Things ain’t all bad. It’s easy to forget we are lucky. Busier than a one-armed-paper-hanger-with-a-seven-year-itch. That’s what my Dad used to say.
Going to one job than another without properly sewing up the previous job. That’s how it feels. That’s when we forget things. Getting older doesn’t help.
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The birds have been singing like they are getting serious. Moving among the trees, putting branches between them and the sky. Plenty of cold weather coming. It’s only mid Feb after all.
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The northern lights came out last night. Green and red shooting straight up in the east. The big and little dipper, along with Polaris seemed unfazed.
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The snow crunches when walked on. The long legged dog breaks through. The small hounds run on top. A herd, about eight, Whitetail Deer, rustled, and run. Hooves scarring the frozen earth with fresh tracks. The dogs, perk, but stay close. Thank Christ! I’m too old to chase after them.
Palliser Pass 
Jim R
We got 24 cm of snow today. That’s a lot for us in one storm.
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underswansea
That’s a lot. Canadians have been on the metric system for decades now, but we still measure snow in inches. We also measure vehicle driving in hours. (how far is it to Calgary? about 2 hours).
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mountaincoward
I wish we got the northern lights more often over here but they’re very rare. I never got to see the Green Comet either 😦
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underswansea
Clear skies are needed for both. The comet was difficult to see even in clear dark skies.
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mountaincoward
At least they printed a photo of it in our national newspaper so I got to see a picture of it. I was still miffed I didn’t see it myself though as it was the night I made a big effort to see it and it was totally clear that night.
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underswansea
Even clear it was tough one to see. The picture in the paper was probably through a telescope.
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mountaincoward
I’m sure it was – it was a very clear picture
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