SNOW

     Yesterday we had about four or five cm of snow. That's not much but we don't get a lot of snow. 

The snow was powder so it was fluffy and dry. It was easy to shovel as it was light. Now it was about minus 8 below. So this would be winter snow as compared to spring snow which is heavy and wet.

      Now' just recently I transferred my photos from an old hard drive to a memory stick. There were  close to 8000 photos, It was a good time to cull some photos. I discarded about 4000 photos, Many photos were snow photos. It looked like I never saw a snow flake I didn't like and by the way, I didn't take any snow photos yesterday.

        I had never transferred  anything to a memory stick so it was a bit of a surprise, I downloaded 6 files and then it said it was downloading 4441 photos! When It was finished I looked at what I had. I thought they were all jumbled up. As with any problem like this I waited a couple of days before I went back to the photos. Upon inspection , I found that the photos were in exactly the order they had been in.

     Since I did not make files the computer filed them by date. 

   I do have a few things to learn.

A VISIT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM

•       In the past ten days the micro manager and I have caught one of he most miserable head colds we've ever had. I've been retired for 28 years and have rarely had a head cold. We have no idea where we picked it up. We think it may have been in the hospital that the micro Manager had her cataract surgery,
•       But that isn't what this post is about. Yesterday afternoon the Micro Manager had a coughing spell that was alarming. We decided  to  go to the emergency rather than wait until when she  got sicker.
•        We got to emergency about 6:30. PM
•      We had been told that there was a wait of about 3 and a half hours. At 10 I asked how long we still had to wait. Well there were four people ahead of us. How long would that take? Well it took until one AM for us to get in a room. It took another hour to see a doctor  
•      So we got out of the treatment area about 2 AM. We got home just before  3 AM and he did not prescribe anything for us to do.

              We got home just before 3 AM. That's six  hours for two elderly people to wait around. Apparently with this bug you just have to tough it out as there isn't anything to treat it.

MARCH WEATHER

       Here in Central Alberta, Canada, March is considered to be a spring month although with extremes.

       Today was a good example. When I got up today there was light rain. It was about plus 2 C. The rain soon stopped and the wind started. Then snow flurries occurred. The rain lasted about 30 minutes. Just enough to make things wet. The light snow lasted about 60 minutes.  

      March can be very windy. Weather systems go through quickly. We tend to get much precipitation in March.

      So today was a day that's quite common in March. You feel the warmth from the sun ,but the wind makes it feel cold. 

      So what will tomorrow bring? It's supposed to get cold tomorrow. 

NO CARTS

       I went to the local Super Store this morning for a few items. Super Store is the equivalent of Walmart here. I want you to get the idea that this is a large store.

     When I went in the store, there were only five  carts  in the stand. No worry! More carts  will soon be brought in.

    I finished my shopping and on the way to the car someone asked for my cart. He would come to the car while I unload my groceries. Usually, I would get very suspicious about some one wanting my cart. There are many homeless in this rea and they ask for your cart so that they get your change. I  looked  around and there were no carts in the stand . The guy was desperate. 

     So what was going on? The store was replacing the carts with new ones. The company supplying  the  new  carts   took all the old ones before any new ones were brought in.

    Well, this just does make sense to me. Why would a store, on a busy Saturday, not have shopping carts ?

MARCH 1

          I'm more than nerdy about weather . I like the science of weather as how it works with low pressure high pressure systems. When  I was in grade school I liked the weather unit in science. I had many airplane rides in The Northwest Territories. the pilots had to have a good  sense of the weather. The only time I was in danger of crashing is when the pilot misjudged the weather. Well to be  fair the weather  was tricky. The  airplane iced up.

       We did many radio reports on weather and that had to good enough in the 60's.

       What high tech I do remember is when the first satellites began producing weather   reports. I remember the first and only time we  used it,

       But today my topic is March' In like  a lion and out like a .lamb,.We spend time debating whetherr the weather  we had was lamb or lion! Yester dsy we could have had a discussion.

      At midnight it was  minus 18 C and calm, Shortly after  noon it was plus 5 and no wind It was a beautiful day.

    So we'll see what the weather is like on March 31

WINTER

         Our winter weather has been fairly standard this year although many people would disagree with me. But that's typical of winter weather discussions.

        We've had some long spells of very cold weather. Lows below minus 30 C  for two or three weeks without a break. Then we had two and a half weeks of record breaking mild weather.

       On Thur. Feb.26 it was plus ten. In some places the roads were becoming slushy. By midnight it was minus 10. 

     So what I'm trying to say is that winter weather is variable with longer spells of cold and warm. In March the weather changes but the changes are quicker so the times of cold and warm are quicker.

     So I'm about to look at the length of days. We are starting to notice warming from the sun,

    I can get hopeful about spring but it's not here yet.

SURPRISE!

       The micro Manager had her cataract surgery on Monday and everything went very well. You are left feeling somewhat fatigued from the anesthetic. You  go to the surgeon the next morning at 8 AM for a check up. He pronounced her as very good.

      So we had planned ahead as  to how things would be done. I would do the cooking and put in the eyedrops. It's not really working that way but things are being looked after. 

     I was out shovelling today  when next door neighbor D crossed the fence. She was carrying a few containers and she told me that they were for the next too suppers. What a gift. It beats the beans on toast that was my menu. So there was a container of pasta and one of beef dip. So taking one look at the containers I said there's enough for 2 meals in each container.

    There's always a great visit when D comes over.

    So I asked how D knew that the surgery had been done. We didn't tell you. She said "I read it on your blog." Well that just blew my mind. I am always surprised when locals read the blog.

   While I was shovelling I noticed D take some containers to her truck. I thought  some people are going to be treated with some of D's treats. Two minutes later D was at my door with the containers.