A warm one for sure yesterday, 23 official, 26 at the house, 34 in the greenhouse. Cooling off for today and back to normals for next few days.

The Ranger has left Goose Bay for ports to Nain ice conditions permitting. The Astron is delayed somewhere due to ice conditions.

I think it becomes physiological when the boats don’t get in by the end of June. One starts getting a little antsy, you wonder when the summer will really start, you are anxious for the stores to get their fresh supplies, when will those building materials get in, it is only 5 more months and the boats will stop again.

Truth is as rule fresh supplies never arrive on the first boat or the second or third in some cases. The days of going without many things have passed [unless you live in Makkovik] with the new trend of flying many things in instead of stocking up the year before.
Of course we pay dearly for this convenience with higher prices and pay for it again with tax payer subsidies under the two food subsidies programs. One time “food mail” meant fresh perishable produce. These last few years it has meant almost anything, and many other items not under the subsidy programs are being air freighted in, the economy of the place must have improved some.