We have finally returned to the Blog World!

After a long and painful struggle with my computer,  Windows 10 and the Internet, we can finally catch up with some news.  I am sorry for this long delay.

From the inside, the biggest news is that the new ensuite is finally finished.  It looks very smart and modern, and the feature mirror is quite spectacular.

From the outside, the biggest news was the snow storm we had 10 days ago.  At one point, we had over 16” of snow on the ground, and the power was on and off for 3 days, with the longest outage being 18 hours.  When you are on a well, power outages definitely limit available water to a mere trickle.

The community closest to us, Coldwater, got 51.6 cm of snow during the fall, and we likely got that as well.  It was very heavy and wet, and tore down numerous trees and branches, leading to the long blackouts.  We did a damage walk of our property today, and you can see how much damage a single tree could inflict.  The coniferous trees were bowed over with the heavy snow, and many tops snapped.

One of the most interesting findings was that Brian thought he saw a cougar track in the melting snow yesterday.  We went back to check after consulting a couple of field guides, and sure enough, that’s what it was.  The snow was too melted to see much, but the size and configuration of the print were definite.  That’s Brian’s glove there, not my delicate little one.

As you can see, virtually all of the snow is gone, except for a few patches, and we are hearing predictions of double digit plus figures for the weekend.  Needless to say, we are not going skiing yet.