Rain, rain...

All I had was my videocamera, and I did a screen capture of this poor old elm tree. It housed a flicker family last year. You can see the hole. The top fell off in a wind storm. I shall keep my eye on this hole. 

Friday, 10:00 a.m. – Another power outage. I'd neglected to charge the smartphone, too! duH. I phoned and they said it'd be back up by 11. It was up by 10:15. Whew! I was working out downstairs and everything went dark! What a storm. By 10:30 we'd had 27 mm rain. By the end of the day, we had nearly 30 mm of rain. Saturday, a skiff of snow. 

The goldfish pond is full. The water barrel is draining into it. 

Cinnamon wanted to sleep on the front porch. It wasn't that warm, in fact, damp and cold.

The back shows that all is not thawed yet. The eavestrough drains in the bushes, flowing from the underground pipes.  It is a clever system, for 30 years ago. We had a sudden warm spell. 

Watching the lightning map, I could see it moving east. We didn't get any of that, at least.

Weird outages. 

Then, us. 

At its peak, there were 14,746 without power in Ontario. Most were up by the end of the day.

Nearly 30 mm on the 26th.

In the backyard, the daffodils are starting to rise up! Spring is such a green and hopeful season.

March 23, Cinnamon got himself 📹another vole. I think it got away. He likes to bring them to the house. Nutmeg, AKA Killer, likes to eat them. There is a huge tunnel system in the garden beside the front porch. They didn't think that through.

Meantime, the porcupine  is finding food. If you choose to watch the video, you can see it nibbling on a small sapling. It is so gentle a critter.

 

March 26, the coyote had a visit  📹. 

 The frogpond continues to thaw. Cinnamon and I inspected it. Pond walkies  

 

Now, even you should watch this video, John! It's only 9 seconds long, the clip repeated in slow motion, for effect. No sooner did I hang up the filled bird feeder, but the chickadee launched itself at the feeder. Sometimes, they land on the feeder as I am coming around the corner from the garage, having filled it.

 

Then, 7:30 p.m., feral (?) Oregano was back in the pouring rain. Oregano Mar 26  

 

Zola, the doe with the broken leg, is still hanging in. JB fed her this morning, and she ate her fill. There were 4 deer this morning, including the young buck. Another five deer showed up. They are going to disperse into the forests, soon. She is putting more weight on the leg.

Our week begins this afternoon. The girls are back for virtual school for the week. They are hanging in with it. Since September. Their laundry is washed, I vacuumed, and washed the kitchen and bathroom floors. We are good to go. 

We are all looking forward to 'March Break,' which was deferred to April. Then I can switch from teaching support staff to Gramma, again. I ordered some craft materials, some for the girls. We'll make some things to send to their cousins in Vancouver. It won't arrive in time, we've a four day week this week and next, with Good Friday and Easter Monday being a holiday. 

 There were quite a few items on sale. It was $13.95 to have it delivered. Caitlin offered to pick the order up for me. Turns out, her store was out of a bunch of things, and they are mailing the rest to me for the $13.95 we were trying to save. One simply must laugh!