Month: February 2020

Arctic Blast

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Well, I’m happy to say that the weather forecasts for today are no longer predicting a severe drop in temperatures in only 4 hours.

We’re still going to get the extreme temperatures. It’s just going to take until about 8am tomorrow for it to happen.

Our current mild temperatures (we are at -3C/26F with a wind chill of -10C/14F as I write this) are supposed to slowly drop until about midnight, then the winds are going to hit. Locally, by tomorrow morning, we’re supposed to hit -29C (-20F), with the wind chill bringing it down to -43C (-45F).

Thank God we don’t have to go anywhere! I really feel for the people who have to work outside, or commute to the city. It’s going to be dangerous out there. :-(

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New Addition?

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It was my turn to do the evening cat routine last night. This includes going into the sun room to top up the food and water for the outside cats, as well as cleaning out the two litter pans we have out there.

As usual, once they heard me in there, cats started streaming in. Two-Face was already there, and I was soon joined by Keith. Then Big Jim and Keith came in and…

… wait

…what?

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My brother is awesome. Also, wtf?

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It’s been warming up for the past few days, which means I had plenty of company while doing my rounds this morning. Butterscotch, as usual, wanted to be carried, while three others followed along.

Then Keith caught up to me. :-D

This is how he asks to be picked up.

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Spiky guests, and not quite done with the car thing…

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First up, I just wanted to share one of the photos I managed to get yesterday evening. The two bucks I saw in the trail cam finally came by when we were there to see them, and get photos!

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A pleasant surprise

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Today, I will be driving my mom’s car around for the first time since it’s been repaired. When I had the chance to take a look at the tires in the sunlight, I found a pleasant surprise.

The rear brakes were replaced, and this is what it looked like before.

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Historical recipe: one recipe, two products

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One of my long time interests is experimenting with historical cooking.

I say experimenting, because it’s not unusual for these recipes to include ingredients that are no longer available, hard to find, unknown or even extinct. Plus, they often don’t include a lot of information, either because it was assumed the reader already understood what was needed, or it was simply technologically impossible for the time period.

Thankfully, that’s not as much of a difficulty for recipes from more recent time periods.

Not too long ago, I discovered a YouTube channel called Townsends, featuring all things 18th century. I highly recommend it! I was intrigued by this video on how to make Mushroom Ketchup.

Yes, you read that correctly! Mushroom. Ketchup.

It sounded both weird and delicious at the same time! :-D

I found the recipe here, and decided to give it a go.

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Compilation video

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Part of my daily routine is to switch out the memory cards on the trail cams, then see what’s on them.

I was quite surprised to see a large number of files on the new camera, a couple of nights ago.

It turned out we had a lot of traffic going past it that night!

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Done!

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Oh, finally! My mom’s car is DONE!

Also, as I didn’t have to go anywhere early in the morning, it was actually daylight when I started my rounds, and I could get some photos. I always start with bringing fresh water to the cats, and topping up their food bowls.

Beep Beep was, of course, just sssstttttaaaarrrrvvviiinnnngggg…. :-D

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