It’s day ten of my quarantine as mandated by the National Government of Canada. The day began as do most of my days – wake up early, put up the furnace [we put it down to 15 Celsius for the night], turn on the coffee, and then open the draperies before we sit on our love seat to enjoy our first cup of the day. Then, as usual with out new reality, we both reached out to our kids and…
It’s day nine of our quarantine here in Canada. I am finding that the past few days have been working well for me as I return to investing a lot of my time to writing. I am enough of a realist to know that I will again find myself retreating into the shadow world from time to time in the future. I just ordered a microphone, a quality one to replace the headphone/microphone set that is now somewhere in South…
When I looked out of the bedroom window this morning, this is the sight that met my eyes, snow. The scene is of my neighbour’s yard and a trellis that I have photographed a few times in the past. Today marks the third day in a row of snow fall. To be honest, I expected to still see winter upon our return, but this seems a bit of overkill. Again, I got dressed in order to go outside and clear…
It isn’t outdoor naturism weather yet. Still, I had to steal a few moments outdoors this morning despite the fact that it was -12 Celsius. There was no breeze before 7:00 this morning, a a faint falling of snow flakes was too much to resist. With the experience a sharp contrast to being outdoors almost every hour of the waking day in Ecuador, most of those hours without worrying about clothing, it became a vivid reminder that I was back…
I woke up to a blizzard this morning. After it stopped around eleven this morning, we had more than 20 cm of snow [more than 8″] laying on the ground. The two of us soon got to work shovelling the snow to allow access to our front door, as well as to clean off the back deck and pathways in the backyard, including a jogging path around the inner edges of the yard which we use as part of our…
It warmed up by the afternoon after beginning with a temperature of -15 C before windchill which made it feel more like -23 C. With the sun pouring down at 3:00 pm and the temperature at -5 C with a breeze, it was the perfect time to be outside on my back deck. As you can see, there is still some snow in my yard. Snow has been scarce and it doesn’t bode well for a great start for the…
The sun is out inviting for a few moments of outdoor sunshine as a naturist. Still, it is enjoyable enough looking out the windows. as I couldn’t be outside very long. It’s cold out. While at the table having breakfast this morning, I saw a pair of Blue Jays. They are a first for me here in our yard, or even in our town. Usually, we have to be quite a bit further north to see these birds. Today, my…
Life couldn’t be better for us tucked into our comfortable home on the Canadian prairies. Now, it is all about waiting at distance for the healing of the world to begin. We slept last night for a full nine hours. While having coffee in our living room while looking out the large picture window, I commented that we had been living on adrenaline for almost three weeks. It took both of us living on high alert in Ecuador to ensure…
It is Tuesday and I am finally at home. It is -5 Celsius outside, not exactly the kind of temperature that invites a person to sit outside au naturel, especially with a good breeze making the trees dance around. Still, the glimpses of sunshine between the clouds is inviting. For now, I will wait. Now that I am back home, I am in quarantine for a minimum of fourteen days. The likelihood is that we will continue to self-isolate for…
We are in Quito. Yesterday was a unique experience as we made the ten hour drive [normally about an eight and a half hour drive] of 525 kilometres. Most of the travel is through very winding mountain roads as Quito is located in the Andes mountain range which travels the length of South America. We got stopped ten times for papers, passport, and health checks along the way. Those stops accounted for the extra time. In two of these stops…