Monday, November 26th - Winter is definitely coming

Judging the by the amount of wind and cold on the weekend, winter is definitely on the way - just not yet. After our string of nice sunny days and mild temperatures, we had rain on Saturday, although still quite mild but that certainly changed on Sunday. We woke to strong winds and much colder temperatures. But the sun came out in the afternoon so it didn't look quite so cold. Lloyd had planned to put the Tyvek wrap on the building but needless to say, it was much too breezy for that. Hopefully it will die down some this week.
This morning is still very breezy and the temperature of -2' feels like -10.  But the sky is clear and lots of bright stars can be seen so no precipitation is expected today, but maybe later in the week.

I worked on Saturday, then did a few errands in town. It was a pretty quiet evening - just some supper and a bit of TV. Sunday morning was a little busier as I worked on some French Macarons for my close friends and family (those who like the orange/chocolate flavour combination - and you know who you are!). Basically just a puttering around kind of day, doing odd jobs that needed doing. We had a fundraising spaghetti supper in the afternoon at the Rec Centre that Brenda and I have become the chief spaghetti cookers for. This year Brenda was also the chief sauce maker and she received a lot of compliments on her sauce. Be careful, you just might work yourself into a full time position! The crowd was down a bit from last year but did starting filing in a little later. For a while it was looking like it was only going to be a hand full of people show up, but that turned out not the be the case in the end. The crowd may have been down a bit because it was Grey Cup Day so they'll have to make a note of that when planning next year. But all in all, a good day as we were back home by 6:15.

I have to admit I wasn't out to the garage at all this weekend, and I was away last weekend so it's been two weeks since I was last out there. Of course it's dark when I leave for work in the morning and dark when I get home, so not a lot goes on during the week. It's soon going to be closed in completely but I still have some wood to stack. No time this past weekend but hopefully, next weekend will be better.(okay, I could have made time but.... see weather notes above!)  Lloyd got the waterproof membrane put on the  floor  area of the little balcony  so that's finished. Now he just has to close up the two large openings on the front and the tyvek on the outside and that just may be all that gets done this year, but it's come a long way in a short time. He's hoping to get the electricity run  this week so that he can work out there if he wants to over the winter. We do tend to have mild spells from time to time and it would be nice to be able to take advantage of that.

Bernie loaned us a large piece of scaffolding on wheels that made it easier to get to the higher areas. The funniest sight is my trusty little lawn tractor pulling this huge piece of equipment. It takes a bit of effort but it gets the job done. I knew she wouldn't let us down!

And here's how the building is looking now - slowly getting there but still quite functional for winter storage, even at this point.  Once the openings are closed in, it will be a mighty useful space.