Yesterday skiing at Mer Bleu was very nice actually. A warm day always appreciated by someone with arthritis out in all that moisture! I also managed a small hill which surprised me actually and it was going down not criss-crossing to go up! It was a surprise and my daughter said maybe you should snowboard but it was clear sailing amazingly. We were out for about an hour mid afternoon.
Worked on the matches and success there as well. I marked up the next set but I think it will be the last ones that I look at for this sibling and move on to my next oldest brother who is the most different from me of all my siblings. Most of them fitted immediately into one of my four grandparents just by their matches alone. Some of them were a relatively good size (more than 35 cM match in one length). I have to admit after I had five siblings tested I never really looked at anything else in terms of matching since my idea was always to phase my grandparents and take a stab at doing my great-grandparents. The other part of my DNA work has been with the studies but my siblings do not generally figure into that.
The snow is melting though and rain all day today. Hopefully tomorrow I will dig in the recycling from the dogs as there are a few sheltered spots where the ground is soft enough to dig down. It is good fertilizer for the grass for sure.
A dull early spring day mostly at 5 degrees celsius and no sign of budding or anything like that; pretty rare here in eastern Ontario to have early budding. There is still more cold to come for sure we are not clear of that until mid May mostly although there can also be cold June days. The warmth comes in July and August and the last couple of years have been quite warm actually. Global warming is most felt in the polar areas and it is not that far north to the polar regions in Canada above the settlement areas.
Nice hot tea to start the day and I am into my late hours just while I have company otherwise I am up at 6 but surprisingly my husband and oldest daughter preferred the night hours to the early morning hours although that certainly varied through the years. I too like to do viewing in the night on the telescope but would generally have a few hours sleep first. Now it is pretty hard to get me out the door in the winter to look through the telescope unless it is really good. One thing I would like when we move is to be able to set up a viewing area that is protected but that is a long way off likely and it may be my descendants who set up such a viewing area! Interest in the skies was something Edward and I shared.
Church today and it is one of my favourites from Cornwall and the Trelawny Benefice led by the Reverend Richard Allen. Cornwall is a beautiful county (they all are actually but we spent a little time on our own walking about one day when the tour was going to a place we had been to before so decided to just enjoy the day at the resort). You can taste the sea in Cornwall and the fresh salty air is most enjoyable. It is such a green isle although I have only been there once in the deep summer (mid August) but it appeared fairly green then as well. All that moisture does contribute to them being called the Emerald Isles I guess.
We are into Lent and it is the second week. A time of contemplation for Christians as we move towards Easter. Christmas is the birth of Christ but Easter is the birth of the Christian Church both symbolically the roots of our Christianity. Because the Church of England ( and those Churches of Scotland, Wales and Ireland) are so very ancient to the British Isles one does during Lent (at least I do) contemplate the ancient roots of the Church of England. Was it actually a lost tribe of Israel bringing the word of God with them as they fled from the Middle East during the times of turmoil thousands of years ago that founded the Hunter-Gatherer societies in these islands? The word of God was certainly part of their thinking from a very long time ago and the stories of Jesus made their way to the Isles long before the Romans adopted Christianity as the State Religion. Fascinating really looking back at the Church in the life of the Isles.
Today more work on the matches although also a day of rest somewhat for my eyes although this past couple of weeks has not been a strain on them. The dogs are into the past now as settled back at home in their normal abode. Their first dog Jackson (a sheltie) and I had a strong relationship; he understood what I asked him although did not always do exactly what I said immediately but eventually would come to do what I said. I did not have that strong relationship with these two dogs but in the weeks we developed one actually. A quick tap on the window and the younger dog stopped barking or toned it down considerably as she was talking to the dog two doors up. The older dog and I came to a better understanding as she liked to be the alpha dog even around humans and accepted that I was the authority at all times. Both were eager to go home which is the idea really!
Church soon although I want to read my Lenten readings that I did not really get to appreciate at the time of receipt. Prayers for the souls of the more than 30 people killed by tornadoes in the United States yesterday and for the injured although numbers not mentioned.
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