“In like a lion, out like a lamb.” That is what I always heard about the month of March. Poppycock! This saying has proven inaccurate every single year of my life, so my poppycock assertion is wholly anecdotal, based on a small sample size, me, and yet I believe it. March is to be a… Continue reading Hemmer Foot
Tag: snow squalls
Ciambotte and Cornbread
I read and enjoy a blog written by a crofter in Scotland. He related that there is a modern name for this Monday, the third Monday in January, Blue Monday. It is referred to as the “most depressing day of the year”. It is a bit of humour really, not science. But there is a… Continue reading Ciambotte and Cornbread
Sunny Day with Snow Squalls
The New Year is upon us! Wishing everyone health, wealth of the soul, and wisdom in the New Year! Sunshine! We see this sky, and then within ten minutes one can hardly see the trees for the falling snow. The snow squalls come fast and strong. Then they leave and this beautiful blue sky appears… Continue reading Sunny Day with Snow Squalls
Highway Closed
The police have closed the main highway here, due to weather conditions, snow squalls and zero visibility. Luckily we were not planning on going anywhere. We still have power, for which I am grateful. The snow squalls are predicted to persist into Thursday, with the possibility of 40 more centimetres of snow. We already have… Continue reading Highway Closed
Price Increases
All of these pre-Christmas sales! Flyers stacked on flyers, stacked on flyers, arriving in the mail. The thing is, the prices for everything I am looking at are very, very high. With prices this high, we will make very few purchases, and will insist that everything we buy be made in Canada, if at all… Continue reading Price Increases