Mid winter smiles - February 2007

snowy winter is here - yeah
impressing rob with my photos
chatting with rob
talking to jb on the phone
hanging with my sweet cousins again
shovelling rob's driveway
lemon pie and yum
hot and steamy hot hamburg with onions and COFFEE at the Double D
beautiful shots of the river gorge
discovering as you stand up that only your foot was wet
climbing out of a three deep hole in the ice
there's nothing like falling in a river miles from anyone and no one knows where u are to start the senses really sensing
surviving
wits
rooms of ice like art
walls of blue ice
hiking in a snowstorm on folly river
coffee with friends
old pictures
luke wilson hahahaha
movie with hippy
supper with jony
skiing with power and lightly
gooey half pipe full of snow
biscuit
south sayide again
good decision to ski
lift ticket for free
coffee for free
jony sharpened and tuned my skis - for free
peanut butter on my good morning buster
deep sleep
sledding the big hill
hippy and all the fun
skiing to exhaustion
lunch with jony
day of friends and snow and fun
ran into hippy - hit the south sayide
ran into carol - was quitting but decided to go up
skiied with donnie - got the gossip
meeting people on the solo skilift plan
i am skiing
the boy
early morning drive to the hills
early to bed
hanging with my sweet cousins
falling asleep on the couch after two large double doubles
i love oatcakes - Annapolis Tim's
ice covered rocks and cliffs of margaretsville
exploring the side roads
hitting the open road
(Feb.19)
listenig and delivering
chocolate coverd almonds
false alarms
getting stirred up to measure ice
jony repeating word for word my photo advice?
morning coffee at the firehall
wishing son happy birthday
training on breathing apparatus
great south african novel - alan paton
sleeping for 13 hours
stopping to pull a car from ditch
getting totally soaked
making a second trip
staying awake to write the story
testing your limits
mine eyes have seen things - lost like tears
daybreak
coffee - sweet jesus coffee at 5 am
working hard for my community
pulling my weight and then some
a whole lot of people power pulling tgether
deep deep foam - basement full
breaking every window with a ladder
spotlights (really help the photo taking)
a scary serious learning experience of a fire
(Feb. 15)
fried eggs and hashbrowns washed down with a smoothie
running habit getting so strong
late afternoon naps
i also want to be a journalsim teacher in ten or so years LOL
book ideas come to me
we saved the house
running all over town blaring sirens and blasting horn
i got to run a fire hose baby woot woot woohoo yeehaaw
learnig the ropes
in-the-action photo op's
busy - fighting the good fight
sirens and air horns
the rush of a call to a structure fire
more jokes
nicole delvering breakfast from timmies
a red fiddle on a green wall
climbing a rung or two on the evolutionary ladder as i clean my apt
apologies from curmudgeons
sliding round the turn at the Toymakers
suden huge dumps of snow
bib overalls
Community suported agriculture
talk of a new greenhouse
big plans for spring planting
a barn full of cozied up together animals - everyone getting along
triplets
putting aside a good book to start another good book
renewing books from the library
cuba ( not for me but cuba is always good news)
putting old friends in touch with other
swooping lives
a new puppy (not for me but puppies are always good news and smileworthy)
good news about other people's lives
like we'd never been apart
catching with an old buddy
norm
jokes
false alarms
(Feb. 10)
breathing space
a cheesebruger now and then
a sunny day and warmer
curling up under warm blankets
offially voted in as a Digby volunteer fire fighter
soaking up the enrgy of that time and place
sunset on the rocks
windburn on my face
running and exploring like a madman around Dartmouth Point
a few hours on Brier Island
hearing about the food at IHOP
spending a few hours in the Tiverton local store
people so passionate they cry
passionate people with stories to tell - even if they are off the record
gettingout the islands in snow storm
developing my own true understanding of local weather
sticking to the plan
pulling a great column and a great editorial out of the energy of the deadline
supper at the Irving
an idea for a book
runnig downhill for miles
having the guts to cross the narrow strip of snow between drowning and falling
discovering yet another great place to get away from it all
clambering over snow covered river rocks
running along a snow covered woods road
taking a break in the gulches of bear river
the crowd and noise (and hotdog) of a Clare hockey game
overcome with the stark beauty of the place
climbing over the ice and rocks of Point Prim
snapping like a maniac as she chugs away
chasing a ferry along the beach
getting the hell out of the office
family playing hockey on the ice, half with skates, half without
i have been smiling just too busy to post
(Feb. 7)
lisa's joke - "jack frost nipping at my nuts"
jony was skiing this week and tomorrow
jony went midwinter swimming - that is my boy!
warm sunny winter day
fajitas at chris' - meals - yum
all the teasing i got from people who recognised me
the dog was okay
nobody was seriously hurt
jumping into the bunker gear in the back of a bouncing bucking resuce van
first ride IN a roaring wailing blaring fire truck - oh yeah baby - yeehaw
(Feb. 1)