It is cold here at the little house in the city, -22C. It is also windy. I have a thermostat. This is heavenly. As cold as I think it is here, Attila has a full scale deep-freeze going on at the country house. It is -32C there at the moment. There are snow squall warnings,… Continue reading Cold!
Category: January
January Entries
A Shopping Trip
Tank and I were off this morning to one of the nearby cities. For Christmas we received a Costco membership. When Attila and I did our first foray to purchase items at Costco, I chose some cashews. They were coated with preservatives, which I did not expect. I hadn’t checked the label until we got… Continue reading A Shopping Trip
the new year
Attila and I celebrated New Years Eve with a long, cozy FaceTime chat. When we rang off at 10 p.m. we were both headed for our pillows. We greeted each other first thing the next morning, the next year, and chatted over coffee, before signing off and getting down to little odd jobs around our… Continue reading the new year
Sunshine!
The sun was shining this morning! All that white sparkled, and well it might at -17C. The wind was negligible, so the heat in the house is being retained easily. By noon snowflakes began to drift down, by 12:15 it was snowing hard. Tomorrow, it is supposed to rain. This is going to be some… Continue reading Sunshine!
Clear The Deck
Well, at least it is relatively warm tonight! We are able to keep the house comfortable with two firings of the masonry heater. The price we pay for this warmer weather is MORE SNOW. Today the highways became bare, for the first time in ages. We have had one afternoon and evening of bare and… Continue reading Clear The Deck