Last fall the long range forecast for winter in Alberta said that it was going to be cold. So far the cold hasn't really materialized. We've had perhaps 2 1/2 to 3 weeks total of cold weather and very little snow. Tonight most of Alberta is under a storm watch and the Edmonton area is under a snowfall warning. The Weather Network is predicting 15 ( Read more... )

Hubby worked like a slave getting our Redwater house ready to be listed, especially this past week. Friday we signed the papers and the house should be listed on MLS in a couple of days ( Read more... )

Today was absolutely perfect in my humble opinion. It's days like today that I wish that I was a poet. Sadly, I am not so I took a couple of pictures. I'm no photographer either but I'm happy with the pictures none the less ( Read more... )

It is raining! Hopefully this is the end of our dry spell. It is pretty windy as well but I don't mind as long as we get more rain. I like sleeping in rainy weather; it's very relaxing ( Read more... )

Yesterday Hubby and I worked outside. The culverts at the end of our driveway needed attention. We cut back growth, dug stuff up, layed geo-textile and then arranged the rocks and bricks we had brought in last summer. We used the bricks over geo-textile to line the exits at either end of the pipe. The lawn tractor can't get that close and now we ( Read more... )

It's still windy although sustained winds are at 35 km per hour (21 miles per hour) with gusts of 50 km per hour (31 miles per hour). It looks like our extended summer is over and we are now enjoying fall like weather.

I went out and picked all of the tomatoes and brought in all of the ones that were of any size. Here is the crop:
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Yesterday was a beautiful spring-like day. Temperatures were above freezing there was lots of melting of snow... wonderful ( Read more... )

How does one sprain her finger while doing housework??? I don't remember doing anything out of the ordinary. All I know is that index finger on my left hand seems to be sprained. It's not bruised, and doesn't look swollen but it hurts and is a little stiff. At least it doesn't seem to be much of a bother ( Read more... )

We had record setting high winds here today. The gusts topped out at 102 kph or 63 mph with sustained winds of 70 kph or 43 mph. With the wind we have wind chill. The temperature is -1 C or 30 F but it feels like -8 C or 18 F ( Read more... )