredibly…
Read MoreWhaa? It isn’t really spring?
It’s been spring for awhile here! The snow is almost gone, the lake is mostly thawed again, the grass looks kinda green, and the driveway is passable. So what is…
Read MoreIce cleats – get ’em!
While the rest of the continent is experiencing the polar vortex, our temperature spiked to 7°C today with rain. That means our driveway is hard, wet, and incredibly icy. Like…
Read MoreSnowy Sunday
It is dark and snowy at our house today. It’s a strong winds, winter storm warning, heavy snow, RCMP stay off the roads, might change to freezing rain, kind of…
Read MoreThe Yellow is back!
The gold finches are turning yellow again. They get really dull looking during the winter. Here is the first one to start turning on our front birch tree this past…
Read MoreBye for now studded snow tires
This fact that there is white stuff on my car this morning is irrelevant to my decision to get my winter tires off today! I passed a salter on the…
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Sunday afternoon, warm sun, but the snow keeps falling
The snow has continued all weekend, but the sun keeps shining through too 🙂 Last night we went to Boston Pizza to use our Christmas gift certificate. We stuffed ourselves…
Read MoreWinter is holding on
It was -14°C this morning on the way to work with a -21°C wind chill! It was snowing, and the roads are snow covered and icy. Jeff had to plow…
Read MoreStill winter! Look what was outside when I woke up!
I’m a little sleepy this evening. Last night I woke up a couple times to “What time is it?”. The power kept going out and Jeff needed me to check…
Read MoreA February attempt to walk through the woods
It was a beautiful day yesterday (Sunday) so we tried to take Monty on a walk through our little piece of property here (3.6 acres). It didn’t last too long….
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