The sky is a very pale blue with hints of purple in one
direction and a blush of gold / pink in the west. It is 3:45 and apparently the
sun set today at 3:08, yet the remaining light lingers on. The window beside my
writing desk faces northwest and I look out onto the back of an elementary
school and see plumes of exhaust from what I presume is a wood pellet silo /
burner. Further off in the distance I am able to see the planes shortly after
take-off; today has been a busy day and I’ve noticed that quite a few of the planes flying
out are quite large. It was a clear, bright day and the
temperature warmed up to -18 though I chose not to experience it firsthand
today, deciding I’d rather finish off the Le Carré book that I borrowed from
the exercise room downstairs (which is valued even though I’ve not yet taken
advantage of it – pretty decent equipment as well).
Lots of topics I’ve wanted to relay yet currently having
some difficulty remembering some right now; however, these are the ones that
come to mind:
Ravens – they are huge here and somewhat plentiful…..no
seagulls or raccoons scavenging for food like we’d see back home – just these
really large birds. I don’t think they’re
particularly assertive like Seagulls often are around food that’s visible, but
they certainly aren’t shy or fly away at the least provocation. Sometimes
squawky but I suspect I’ll hear them more when the windows are once again
opened to the outdoors. We enjoyed watching them from the 10th floor
suite as they seemed to play with one another as they’d catch some sort of
thermal current and soar and swoop through the air in front of our balcony.
Our car arrived into town on Wednesday night and was
stored in the movers’ garage until I picked it up on Friday. I drove it over to
Canadian Tire to get a block heater and battery blanket installed – the shop
was extra busy and they wouldn’t be able to get to it until Monday as I learned
they were closed evenings and weekends. I realized that sometimes you forget
there are service businesses that work ‘normal’ hours and since I’ve been
without a car for 3 weeks now and don’t have any drastic need for it this weekend
I can certainly wait until Monday. I was glad though that they were able to put it
into the shop over the weekend and once I get it back we will have the last of
our moved contents with us, as some were left in the car when we needed to
finish off the trip by plane. (I suppose I can find some more room here somewhere….and I'm really
glad to get my toolbox back...).
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