Author: Rod

Mar 2 As Usual

I’m not your usual cup of tea. Ralphie May There is a foot of snow in the driveway. I won’t be travelling anywhere. As usual, cats are fed, water checked, fire restarted, kettle filled and on top of the woodstove. As you see, I did go out to the driveway to check the snow levels…


Mar 1 Undaunted

Undaunted but disappointed. I knocked over 2 litres of oat milk. Not a big deal, except another major snowstorm, appeared when it wasn’t supposed to. Getting out of the driveway and trying to drive 70 kilometres to get more, not possible. I hate food waste, something going back to my childhood. Eat everything on your…


Feb 28 Over & Over

Constant repetition carries conviction. Robert Collier Just about March. Then comes April, after that May. Basic calendar. I just have to survive the next three months. March seems to be the snowiest. April starts to warm, by Easter snow is melting. End of May, plant gardens. Usually. Cats fed, and the morning fire is crackling,…


Feb 27 More Sleep or Coffee

Tired minds don’t plan well. Sleep first, plan later. Walter Reisch Another big snowstorm. Another winters’ day. Cats are fed soon watered, fire soon fed. The temperature inside comfortable. A nice change, waking up without shivering. No coffee this morning, fire not hot enough, no water downstairs, no propane in the kitchen and a thousand…


Feb 26

HBG


Feb 25 Cold

Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. Robert Frost The relief from the cold happened as I predicted. The cold didn’t leave. A clear sky in Winter usually means cold air from a high-pressure system. Nighttime for the next week or two will hover between -15 & -20. My fire…


Feb 24 Big Jake Gone

Like I said, the cold lingers on, not as bad but cold. -19 outside, they say. I am certain it is colder. Winter is not over, that is for sure. Clear and cold today. Another 3-day snowstorm starts Sunday Night. With another 20 CM possible or more. I miss judged the wood I needed to…


Feb 23 Snowed Again

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That’s the way the mind of man operates. H. L. Mencken Another winter’s day, another snowstorm. It is good, it means that temps are rising a bit. A bit. I just had a fireside bath. Mila…


Feb 22 Big Jake

John Fain: Who are you? Jake: Jacob McCandles. John Fain: I thought you were dead. Jake: Not hardly It is very cold outside. I think -50 although my old outdoor thermometer says different. It never was very accurate. I went out in sandals and a bathrobe to have a look. Breathing was difficult, and it…


Feb 21 Coffee & Cold

Never trust anyone who doesn’t drink coffee. AJ Lee I am sitting in the fire room with the boy cats. It is less than five degrees in here, but I have a new fire blazing. I went out to sweep off the solar panels, bathrobe and snow boots. I didn’t stop to take pics. Too…