Today we are getting our first snow storm. It is so beautiful.
I went for a walk this morning wearing my sandals (with socks). My next walk will require boots!
Attila picked beets in the snow this afternoon. He is cooking them for dinner. Our dinner will be a green salad, air fried fish, and cooked beets. I like my cooked beets with pepper relish, so delicious.
There are only beets, and cabbage to be harvested now, the kohlrabi is picked and waiting for our attention. There may be a few more harvests of broccoli, we shall see.
A quiet day here at Mist Cottage. I baked bread and made soup for my lunches. Attila is making dinner.
The world is hushed when it is snowing. Passing vehicles make little noise, and people are nestled into their shelters. I love walking in the snow, with the appropriate clothing of course.
Last week I had my specialist appointment in Toronto. No surgery until the other issues are resolved. So back to the drawing board, and on to other specialists to get the other issues addressed. They also found a rare condition that can lead to cancer, so I’ve been prescribed medication to control that, and will have annual checkups. Finding the rare condition made the visit well worthwhile.
Worldly
Weather
-1°C
Date: 4:00 PM EST Sunday 9 November 2025
Freezing Rain Warning
Condition: Light Snow
Pressure: 100.9 kPa
Tendency: Falling
Temperature: -1.0°C
Dew point: -2.6°C
Humidity: 89%
Wind: NNE 34 gusts 46 km/h
Wind Chill: -8
Visibility: 8 km
Quote
“Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even.”
Horace
65 BC – 8 BC
Sorry to hear that it’s your turn to work on health issues, Maggie.
We had threats of snow here, up to 20mm by Tuesday morning, but we got next to nothing today. And the little we got melted before sunset, even though our temp was hovering at freezing all day. We’ll see how things go tomorrow with the lake effect snow.
You seem to have the health issues well in hand. That’s a good chunk of the battle. Hope all continues well.
Thanks Teri, my main health issue has been with me for over 40 years, just not diagnosed until this GP took an interest in my concerns. The discovered issue should be controlled by the medication and annual checkups, so I am grateful for that diagnosis.
We have about six inches of snow out there, still can’t get my head around thinking in metric when it comes to snow, and a few other things. I hope your lake effect doesn’t snow you in!
Thanks Kate, diagnosis is a step that cannot be skipped, so I am very grateful to have a GP who is taking an interest. The reports from the specialist should be on his desk for my next appointment, and then we are on to the next specialist, or so I hope.
The medication I need for the newly diagnosed condition is not covered by the Ontario drug plan, so we had to pay cash for that, I will ask the GP if there are equivalents. I have a referral for physiotherapy, deemed necessary, but it is not covered by the Ontario health care plan for seniors. Both relate to women’s issues that are serious, but are not deemed important enough to be covered. A private health plan might cover it, but we don’t have that. So I will have to talk to the physiotherapist about costs, I am unsure if treatment is financially viable.
Hi Maggie. It’s been some time since I last commented but I have been enjoying your posts regularly. Had a bad fall in June and spent the summer recovering so had to forego much of the preserving season. We had an extreme drought here in the Annapolis Valley which also slowed or in some cases ruined our garden production. Being on a well we had to ration watering. We have a pond from which we pumped water early in the season but even it went dry. So many people here have had their wells go dry so we are thankful our own is still working.
It’s wonderful to hear that you are getting such thorough health treatment. It is a great blessing in this era of rationed and uneven care.
Sandra, sorry to hear about your fall! And so glad you are recovering. Gardens and preserving can always wait for another year, and perhaps a year of rest will do it good. I read about the drought conditions in the Annapolis Valley, a serious issue. It is great that your rationing of water has allowed your well to remain viable. We had extreme drought in our small area, nowhere else in Ontario, just here. We are on town water, I think they source it from Lake Ontario, so a steady supply. Our 1000 litre rain tanks helped a bit, but there wasn’t enough rain to use them from early July on. Our water bills were very high.
Health care is a great blessing in this era, you phrase it so well, of rationed and uneven care. The specialist made suggestions for care, but they are mostly private and expensive and beyond the reach of a government pensioner, so I will be hobbling together some kind of plan for myself, at least I have the diagnosis and the advice on how to treat it!
So far, so good with the snow. We’ve gotten maybe an inch, but you can’t tell because it’s hiding between blades of grass. Considering they were expecting some 20mm or about 8 inches, I’m happy it seems to have held off. We may get a tiny bit more tonight but the high tomorrow is supposed to be 3C, so it will definitely melt.
Teri, fortunate that the predicted snow fall did not materialize! The snow here is starting to melt, but it still about six inches deep even so.