Category: Journal

Another sunny day, and not too cold either, wonderful! Winter will return, but it will soon break into the promise of spring. To my surprise, the steam canner was put to use yesterday. Eight 250 ml jars of Cranberry Orange Sauce were canned. This project stemmed from a series of events. The first part of… Continue reading Mild Weather

It is a beautiful day, windy enough to hear it as it passes through the trees outside my window, and sunny every so often as small breaks in the clouds pass by. Ginger and I aren’t doing anything special today. I paid a few bills, Ginger finds that terribly boring. He considers it beneath his… Continue reading A Simple Day

Yesterday was such a lovely day, in the beginning. Then I made a telephone call, and another, and another… I had to pursue the process for the government grant for our furnace. The reports were done the second week of January, and we had heard nothing, and the the website indicated our account was not… Continue reading Enough!

“Oh, what a beautiful mornin’Oh, what a beautiful dayI got a beautiful feelin’Every thing’s goin’ my way…” Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II1895 – 1960 andRichard Charles Rodgers1902 – 1979 There are days when I feel everything is going my way. Like today for instance. First of all I perused the news, and found three articles… Continue reading A Sunny Morning

Winter bared her teeth this weekend, but only briefly. From this:Sat, Feb 4, 6:15 AM-39°C FEELS LIKE -48 To this:Sun, Feb 5, 6:25 AM-2 °C FEELS LIKE -7 We were extremely pleased that the new heating system handled the deep freeze without any problems. If it had not been for the clock, I would not… Continue reading Extremes