THE VERY LAST 24 HOURS OF 2012! HOW WILL YOU SPEND IT?

Its 8:30 in the morning here on Prince Edward Island. We've had a dump of snow over the weekend and have a few feet now. The island is under a wind warning with winds coming from the west at 21 mph; a change from 7 am this morning from, northwest 19 mph. To step outside is to get blown off your feet by a cold, snowy blast!

My lonely little mailbox is out there ~ somewhere ~ in that vast expanse of newly dumped snow

In less than 24 hours, this day and the year of 2012, will become extinct! You will retire to bed in one year and wake in the next. What will you remember about this passing year? I have kept personal diaries for years and its fascinating to look back, years ago, on what was happening in my life on this date. 

What earth-shattering, life changing events will you perform on this last day of 2012...

Mine are humble and in preparation for 2013. Inventory all groceries in the house and rearrange my cupboards to make them more 'user-friendly', order a tank of oil and clean the house; after that its cleaning out the fridge and putting the washing away. Course the biggest thing will be taking down the tree and storing all that stuff for the end of the new year, in about 365 days. 

Putting things in order and planning for January; working on my budget... seems like a sensible way to spend the last day of this year.

Catspaw   


  

AS A MATTER OF INTEREST... ~~~***~~~

I was a busy little bee on Doomsday, just past. 

I left early to do my round of banking and errands, which included a tad of shopping ~ last minute essentials.... 

Once home, I scanned some pictures and edited them for use in future blogs, then made a nice lunch for my husband when he came in at noon. Played door person for the rather constant parade of cats, mine and the dairy cats, in and out of the house all day.

After that I was on FB for awhile and took one phone call from an acquaintance of my husbands. 

Late PM I started making the dough for Banana Cinnamon Buns and put the dough to rise in the oven with the light turned on. I doubled the amount of filling...

Double the amount of filling for maximum sweetness

This is an easy recipe using a nice batter dough that always turns out nice and uses up over-ripe bananas so they don't have to be thrown out.

Started supper round 6:30 pm as Merrill rarely gets in before 7:20; by the time he got in I was ready to roll the dough out, fill and cut it for its second rising. 

The guys cutting logs for wood burners and loading the truck. Note the amount of snow we have....

Watched the third movie of Harry Potter with supper ~~ while Merrill went to bed, I was up until well after 10 pm baking my buns!

Still, no end-of-the-world came or went... it was a quiet day, more or less. 

Woke today to wind and rain! No snow for Christmas! Ok by me.  

And that ~*~ was my Doomsday!

Catspaw       

GOOD MORNING DEAR READERS, WELCOME TO THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER

This time last year we had to shovel the snow away from the door just to be able to leave the house! 
Today there's just a slight covering of snow and its warm and calling for rain on Saturday. My cats want to be outside despite the snow.

Of course, there's always that 'one' who refuses to set paw outside and wants the door to stay open just so she can enjoy the sunshine from the dry environment of the porch. Right, Molly?

Then Again...

Maybe its better to just sit in a sunny, warm window and 'look' at the wintry day outside.

Today is very special. Its the Winter Solstice, its four days before Christmas and its Doomsday all rolled into one! Now, if that ain't special, I don't know what is. The tree is decorated, the gifts are waiting and the 25th is coming - for me and my family, anyway. For 95% of the rest of the world, who knows. OH, YES, the Mayans do.

See you all here tomorrow... Hope that guy has another use for his Ark! No life savings are left....
Hmmm, there's a topic of conversation ~ what did you spend your time doing on doomsday?


Have a GRREEAT DOOMSDAY!!!

Catspaw

??? HOW'S WINTER TREATING YOU ???

2012 Winter on Prince Edward Island, Canada so far...

This was the scene on the morning of December 10th, 2012; there are 4 cats in this picture and none were impressed with Mother Nature's indecision!

Same day, a few hours later. I brightened the pic above and ...

left this one the way the great outdoors 'really' looked.

Then it rained all night!

Imagine waking to this scene this morning...

 It looks like Spring!

 and the sun is out and about;

Blacky, taking in the 'new' scenery... from the inside.

Ain't it amazing what a ton of overnight rain can do for an inch and a half of fresh snow.

Its up in the air, literally, whether this island will see a green or white Christmas this year.

Catspaw   

An Island Blizzard for Easter

It started yesterday evening and continued through the long, dark and cold night. We finally managed to get rid of the snow just to have a blizzard of it come back. Significant snow fall of 10 to 15 cm and winds above 90 km. 


I had 4 barn cats in overnight, 3 grey and 1 black ~ that I finally tamed enough to pick up and bring in; she won't come in any other way. I doubt I'll be seeing any of the other farm cats unless they venture out my way. So, of course, nobody is going out today in this nasty blizzard. 

Sheltered from the Blizzard that hit Prince Edward Island last night and today ~ Easter weather!!


Catspaw