Glory

Fireworks are truly an amazing feat of science. Bursts of brilliant colour fill the sky like flaming chrysanthemums. But even more incredible is the timeless beauty and faithful testament of Orion standing above the showy flowers of light in the sky. Although less flashy than fireworks, stars stop me in my tracks with awe at the incredible attention to detail that is God's creative hand.

The Winter Carnival is this weekend in Grassy. There was a ten minute display of fireworks over the lake at 9:45 last night. It was gorgeous. LK camped out in the snow to get a few shots (crazy-dedicated to his hobby), but I watched them through our bedroom window while snuggled up in jammies and robe. The kids slept right through them.

Today the lake is covered with up-side-down pails and ice-fishermen (the pails are their seats). The festivities wrap up with a wiener roast after the fishing derby is done. It was great to drive by the pow-wow grounds and watch a big piece of the community out on the ice together. We are going to head over after Jo wakes up from his nap.

Each morning has opened with a pancake breakfast. Fi and I went on Friday morning. School was cancelled so that students could participate in the Carnival. Staff were either at the Carnival of working until noon. Hard life!

I think we are getting used to this life. The view and privacy are beyond fathoming anywhere else. The lack of pressure and 'keeping-up' with neighbours is blissful. The only thing that we could wish for is a family with kids close to our kids age to be friends with. We miss our "TO" family still every day. The good news is (as Fiona would say) summer is only 12 weeks away! That is just weird to say with snow still on the ground everywhere.

Still Snowing...

It's been 24 hours and counting of steady "Christmas snow". Hmmm, I think the melt was simply a ray of hope that spring will come eventually. I don't mind the snow. It is just as beautiful as it was in early November.

I wonder how long it will keep up?

It's Been A While

I realized that I have been remiss in blogging when I opened an email this morning titled, "Are You Okay?". A friend from down south was worried that I haven't been online for a month and two days.

We are fine. It has been a busy month. I have been up to my eyebrows in coursework. It is great stuff, incredibly useful and fasincating. It has had me running all day to stay on top of the basics though. I have had to let a few things slide- you know it is busy when I don't write a lesson plan for every day!

We had a great March Break with a visit from my folks. They drove straight from Kearney, taking driving shifts right through the night. They arrived tired, but it was really wonderful to see them. The kids had a fabulous time with them. Nana is the craft-master and she and Fiona created a beautiful portrait wall for the dining room. The portraits are drawn by Fiona and the frames are podged in shades of green wrapping paper. It makes the dining room pop! Jo was delighted to find new playmates and is still wondering where his friends have disappeared to. He will really enjoy our trip this summer.

We had big thaw over the Break (see LK's pics on the Flickr show), but woke up this morning to a big dump of new snow. It has been snowing all day and the snow is mixed with slush. It still is really white, though. Spring is clearly on the way!

The school week started with a new student in my class, and then I got another one today. So, we are up to twelve in our classroom. It felt like 24 today, though. The adjustment to the school routine after a week at home is longer than usual this year. Time to bring out Ms. Viola Swamp, I think!

Must go, called for supper! I promise I won't let it go a month again.