Another isolation period likely more than the last
Day 2 of Isolation but it is a different look outside. The snow is melting. No new snow on the horizon but still early in April. We could have more snow but less likely to stay; more likely to melt...
View ArticleAre we at the crossroad
Looking back January was a long time ago. We were just hearing about the coronavirus in China and its slow movement into other countries in Asia and its appearance in various places (one at a time)...
View ArticleRaking again today
Yesterday we raked the front lawn except in the area where there is still snow which is close to the house. Today we will rake the top of the back yard; it is still too wet to go further back than...
View ArticleRainy Gloomy April brings May flowers
I love the old rhyme of my childhood, January cold brings February snows brings March winds brings April showers brings May flowers. I used to hop and skip to school singing that rhyme when I was a...
View ArticleBlake Newsletter Volume 9, Issue 2, 2020
The Blake Newsletter Volume 9, Issue 2, 2020 will be posted to the website tomorrow. I will not be republishing it to my blog as it consists of just the 10 Blogs that I produced in January and February...
View ArticleGood Friday
April 10, Good Friday and memories of many many Good Fridays flow through my mind. As a child we would be going to Church as a family, walking down the street and around the corner. Growing up Anglican...
View ArticleBlake Newsletter Volume 9, Issue 2, 2020
As mentioned this issue will be published only on the website as I have already published the parts that make it up on my blog in January and February with the lead name BLAKE - xxxxx.I am now into my...
View ArticleWhat a beautiful day
The sun is shining, the temperature is 1 degree celsius with a high projected at 6 degrees celsius. A lovely spring day here with the temperature about normal for the season. This should help to dry up...
View ArticleEaster Day 2020
Blessed Easter. Another bright sunny day to start and it is Easter Sunday. The most important day in the Christian Calendar and follows by two days the saddest day in the Christian Calendar. Thus it...
View ArticleUnderstanding Supply Chains
I must admit I am learning a lot about supply chains. Our new Ambassador to China is an expert and he has put that to good use very quickly it appears. I am still hoping that our local industries...
View ArticleGrocery Shopping
For the most part our neighbours have taken our shopping list and picked up groceries for us since the start of the shutdown. We did one day of major shopping two weeks ago just to augment our last big...
View ArticleHow long will I blog about COVID-19 and its effects on me
Grocery shopping did not happen yesterday; it happened today along with a visit to the medical laboratory for tests for my husband. Somehow yesterday flew by after an initial slow start which did not...
View ArticleShould we return to normalcy for the sake of the children?
During the Bubonic Plagues it has been said that an English Nursery Rhyme was created:Ring around the rosieA pocket full of posiesA-tisha A-tishaWe all fall downThat is the way that I learned it as a...
View ArticleBird Seed and who eats it
This may seem somewhat mundane as a topic but we put bird seed out every day technically for the birds. However we have many visitors to our bird feeder. Squirrels are quite adept at climbing up onto...
View ArticleWhat day of the week is it anyway?
I managed to accidentally publish this as a blank post yesterday. The computer does keep me up to date on the actual day but the navigation bar on the bottom doesn't say the day of the week. Normally I...
View ArticleFlat Tire
Amazingly such things happen during a pandemic. Our snow tire was flat in our laneway. CAA came very quickly actually and replaced the tire and tomorrow we will go in and get the rest of the snow tires...
View ArticlePhasing my grandparents DNA
Yesterday I worked on Chromosome 3 and it has always been just a little bit difficult. I do not have a good maternal match on Chromosome 3. I have lots of matches for the paternal side which has...
View ArticleSurprise - Its Snowing
The one thing about the weather in Canada is that snow can come at any time here although it does not normally snow in July and August in the southern parts of Canada. It was just a light dusting which...
View ArticleTyphus
A light dusting of snow greeted me this morning when I awoke. It is Canada after all; snow comes is the usual comment that many of us make when that happens. It looks like snow again today but light...
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