Monday, January 23, 2012

Weather obsession and Moose

The Weather obsession continues...but now it's lovely and warm ! it's between 6 & 7 f (-13 & -14 C ) well it feels warmer honest even if it's relatively speaking lol.
looking here  we see this map of the temperatures around town now (9am in the Morning our time)
Isn't that a great map.

So at least Ski club should go ahead tonight ..last weeks had to be canceled as -5f  (-20C) is their cut off temperature ..the kids range from 6 to 14 and freezing them ruins the fun..you can't bundle them up  much as skiing makes them hot.. but fingers and toes get cold so it's a balancing act.

Yesterday it felt warmer so we charged off to catch a bus into town to visit the Museum but we first had to get past the two moose grazing on tree branches that were between us and the bus stop... never annoy a Moose ..especially Mom and yearling. A kind lady pulled over and gave us a lift for a 100 yards..past the moose and to the bus stop . People are generally very kind and helpful especially when it comes to moose who command respect. An elderly lady who commands respect too, made the local paper this morning with this story  photography is from the ADN as is the story...

Wife stops moose stomping with shovel


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Obviously I should carry a shovel :0)



from an old gravestone

If you hold your nose to the Grindstone
and you leave it there long enough,
Then soon you'll say
there's no such things
as brooks that babble
and birds that sing,
these three will all your world compose,
just you, the stone and your poor old nose.

(from memory so may not be word perfect)