Monday 30 November 2015

Bala Falls Hydro Project part #26


CTV News has been covering this issue for ages. They get people on swearing that this is a heritage site, and historical. It may have been, but that changed in the 50s when they built a dam to maintain the height of the river for profit: tourism.

November weather

Yes, I be improving, but still numerous symptoms. Strangely, with the delayed winter temperatures, my annual bout with viral asthma, sinusitis, and bronchitis has delayed itself a month. It is slowly easing its way through. There is a lot of it going around. So says the ER staff. There is something to that nice, cold, freezing weather to chilling bugs of all types.
I would happily bundle up and sit outside in the sun with a book, but that has been less frequent.
They predict freezing rain tomorrow. We had some last Friday night, but it amounted to little.
More rain than snow!

Nov. 2015 = 54.1 mm rain,           skiff of snow.
Nov. 2014 = 15 mm rain and    25.5 cm of snow.
Nov. 2013 = 68 mm rain and     20 cm snow.

Nov. 27

Lots of talk about Climate Change and El Nino. What a balmy morning it was. The froggies came out. Silly things.

Nov. 22

About 4" of snow in Central Ontario, so report my Muskoka friends. That Lake Effect snow! Nothing here. There were thousands without power from the snowfall and storm.

Nov. 20 Lake Effect snow!

Nov. 19


Nov. 17

Funny, funny weather. There is a storm moving in. We had -6 in the morning, then 10 in the afternoons. Rain, and snow and wind in Thunder Bay,

Nov. 12

Nov. 11

Rain in the a.m., none during the ceremony. We attended a wedding!

Nov. 7 – 8

Still many sans power in Ontario. About half seem to be out for another day, too.


Nov. 6


Nov. 5

Nov. 2nd

Nov. 1st


Sunday 29 November 2015

Holiday cheer - feeling better!

Cluny, born May, 2015
I'm still not feeling very good, but thanks for your well-wishes.  Hubby is a fabulous nurse who is either paying it forward, or paying me back. I am grateful and slowly getting over this bronchitis.

I have to get healthy for when our kids come to visit next week. They are traveling from Vancouver, 4500km or some such, to visit us all! Or course we love seeing our adult children when they live 'away', we pick up where we left off, but we still have to bond with new grandkids and show them our unconditional love. Time passes so quickly for them.

My son, DIL and our in-laws from the other branch of the family have been wonderful sending photos for us. Cluny is granddaughter #3!

I figured how to be a long-distance grandmother with Josephine, now turning age 8 next month! We Skyped, since phone calls didn't quite do it. They'd hunker down in the computer room, with snacks for the kids who might get bored, and hung out for a few minutes. It was great!

Grandpa was sent a Mickey Mouse hat and gloves by his friend who went to Disney World. I taped a video of our Skype chat.

You can see Josie in the chair, looking from the screen to her mommy, 'What's up with grampa?'
This was so much fun!


Hootin' Annie

What can I do for my fellow human beings? 

This should be the question. There is much to be gained from loving those who are less fortunate, and need our help. This spirit is alive in this country, where we have seen the arrival of many refugees in a slow tide of love and compassion. Imagine living across the ocean from loved ones. Not only this, but they live for YEARS in refugees camps.

Here is a feel good photo:
Good for Calgary! Reuniting Syrian refugees with family in the city. This woman was a refugee 7 years ago. This is her nephew. Her mother and father arrived, as well.
It has been a private struggle that at times seemed endless. Yet Terez Khazaka never gave up hope that one day she would see her mother and father again. "A lot of…
CALGARYHERALD.COM

Having grown up in multicultural Toronto, we have learned how to embrace those of different faiths.
We require a changing in thinking, like this example.

Hootin' Annie is a powerful blogger, with a large following. She presented a challenge. This is my feel good post -to that end. I was inspired by a repost of Dunham Elementary School's message.