What's Cancelled? Everything!

    I am in for a few very boring weeks due to this awful virus. Just heard today that next Tuesday's lunch is off and probably Thursday's Probus meeting. Anything with over 100 people is now taboo. The classes at the community centres are finished until April and if they close (which they may well do) I will be completely out of activities - no Bridge games or Pickleball. Luckily I have lots of puzzles to do and books to read - that is until they close the libraries!

   I have a lunch date with friends on Friday but that may also have to go as one of them has a medically compromised daughter and can't take the chance of carrying back an infection. 

   I am well stocked with supplies and should be able to last a couple of weeks but they will be long and boring. At least I will be able to go outdoors and to the shops unlike the poor people in self-isolation. That would drive me bonkers!

   Meanwhile here are a couple of photos to show life goes on:

This was a very tasty vegetarian pie I made last week. It did me two dinners and a lunch with salad and pickled beetroot.

This south-facing patch is where I plant tomatoes and it was covered with snow until two weeks ago. So far there are two clumps of chives, garlic shoots, daffodils and tulips appearing. Hope springs eternal!

This Too Shall Pass

   I have been bothered with a headache for the last few days (I hardly ever get them) so thought I was coming down with something. Today it has eased off but is still lingering a bit so I think I am on the mend. I did manage to get to tennis and played two sets before retiring gracefully. Next week should be easier.

   Sunny and mild today so I was out of my winter coat and into a lighter jacket and no gloves or hat! That's a first for this year. Book Club this afternoon and we had an interesting discussion of Carol Off's book "All We Left Behind". It is a factual account of her frustrating attempt to get an Afghan family admitted to Canada as refugees. Not a great reflection of the Canadian Refugee Acceptance System.

   Here's what I found in my back yard today. The end (of Winter) is in sight!

Yes, something (probably daffodils) has sprouted!

…...but at the other end of the yard, still Winter.

A Healthier Me (I hope)

  I started the day with an hour working out - 20 minutes cardio, then abdominals, stretching and weights. I use a video to keep me motivated. After I had recovered from that and had some breakfast, I walked to the senior's centre, 20 minutes. It was breezy but sunny so very pleasant, temperature in the low single digits. 

   On the way back (another 20 minutes) the wind had turned around to come from the north and there were a few snowflakes so I was glad of my winter coat. However, I don't think there will be any accumulation as the ground is beginning to warm up.

   All in all, a reasonable amount of exercise and fresh air so I should sleep well tonight!

Dancing Up a Storm

   Two beautiful sunny days have reduced the piles of snow somewhat and today got up into positive numbers. I even sat out on my back porch with hat and gloves off to soak up some rays. We are due several more mild days this week but winter is not done with us quite yet.

   At dance class today we were practicing dances for St. Patrick's Day so they all had an Irish theme. There was a strathspey called City of Belfast, a reel, The Irish Rovers, and two jigs, The Leprauchan and, my favourite "Bailey's Irish Cream". Here are some dancers doing the Irish Rover. We are not quite as accomplished as them but we do enjoy ourselves.