Wednesday, April 2
Snowed today, all day! Temperatures hovering around the zero mark. In London they’re in the mid to high teens - unfair. The long-term forecast changes so drastically from day today that I'm simply going to start ignoring it. I may have been overly optimistic in celebrating spring’s arrival.
No walks today. Molly cut the large pad on her left front paw yesterday over at the girls’ place. It was bleeding pretty badly so we came straight home where I put iodine and a bandage on it.
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My beer is partially frozen despite storing it in coolers under the shed. So today I brought it in and will keep it in until the cold spell is over. I think I need a root cellar.
Thursday, April 4
Snowing still! Prediction says we could get up to 20 cm. tonight.
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Did laundry while I was in town and bought a few groceries. Used the sled to haul everything up the hill – at least the snow is useful.
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Saturday, April 5
My radio broke the other day. It gets its power either by plugging it into my main power supply, directly from the sun through its own photo voltaic cells or by turning a small crank which then slowly unwinds charging the internal power source. Because I've had very little sun or power, I've been winding it up this week and yesterday, as it was unwinding, something must have snapped inside causing the radio to literally leap off the shelf where it was perched and crash to the floor making the crank totally useless, bending the aerial and damaging the case. This is the third radio of this type I have had, the other two suffering similar fates.
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Sunday, April 6
Thanking the powers that be that the sun has returned - and just in time. I have been feeling down the last couple of days mainly due to winter’s return. By yesterday evening my batteries were totally drained and it snowed off and on all day and was very dull. Add all this up and I started thinking about Val and a deep longing for things to go back to the way they used to be. I guess days like that are bound to occur from time to time. Happy to report today that I'm feeling better again.
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It doesn't look good for receiving the new bike next Saturday. It may just come off the trailer and have to sit there as my drive is not in any condition to receive a motorcycle even if it does have three wheels.
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I finally got around to making baked beans this morning, something I’ve been meaning to do for some time now. Another comfort food which will taste even better with home baked bread. I used a recipe in Val’s recipe box for Canadiana baked beans – onion, green pepper, substituted beef salami for bacon, and the Canadian touch, maple syrup.
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