Twas just over a month before Christmas
And all thru our house
Not a creature was stirring...,
Except a wee mouse!
There's been signs of my potholders degrading, little holes in them, a few specks of fluff....
Tonight I see a lot of fluff.., and mouse poops in the potholder drawer!
Out with the bleach, searched for other signs in all cupboards including bathrooms...
Nope, not a whiff o rodentia. Tomorrow the hunt continues!
What makes me "me"
My hood - my peeps - my dog!
Saturday, 14 November 2015
Monday, 9 November 2015
and so November arrives....
A long and warm windy autumn submits with a shiver and a sigh.
This morning a slight skiff and promise of snow - that cold linen smell in the air, reminding me of towels coming in after a day in near freezing temperatures. And now a few hours later, snow flakes falling, the first real promise of winter to come.
All our apples have left the trees - just fell off, and it was a tough season for them. Yes I had high hopes of bushels of sliced and peeled fruit bagged and labelled, awaiting a baking spree of crumbles, pies and such, now gone. The harvest didn't stand a chance against several hail storms, high winds, wasps and birds...and the apples I had hoped would stay on the ground to attract and feed deer have been cleared away - likely by well meaning neighbors who don't want those nibbling nuisances in their berry bushes. Oh well, that will go easier on what's left of my rose bushes - the second favorite food of mule deer!
As a manager, I assume I can take a day off work here and there to become domestic, and finish some chores, have a leisurely cup of tea and catch up on Downton Abbey. Reality? I get up, realize there are three things I need to do in town. Once I zip into the office, albeit earlier than staff arrived, I am caught in the vortex. A few phone calls and tidying my desk soon becomes making appointments, answering emergent emails and setting up an out of town lunch meeting to discuss an incoming $30,000 grant. Gotta be done. Can't get away. So rather than coming home for a 10 a.m. nap with the cat, I wander in at 2:30. C'est la vie. At least we had some laughs over lunch while strategizing!
Now back to the weather - "I hate this" "Oh gawd it's winter" "I'm so frozen....brrrr" this is what I hear as I wander in and out of my office and through a couple of shops. I smile and give the never fail prairie response of "cold enough for ya?" and "this will get the geese flying south eh?".... then move along. Honestly, it's -2C. That's not cold! We barely have enough snow to make a track - tho I'm sure we'll have lots overnight. But really peeps? -20C with a 70 km howler from the north, sheets of snow thick enough to block the view across the street - THAT is cold my friends! So once home I toddle around the yard, gather up some yard ornaments that I should have put away last week (when it was warmer and dryer) and wish we'd have gotten up the Christmas lights.
Weather here is different than any other place we've lived. It's windy - way windier than when we lived in Nanton, less snowy since we are further from the foothills, but lovely non the less. Incredible sun rise and sun sets entertain us. Our home is warm, draft free, tho she creaks like a sailing ship in a strong north wind. I'll have a nice fire on the go tonight when hubby returns home...and life will be fine.
It's funny - to put life in perspective, I try to focus on what is, versus what could be. Yes it's nice to day dream about winning the lottery - is it going to happen to me? Very unlikely. My luck comes in little crumbs and bites. Making the gas station when the low fuel lights been on for 20 minutes. Catching the porridge just as it's about to breach the top of the pan at a rolling boil. Having a friend that I work with to celebrate my small victories and keep me sane when the battle seems unwinnable. Finding the man who will share my life forever, and support, love, and be my ideal riding partner?
Would I give up all these little things for "the big one"? (My inner Marlean just screamed YES YES YOU WOULD IN A HEARTBEAT!) To be honest, I don't think I could give up all these little wins, these meaningful day to day blessings. Specially the love of my man - he's a keeper!
I know today was supposed to be my at home clean the bathrooms and dust the furniture day.... but hey, that can wait until tomorrow. A warm dinner with my beloved, a crackling fire and perhaps even a wee dram together is looking better and better.
OK that's my rambling for the day. Now on to figure out how to pull off that delicious warm dinner. And bring on the snow!
This morning a slight skiff and promise of snow - that cold linen smell in the air, reminding me of towels coming in after a day in near freezing temperatures. And now a few hours later, snow flakes falling, the first real promise of winter to come.
All our apples have left the trees - just fell off, and it was a tough season for them. Yes I had high hopes of bushels of sliced and peeled fruit bagged and labelled, awaiting a baking spree of crumbles, pies and such, now gone. The harvest didn't stand a chance against several hail storms, high winds, wasps and birds...and the apples I had hoped would stay on the ground to attract and feed deer have been cleared away - likely by well meaning neighbors who don't want those nibbling nuisances in their berry bushes. Oh well, that will go easier on what's left of my rose bushes - the second favorite food of mule deer!
As a manager, I assume I can take a day off work here and there to become domestic, and finish some chores, have a leisurely cup of tea and catch up on Downton Abbey. Reality? I get up, realize there are three things I need to do in town. Once I zip into the office, albeit earlier than staff arrived, I am caught in the vortex. A few phone calls and tidying my desk soon becomes making appointments, answering emergent emails and setting up an out of town lunch meeting to discuss an incoming $30,000 grant. Gotta be done. Can't get away. So rather than coming home for a 10 a.m. nap with the cat, I wander in at 2:30. C'est la vie. At least we had some laughs over lunch while strategizing!
Now back to the weather - "I hate this" "Oh gawd it's winter" "I'm so frozen....brrrr" this is what I hear as I wander in and out of my office and through a couple of shops. I smile and give the never fail prairie response of "cold enough for ya?" and "this will get the geese flying south eh?".... then move along. Honestly, it's -2C. That's not cold! We barely have enough snow to make a track - tho I'm sure we'll have lots overnight. But really peeps? -20C with a 70 km howler from the north, sheets of snow thick enough to block the view across the street - THAT is cold my friends! So once home I toddle around the yard, gather up some yard ornaments that I should have put away last week (when it was warmer and dryer) and wish we'd have gotten up the Christmas lights.
Weather here is different than any other place we've lived. It's windy - way windier than when we lived in Nanton, less snowy since we are further from the foothills, but lovely non the less. Incredible sun rise and sun sets entertain us. Our home is warm, draft free, tho she creaks like a sailing ship in a strong north wind. I'll have a nice fire on the go tonight when hubby returns home...and life will be fine.
It's funny - to put life in perspective, I try to focus on what is, versus what could be. Yes it's nice to day dream about winning the lottery - is it going to happen to me? Very unlikely. My luck comes in little crumbs and bites. Making the gas station when the low fuel lights been on for 20 minutes. Catching the porridge just as it's about to breach the top of the pan at a rolling boil. Having a friend that I work with to celebrate my small victories and keep me sane when the battle seems unwinnable. Finding the man who will share my life forever, and support, love, and be my ideal riding partner?
Would I give up all these little things for "the big one"? (My inner Marlean just screamed YES YES YOU WOULD IN A HEARTBEAT!) To be honest, I don't think I could give up all these little wins, these meaningful day to day blessings. Specially the love of my man - he's a keeper!
I know today was supposed to be my at home clean the bathrooms and dust the furniture day.... but hey, that can wait until tomorrow. A warm dinner with my beloved, a crackling fire and perhaps even a wee dram together is looking better and better.
OK that's my rambling for the day. Now on to figure out how to pull off that delicious warm dinner. And bring on the snow!
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