🍀 March Break!

☘ ☘️ I've put out March decor. As a teacher, I never really did a March theme. St. Patrick's Day is always surrounded by March Break and there was no school. Over the years we learned to embrace it at home when we did Gramma Camps.  

A poem by Grampa, March, 2018 during Gramma Camp day 4.

Be gosh and Begorrah
It's already tomorrow
So sing to be happy
This story not sappy
The day is not feared
 Nor shed we a tear
For what do we hear
The wee folk been here
In the kitchen he wrote
Are items of note
Three to girl
So be off in awhirl

(You need not click on these, but Grampa might like to revisit them!)

March Break with the Grandies!

March Break with the grandies- episode 2

March Break with the grandies – episode 3

I've dressed up Guinivere. She looks sassy!

Things are emerging from the snow.

March 17, 2012

Sláinte from the Bears
March, 2022

Close Eyes, March 2012

March 2023

I could have made a snow person, it was snowball snow, but once I shovelled I didn't have anything left in me!

Jesse, Cluny, and Bryony are still skiing out in B.C. They've a two-week March Break, as I recall. I shudder at the notion of British Columbia going on permanent Daylight Savings Time. We'll be 4 hours ahead of them. It's difficult enough to catch up! 

Caitlin, JL, and Aster are on a road trip to Quebec City! What a beautiful old town. Good food, good fun. 

 

I've garbage to put out, in between rainstorms. It's going to be a mess out there again. We just had snow.

Springy Acres

 What a beautiful day on Tuesday. I began the day with a moon photo! 

The birds have come back. Grackles (5 of them) and one robin.

The goldfinches are year-round, but they change to an olive colour in winter. I can see tinges of yellow, which is a good sign of Spring!

Merlin the app identified the songs for me. It is always exciting to see them return. 

It was about 15 ℃ on the back deck, but in the front, in the sunshine... facing south, the sun 

Here we were! I texted this photo to Caitlin who was hard at work while we played. She'll be able to return soon, the way things are going! 🕰 Time passing so quickly and all...

All hell broke loose on Wednesday with the ice storm. I watched the power outage map and felt we'd be okay. It was tense, though. Living amongst shallow lakes and snow, RVCA is warning of possible flash flooding. We are OK on a hill above the wetland. 

I went into town to return empties, bought my weekend wine, picked up kitty litter, return library books, and pick up my grocery order. All is well with our world.

I was wondering what was happening here. The taxi driver let an old man with a walker get out of the car.  I met him in the LCBO store buying my wine. She stood around and had a smoke. She didn't bother parking the car, and people had a tricky time getting around her. This is right at the cross walk. 

Happily the day before was wonderful. A bit of a teaser, since winter was back on Thursday (-3℃). Back into the freeze zone. Until the 13 cm snow fell on Saturday! 

The Arctic Winter Games are being held in Whitehorse! This will give you a taste of it:

 

The Waterfront Gastropub has a live webcam! 

Saturday's Critters

 We've been inundated with snow. We've 13 cm on the back deck. The TV satellite is down as it is laden with sticky snow.

I thought I'd best show these before we're melted. Monday we expect to reach 16 ℃ and it will all be gone again. 

 

 

I love the tail of the whitetail deer!

   

 I found the fisher on two trailcams. They are short clips as it is very fast moving. I copied them and did a slow motion of each.

 

Saturday's Critters # 639 <= visit more critters on Eileen's blog.

Out to lunch

Thursday, out back I spotted a doe and fawn. They both were sitting on the dead grass. I threw them some food, then we toddled into town.

Joe Brian had a doctor's appointment to check his cold virus and congestion. All was well, although he still had some mild rattling in his lungs. Friday he has an X-ray for safety.

While we are in town, why not have a meal at a new restaurant in an old location. We have been out to lunch since Joseph Brian caught his 100-day cough. 

It was a happy outing for these two. 

More clouds...

Protest against our Premier's reduction of bursaries for needy students. Ford is cutting back on student OSAP loans for education and tuition. As a retired teacher...

At home, some frozen daffodils are trying to grow! We had a skiff of snow last night, and we're at -5 ℃, but Spring is coming.

Good Bunny Labbit's Lair

I've preset this to post Thursday, just in case we lost power. There was an ice storm predicted. Happily all was well and all we had was ice rain, and then it warmed up.

Snow in the north, here, ice rain!

 Good Bunny Labbit was out front for some reason on the weekend. Her camouflage is amazing.

Judging by the rabbit poopies around the hydrangea, this is where she's been hiding out. 

You can see the Yucca plant beginning to green up! Apparently that was yummy. 

You can see the whole garden here. Said hydrangea↓ is to the right of the flag pole in the middle.

I took a trip to town and it was quite a mess. I took a trip to Smiths Falls and spotted the last runs of the year, March 3rd.

   

 They were out filling pot holes, thank goodness!