The First Sunday in 2026

 A beautiful sunrise and very slight movement in the trees greeted me this morning. God blesses us every day with this rich earth but Sunday is His day and the day that we have the opportunity to thank Him for all the goodness of the world that He, the Creator, has given us. All that He asked for in return was that we love our neighbour as ourself. It seems like such a small item really but the cost of not doing it has been huge throughout the length of the existence of Homo Sapiens. 

Yesterday I continued to work on Chromosome 9. It is a slightly complicated one in that the length that is Blake/Knight is huge and I have so many samples and some are known leaving me with the impression that this length is partly Blake and partly Knight which is to be expected really but the length can be very large as much as 75 centimorgans. It is not true of the lengths that are Pincombe, Buller or Rawlings (and their accompanying spouse). They tend to be uniformly one or the other. But it does add a mystery which has proven to be very interesting. 

Cleared the laneway yesterday although it was just a tiny dusting really but the fresh air was good although it was pretty cold. Our cold spell continues and it is minus 22 degrees celsius at 8:15 a.m. but beautiful sun today. That generally gives us really cold days in the winter that brilliant sun. The wind has stilled for the moment and no movement in the trees. 

Today I shall go to Church online and I will also wash clothes today as I generally do do that. Our hydro is cheaper during the day on the weekend. I will also continue working on Chromosome 9. I am starting to get into thinking about working on phasing Edward's grandparents. I think it is doable although will not be as easy as if I had collected the material on 23 and Me for him. He liked to work on that one himself and he did not collect in quite the same way that I did by capturing the images of each chromosome but I do not have any sibling result for him so perhaps will not make a big difference. 

Drinking my tea and solitaire puzzles are next. God bless the world.