Musings on a Small Life

We're half-way through another work week, the first day that we haven't had minus double-digit Celsius windchills. (Yep, winter has long outstayed "his" welcome.) That said, we've had a lot of sunshine, which has been wonderful! I took a long walk all along the waterfront last Sunday, braving the cold wind for some snapshots. The ice is starting to break up, and further along the waterfront you could hear it creaking and banging. Along the way I met this cutie, Sam (I think), a 4-month old cockapoo. He was very friendly! The cold temps have been keeping the boys inside far longer than usual, though it's probably a combination of both the cold plus aging bones. Work is busy. I had a lull for a couple of weeks, but now I have a bit more on my plate than I'd like at once, which is typical. "Feast or famine," as my mom puts it. Still, I'd rather be well-occupied than not. If I'm too idle my...

Today is the first day of Spring here in the northern hemisphere; officially it's at 5:58 PM EDT.   As it turned out, last Friday at lunch time I took a little walk down by the water and happened to spy these snowdrops (above) in bloom in a very sheltered, southern-facing spot. Yay! So I ended up seeing snowdrops on March 15, 2019, as well as on the same date in 2018. Then this morning I caught a slightly blurry snapshot of the super moon, as I was heading to the bus stop. I wish I'd had time for a better (clearer) shot, but whatever. If I remember correctly from last night's local TV weather report, this is the first time since 1981 that a super moon has coincided with the first day of spring. Lest you think our snow and ice is gone, though, here are a few more pics from Friday's walk. It was windy and FREEZING that day. Today's the first day I've been back to work. I picked up a nasty bug from somewhere and was sick all weekend, M...

So, I was rushing around this morning before heading out to catch the bus, and needed a lighter jacket (and lighter boots), because yesterday and today were quite mild (yay for diminishing snowbanks!). I popped down to the basement where I keep an old trunk of off-season outer wear and discovered that I have 13, count 'em 13, jackets and coats. Including my winter coats, of course. Never mind that all but two are from thrift stores, who needs 13 jackets/coats?! And that's AFTER I had culled them in late fall or early winter. I might have a problem. Pics are from yesterday late afternoon. What a sloppy mess in the back space! Anyway, no doubt the boys think their one fur coat each is quite sufficient for all seasons! I'll leave you with a few quotes I found on Pinterest (with the hope I'm not breaking any copyright laws).  I saw this, below, and immediately thought of the tragedy in New Zealand: My fantasy: Cute: Peace to All....

We're still here, just without anything to say, and no spring pics to share (yet). Last March at this time: This year: Yeah, we got nothin'! At least the days of minus gazillion windchills seem to be over. Paws and fingers crossed! Peace.

He (Derry) is to me, at any rate, even with the open-mouth. Or maybe because of it!  :-) Have a beautiful day! Peace. Comments are off.

I was out early this morning (as always!), for what turned about to be 6 hours of errands, including my (not so) "favourite" thing to do, boot/shoe shopping. My winter hiking boots died! I'd already been to the bank, Canadian Tire, Costco, Starbucks (thank god for Starbucks' non-fat dirty chai latté), Sports Chek, Dollarama, Jysk, the Shoe Company (I did find two pairs of end-of-season boots, great sale), Home Sense, Pier One, and Bed, Bath and Beyond (got a tension rod there, for my hall closet, see below, plus ANOTHER freakin' bed pillow, because I am the Goldilocks of bed pillows and my guest room is a wasteland of pillows I can't sleep on). Closet organization with the new tension rod, to hang up my tote bags. Anyway. Back to the story. By this time it was noon, I'd already been on the go for 4.5 hours, I was tired and hungry, my feet hurt from clumping around in my snow boots (because my winter hikers died, see above, in case y...