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We live near a small river called the river Eyre, ( pronounced Air..). The area where our aviator friends live , is called Eyreton. The people on the subdivision , which they developed ,have come up with some interesting names for their properties... Eyrefield, Eyreguitar, Eyreshire etc... A new one , noticed this morning , I think is the best of all... Dairyeyre. !
Still getting very hot days here,a real worry about fires , especially as we usually have a strong wind with the heat.. Enjoyed a whirlwind visit from DD#1 last week, she is back in Scotland now (in the snow !) Lovely to see the photo of your dog Rosey, what a happy time she seems to be having in the snow. !
Marion.
Winter . . . ugh
Miss BossyPants looks like she is having a blast in the snow. You are definitely having a brutal winter. (I use my WeatherBug app to check your temps from time to time) Ours has been quite cold, at times, but our snowfalls have been wimpy, which is the norm here.
A local TV station now has the "Panicometer" which I think is a hoot! There was prediction of some snow overnight, and this morning all our roads, etc., were bone dry. Thus, the needle was on "LOL" this morning. (the photo below was from a forecast a few weeks ago)
It is hard to believe, but in January there is already tree pollen! Juniper, Cedar and Elm!!! So my allergies are already acting up and I have to give up walking outdoors. I think my allergies get worse every year. What ever happened to "outgrowing" them?
I am *so* ready for Spring. A different forum I visit had this photo on it . . . (more LOL alert) Please excuse the language, but I think most everyone will understand the humor.
From MARY Jo G.
Your dog is having so much fun in the
snow, Rosey. It is beautiful but am glad that ours is gone. Picked up three
bright primroses and will plant them in pots on the porch to brighten our rainy
and foggy days.
I worked in the quilt room today on
organizing. It is coming along. The grandsons carried quilt books and mags
upstairs. Have been sorting them into stacks according to their purpose. The
give away pile is the biggest. Sharing the room complicates things. With two
sewing machines and separate projects going on, it can get cluttered. I should
give Stephanie a drawer or bin for her things. She is a perfectionist and a
delight to teach. Every one of her points match on her first project. I'm very
fortunate to have a delightful grand daughter in law who wants to quilt.
Have had a virus for 10 days and am
ready for it to be gone. Lots of coughing and sneezing going on. Have become
very aware of how difficult it is to be ill while living alone. Will think on
getting a lifeline or something similar. And, should leave a key somewhere in
case of emergency workers needing to get in. Maybe across the street... I feel
quite safe here but the bug got me thinking on what could happen.
Grand daughter Brooke is in Ecuador
in language school and enjoying her time there. She posts lots of pics which
helps us to know what is happening. Fun to watch the water going down the drain
counter to what we see. She is right at the equator.
MaryJo
It is bitterly cold here in the country
And Miss Annie, now four, is enjoying herself . The radar shows a wide blanket of snow across southern Ontario and Michigan at the moment. I'll find out when the girls go outside for the final potty.
We've had bed & breakfast guests this week-end, our first of the year and my new season. Saturday morning at breakfast a beautiful sound came from our dining room as our four guests sang the Doxology around the breakfast table. All sing in a church choir and their voices were glorious. It is a first for me in the 23 years of running this B&B. I've determined that I am going to keep a journal this year to record our guests who stay here. So many memories, most all good, a few not so and before my mind slips a cog or two, I'd better get some of our experiences down for posterity.
The previous storm dropped huge amounts of snow over the Maritimes, New Brunswick in particular. So far, it's been too cold here to have much snow, one benefit of bitterly cold weather...the snow flakes can't form. Winter is not over yet.
Rosey
