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The Greenwater Report for November 17, 2004 |
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November 14th, 2004: A pretty nice day, though cool. The temperature never did get up as high as +3° but the sun shone and there was very little, if any, wind. |
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We just got home from a successful bus tour to Deadwood. We left last Sunday and caught the bus in Saskatoon. We spent the first night in Regina, also the last, so had three cracks at the Regina Casino. Gambling to me is the same as having nothing to do, except noisier, so I like to find a corner where I can sit and read. The casinos are wise to me, so wherever they put a chair, they make sure not to put a light. |
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Doreen counting her money in front of the Franklin Hotel |
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There were three couples on the bus from Ituna, including a man who is the older brother of an old chum of mine who now lives in New Zealand. I had a great visit with John and Stella Stachyshyn, Bill and Rosie Uchacz, and Gail and Will Ewald. |
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The lake was frozen over when we got home. (top of page) Burl thought it froze last Thursday when it got down to about —8°, so I am assuming the official date is November 11th. I went down to look at the ice; there was a bit pushed up on shore, so we must have had a north wind, but further out it was crystal clear. I thought it was only an inch or less thick, but it felt firm so I walked out farther. Then I saw some bubbles frozen in the ice, showing that it was three or more inches thick! I walked out a hundred feet or so before I lost my nerve, and it still felt firm — no rubberiness at all. |
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Doreen and I walked down to the Marina on the ice this morning; the ice was groaning and crashing, and a pressure ridge was forming off the main beach. There was the odd time we heard a cracking underfoot and beat it back to the shore, but basically it was solid. I wouldn’t recommend walking on it beyond about two feet of depth, though. |
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We saw several combines working on our way home yesterday, two of them just east of Saskatoon, and a couple more east of Naicam. I was surprised at how much crop was still out, then noticed that in our back yard, where the house shades the grass, there is a skiff of frost almost like snow. I imagine the swaths would be the same, so it will take some warm weather before they can thaw and dry out. Either that, or good cold weather, so they freeze-dry, but then they may be frozen down. A lot of the swaths look fluffy, so suspect they have been lifted. They should pick up okay. |
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There was a rabbit (varying hare is, I believe, the proper name) in our yard last night. It was all white except for its ears, which were black. It sat there still as could be, not six feet from me, thinking it was invisible, but it stood out like a sore thumb. Down by the Marina, we watched a little weasel running around on the rocks. It was snow white too, except for the tip of its tail. |
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Doreen & Jerry Crawford Box 1000, Porcupine Plain, SK, S0E 1H0 telephone (306) 278-2249 fax (306) 278-3423 http://www.greenwaterreport.com/ |
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