Air Traffic, CRA & Cinnamon walkies

✈ Air Traffic 🚁

I've been watching air traffic around Ukraine 😭. It is good to see the other countries flying nearby just in case. It is simply awful, and I cannot believe the madness. 

Look for the helpers. There are planes from the US, Canada, NATO (NATO11 – flying in from Turkey), and Brittain (RAF: KAYAK31), there for support. The US had a Sikorsky Blackhark helicopter in Poland, as well as a series of helicopters: DUKE 50, 51, a Cessna (DUKE73), which I noticed while President Biden was there. There was a big plane (FORTE 11) circling the Black Sea. I am learning more geography than I have learned in a long time. 

There are several planes coming in from Cyprus, where there might be ships. Vessel Finder tracks those. 

LAGR 221

KAYAK 31

NATO 11

CFC 4226

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Thank you, all for your positive, supportive comments.  I had a couple of anxiety attacks this week.  I've been wrestling with taxes, again. And I can't figure out how to plug in to TurboTax my change from a LIRA to a RIF. At 65 you have to switch them over. So far, the program tells me we owe $44,000+ in taxes. I signed up for the extra money for extra support (you don't pay them till you finish, though), and they were useless. The woman I spoke to sent an email with directions, but they do not work. "I'm not a tax expert," she told me. 

I think I am still missing a tax receipt. I contacted my guy, and he sent a couple I was missing. They don't have to send them until the end of March, legally. Taxes should be done by the end of April. I'm not ready to give up, but I am close. The frustration is terrible, and triggers me after I've wrestled with Canada Revenue for this past year. [💰Canada Revenue Agency😓] I took my meds, and we relaxed watching tennis and curling. I want to conquer this tax year, but the jury is out.

OK, done venting. Thanks for listening! They truly are small problems, compared to all going on in the world. I take my meds and hope for the better days to come.

Cloudia, you are right: "You and I are both very lucky people to be in beautiful restorative places and to be able to distance as we need to. " 

Karen, I loved your story about your German friend and his nature church! 

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Cinnamon Walkies

Look at the frogpond! It is half thawed and soon our little creatures will wake up.

There is about 20 cm of water on top of the ice. More rain yesterday, only a couple of mm. Currently it is snowing, just for fun. Another cold front, but this, too, shall pass.

Mar. 22 vs. March 25!

You can hear the crows bickering, and I kept filming because of the other birds. Then, I showed the meadow, which is full of water and snow. The hill where I stood is all lovely and leafy. Things are melting.

At the end, Cinnamon stayed down on the dock, having himself a drink of water.

 

Cinnamon walkies from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Above the pond, the crows were keeping busy: 

Above the pond from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

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We had three deer in the yard. I post the second photo, because you can see how much smaller the juvenile is. The other juvies seem larger. The deer on the left is King Henry, who shall be growing new antlers soon. They must be family. They are happy the snow is gone.