So some good news is we have made it through the Christmas New Year period without any power interruptions.
Actually the last longer outage was way back on November 16. There were several short interruptions since then, the last on 18 December.

So congratulations to all the people involved in keeping the plant up and running.

[Any one want to buy a little used mobile generator?] ;-}

There have been no major water line breaks like last year [touch wood] but I did notice some sort of leak just up the road from us, not sure what the problem is. Also the council workers started a hole at a curb stop a little further on than the leak, looks like work to continue there.

Some bad news is we have had two suicides over the last three weeks or so, the latest just this weekend. Both young guys with what most of us see as plenty ahead of them, seems they thought different.

I have conflicting emotions and thoughts on why there continue to be suicides but being a neophyte in this area I will keep them to myself, besides it is a subject that people do not talk about publicly. I will wager a small amount that these two do not even warrant any mention in the media, why this is so beats me, it is more than ‘out of respect for the families’ that is for sure.

We had some wind up to 93 KPH last evening, some wet snow as well, wet snow does not blow easily so no big snow banks around.
Milder temperatures are forecast for most of the week with some cooling down by Thursday.

This unsettled weather has meant we have not had any fresh produce in for some time now, before Christmas was the last if memory serves. Still lots of other stuff to eat but after awhile some fresh crunchy salad or greens comes in handy for the well being of the body and mind.