Welcome To Atlantic Daylight Saving Time

— Monday. March 14th, 2016 — // -1˚C / +30˚F – with cool fresh air and bright sunshine at 10:42 am Atlantic Daylight Saving Time. // I think either today or yesterday is Dana Delaney’s birthday (The actress who played Colleen McMurphy on China Beach). — — Yesterday I was…

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Saturday, Committee Presence, Photos Before Dawn & “Moe-“

– Early Morning Musings? – — Saturday, March 12, 2016 — // -3˚C / +26˚F @ 8:31 am under cloudy grey skies with small ‘ground squirrels’ running around inside the dog’s area – which really isn’t very bright- ya know? in Atlantic Canada (or anywhere else – for that matter)…

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Thursday, How Many of You Ever Heard of “Mario Day”? -{MAR10}-?

— Thursday, March 10th, 2016 — // — +3˚C / +37˚F — Grey, Damp and soggy out there @ about 3:33 pm – The Temperature’s been falling from a high of +6˚C @ 6:00 am here in Atlantic Canada — — Mario Day — I never heard of that before…

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Yesterday’s Raccoon News In Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia?

— Tuesday Evening, March 8th, 2016 — // — Dark and -1˚C / +30˚F @ 7:45 pm in Atlantic Canada — — I guess you can tell you live in a ‘Civilized’ area when last night’s Television News included the following: — Tonight a Woman in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia…

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Tuesday – “Mars” Day?

— Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 — // — +3˚C / +38˚F with brilliant sunlight and clear cool fresh air in Atlantic Canada @ 10:30 am — — The Sufis talk about people who look at life through veils – If you see yourself as a sinner, or look at life…

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Monday – A Flurry Of Non-Events?

— Monday, March 7th, 2016 — // 0˚C / 32˚F  & Lightly Flurrying In Atlantic Canada @ 5:15 pm // — I think today is exactly six months away from my birthday – might depend on leapyear and stuff like that — — I really have almost nothing to report…

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Sunday – March Is Here and The Time Is Right to — uh — What?

Sunday, March 6th, 2016, — // — Um = +1˚C / +33˚F — Sunny & Bright in Atlantic Canada @ 4:04 pm — — This time last year we were up to our ‘eyebulbs’ in snow – today a lot of not-quite-green grass is showing all around town – and…

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Wednesday – Expecting Weird Weather –

Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 — -4˚C / +25˚F & snowing @ 11:50 am in Atlantic Canada — — We’re supposed to get about 10 cm / 4 inches of snow before the precipitation turns to a projected couple hours of freezing rain and then transitions to a lot of rain…

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Monday – Um – Winter Is Still With Us –

Monday, February 22nd, 2016 —  -6˚C / +21˚F & Sunny & Bright in Atlantic Canada @ 12:42 pm // Where it was -11˚C @ 7:00 am this morning //   It’s Cousin Lori’s Birthday 🙂 — Yup, after a couple days thinkin’ the local groundhog with the unpronounce-able name might have…

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Saturday, Snow, Then Rain, Then Snow Again ?

Saturday, February 20th, 2016, —ƒƒ— +2˚C / +36˚F & raining at the moment in Atlantic Canada @ 1:11 pm  —ƒƒ— Kathy Krafchick’s Birthday ( & Patty Heart’s too) —ƒƒ— — “Yooks Yike another weird weather day in Atlantic Canada” It began with a light snow falling, the Weather Network expects…

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Ground Hog Day – 2016

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 — -6˚C / +21˚F — Sunny & bright, clear, and colder than yesterday in Atlantic Canada @ 9:11 am — Birthdays today: Close Friend Lisa and Cousin Lyn in Connecticut 🙂 & I think our friend Angie ( née Shean ) up here has a birthday…

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New Year’s Day, 2016 :

Friday, January 1st, 2016 -( -1˚C / +30˚F — Mostly Cloudy, mostly grey – and ‘quiet’ @ 1:45 pm here in Atlantic Canada )- — I can’t remember the day or date. I was sitting in the waiting room of the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep & Ram dealership in our Canadian…

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New Year’s Eve 2015 —> 2016 :

Thursday, December 31st, 2015 -( +1˚C / +34˚F Grey, damp – and might even be misty/raining outside at 11:11 am in Atlantic Canada )- — A couple good things happened in 2015 – but overall, I will not miss this last year at all. On the positive side: Canadian humiliated…

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Tuesday In The Snow –

Tuesday, December 29, 2015  -( -12˚C / +10˚F & Snowing here in Atlantic Canada @ 2:15 pm )- We needed new brake pads and rotors to pass inspection this year and today was Cathi’s best chance to get the work done and the inspection taken care of. Luckily, the rotors…

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Warm Yuletide Full Moon & The Force Awakens

Thursday, December 24th, 2015 -( +8˚C / +46˚F dark & damp with a full moon shining on Atlantic Canada @ 10:45 pm )- Cathi and I went to the cinema tonight and saw the new Star Wars Movie. I enjoyed it, even knowing it had been strained through a highly…

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Return of the Committee :) —

Monday. December 14, 2015 -( 0˚C / 32˚F — Grey and Damp and Threatening Rain, Snow, Ice Pellets and Freezing rain @ 9:00 am in Atlantic Canada )- We’ve been worried about the deer who have been making it through our last couple very tough winters by taking the chance…

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First Significant Snow Of The Season

Friday, December 4th, 2015 -( -6˚C / 21˚F — Clear & damp & “Brrrr” in Atlantic Canada @ 9:16 am )- —Last night’s snow was a sonofagun to clear away from the end of our driveway after the snowplow tried again to kill me by dumping hard to shovel heavy…

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NaNoWriMo 2015

Sunday, November 29, 2015 -( -5˚C /+23˚F — Dark, damp & chilly in Atlantic Canada @ 9:00 pm Atlantic Time )-   — In ‘reality’, I started our really slow, not feeling 100% after my recent medical ‘procedure’ – & finished up, or stopped today, with story lines still churning…

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