Happy Easter

 Wishing everyone a happy Easter this weekend. We are gathering as an extended family on Sunday at our house. About fourteen of us this year. There will be ham, mashed potatoes, carrots, green beans, a creamy corn casserole, chick pea salad and a spring greens salad. I’m baking a lemon layer cake and my daughter is making a cinnamon roll cake. My sister in law is bringing another dessert and my sister is bringing appetizers. 

I don’t think we are expecting a warm spring day, but instead cool and rainy ( perhaps snow). But that’s April. 

Even though our two kids are 26 and 29, I’ll still pick up a few little Easter treats for them ( and their significant others).I asked husband if he wanted anything and he said yes, but just one. Likely something Reese’s Peanut Butter chocolate. Then I asked, and what am I getting? Like most moms, I’ll get my own ( like stuffing your own stocking at Christmas! Haha.)

I am looking forward to getting on with outdoor tasks the first of which will be raking our one acre property. If the weather behaves we will have “ kid” help on the holiday Monday. 

Happy Easter everyone! 🐣

It's a bit COLD

 I thought I would quickly pop back here for an update. We are having another good old fashioned winter again. LOTS of snow in "southwestern Ontario" with lake effect snow coming off of the Great Lakes. At the moment, we are in quite a cold snap. Keep in mind, we are measuring in Celsius.

Yes, that's a going to be a low tonight of -24, feels like -34. If you don't understand, "feels likes" means taking into account the wind chill factor. So even though you might be outside in a balmy -24, with the wind blowing, it's more like -34. Let's just say that the cats don't stay outside very long in this weather. 

Husband and I got away for a week and thoroughly enjoyed the sun whilst at home they were getting a blizzard which closed roads and actually closed schools for a couple of days (usually the busses are cancelled, but schools remain open). Busses get cancelled because the back roads are not able to be cleared in time by the snow ploughs, or the blowing snow is causing white outs that are too dangerous for busses to be travelling in. We really enjoyed the resort we were at (Dominican Republic) and would consider returning there some day. It was 28 degrees there. Lovely. 

Being as it is a sunny morning (a rarity), here are some east-facing and west-facing porch pictures to show you our snow. 

I hope you are warm and contented, wherever you are in the world.