NOT THE WEATHER WE WANT

 

May 12, 2026!!  May!  Not January!  Not February.  May!  It started snowing in November and it is still snowing in May.  We will be lucky to get 4 months of summer.  It is very frustrating.  The weather hasn’t even been nice.  We have had maybe 2 days where we could walk around in shirtsleeves.  All the rest of the time we have our winter coats on.  One bonus is no bugs!  But there is also no peepers. The little frogs who serenade us at nite.  So loud!  It has been too cold for them at nite.  Temps below 0.  Frost every morning.  I don’t think the nurseries are doing a good business right now.  It is too cold to even think about gardening.  And the frost every nite will kill them.  Right now it is 2 degrees C but feels like -3!

Thursday looks good!  16 and sunny 😎 Ricky is coming in!

TOO MUCH?

 I asked my friend to show me some landscape ideas for my new house and this is what she showed me.  A little much but I do kind of like it.

This is more my style and something I can do. Maybe not as lush but similar.  I will get right on it…

MY NEW FRIEND

 

This will be our new fire pit area.  I knew where it was going to be and basically what I wanted but couldn’t  visualize it.  Well, I consulted my new friend CHATGBT and this is what they gave me.  It is not the first time I have consulted with it.  I now know what my accent color will be in my front room and what color zebra blinds do will go best with my walls and floors and furniture.  I would never have guessed that these ideas would determine what my house will eventually look like but I can use the help.  I use the free version. I get about 5 questions and comments on pictures I submit.  They always ask if they can do more and give reasons for their choices.  I like that they like my ideas too.  I know it is AI but if it is available, why not use the technology?

I am going to like sitting out by that fire…

STOP!!!!

 

So this is what we are dealing with today. A freakin’ snow storm!  You can barely see the other side of the lake - and a little later you couldn’t see the other side of the lake.  It is April 6th for goodness sake.  We still have over 2 feet of snow in the bush!  It is like the middle of January!  The middle of winter!!!  Needless to say it is very depressing.

Stacey and Andrew and little Miss Shiloh were over for dinner and Stacey shovelled off the deck for me.  Just a few days ago we were enjoying a cocktail on the deck in those red chairs.  Now they are covered in snow.

On a happier note, we get some of our furniture deliver April 30!!

DONE!

 They started October 1st, 2025 and finished April 1st, 2026.  A talented team of local tradespeople turned a blueprint of a house in a BeaverHome catalogue into our home.  It was an adventure - one that I do not wish on anyone.  But we learned as we went along.  The house we chose has everything we wanted and needed.     I think the hardest part was picking out floors and cupboards and light fixtures and vanities etc. Surprisingly, I think we did pretty good.  A bit fancy but what the heck.  So so different from our other house.  It will be fun living in it.  It will take a while to clean it.  There is a lot of drywall dust and dirty windows and doors and little things we want to do.  Some of our furniture won’t be ready until the end of May so we have time before we finally move in.

So much to do…

ANOTHER SNOW PICTURE

 And here is the lovely Miss Spacey posing in front of a snow wall along her route in Elliot Lake.  This was taken on March 26!  It was -20 this morning here!  Getting a wee bit fed up with snow and -20 temperatures.

On a happier note, the two new born calves have names.  The grandchildren get to name them.  They are Peanut Butter and Jam!  There was another one born too but no word on a name yet.

Next post will have some pictures of the new house.  Still work to do but a lot done already.  It will be fun to live in it.

SPRING BABIES

Spring in the farm means babies!  One of the cows on Susan’s farm just had twin girls.  Momma is very proud of her little ones.  The cows were purchased years ago for all the grandkids to share.  They get to name the calves. The white calf is now called Snowball.  Not sure what the other one’s name is but I will let you know as soon as I hear.