My new blog friend, Scary Mary, said she likes rodents. Here is the kids' gerbil. Aster is in the background, and she is now 14. Oct. 2016, Barney is no longer of this world. He was so cute.
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Feb. 3, 2015
My new blog friend, Scary Mary, said she likes rodents. Here is the kids' gerbil. Aster is in the background, and she is now 14. Oct. 2016, Barney is no longer of this world. He was so cute.
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Snowbirds are selling their Florida homes. People are changing their holiday plans from US destinations to alternative locations.
Is this Canadian? is a new AI app, created in Quebec. Canadians are scouring labels for Made in Canada.
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A pair of Edmonton entrepreneurs, Matthew Suddaby and William Boytinck, have created an app called Shop Canadian to help with just that.
Note to self: after a fresh snow, it's probably best to wear taller winter boots or my snowshoes! The snow snuck in the back under my pants. It's cold. It's bracing!
First, the bad news.
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There are storms coming. I suggested that we need to 'get more gas for the snowmobile.' I am losing it! We don't have a snowmobile. The wetland isn't suitable for such travel, with plants sticking up all over the place!
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wetland walkies, March 4, 2012 |
I do need to refill the gas can for snowblower.
"Many deciduous species are marcescent (Wiki), not dropping dead leaves until spring."