Cleaning all accomplished and today is technically a research day but will involve some gardening. It needs to also involve the Pincombe Newsletter as it is now day 4 in June and it is three days late although that is more my suggestion to myself then cut in stone. Once I started into writing the books those types of deadlines no longer exist in my mind as I have little to put into them in actuality at this time.
Sunny days for the last couple of days and the earth is drying up rapidly. Rain predicted for the weekend and it will be very welcomed. The tomato plants still surviving but the lettuce plants were unearthed too early by the rabbit although will check on that today to see if they can be put back into the ground once again.
The company that tore up all the grounds last year has been busy repairing the lawns which is good to see. The new system is in and working the same as the old although more efficient for the system I would suspect since the earlier system went in fifty years ago! Our hydro though has always been good here even during the dreadful ice storm in 1998/1999 which certainly put Ottawa on the map and the entire area was coated in a thick layer of ice for about a week and basically shut down. I was working at the hospital at that time so continued to go into work on an altered bus schedule which got you there quite efficiently actually. To show the power of nature the bus was heading down one street and a large branch came away and banged against the windshield and cracked it . The driver managed that so very well one scarcely noticed that it had happened aside from the huge bang.
Another very very warm day likely although just 19 degrees celsius and sunny at the moment. The predicted high is 30 degrees celsius. I need to water the tomato plants shortly and the iris I transplanted.
I can sense our movement closer and closer to the European Union and we are one of the founding members of NATO. We have a lot in common with Europe and they are very interested in maintaining full security in the Arctic and the Arctic nations, Greenland the state of Alaska (United States) and Canada have a front line seat on the western section of the Arctic with Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden on the eastern side. The closest reach between Asia and North America is to the north (top) of this particular map although the distance between Svalbard (Norway) and Greenland is a several times greater distance (and the closest distance between Europe and North America). One can see the tremendous value in the Arctic Ocean as it becomes more navigable to shorten the distance between all of these areas. However it will still have winter limitations.
This is a good map of the Arctic Ocean that is on the Geology.com website ( https://geology.com/world/arctic-ocean-map.shtml ).
The distance between Canada and Europe is considerably less when one looks at Hudson Bay and its access to various water lanes to Europe or for that matter anywhere in the North West Territories. I continue to like the idea of Norway, Germany and Canada having the same submarine fleets making surveillance of this part of the world quite straightforward and well covered by the number of future submarines belonging to the three navies which are all part of NATO.
NATO is very much on guard in the Arctic. Having so many countries supportive of peace is a comfort after the horrors of the Second World War and the Cold War. We have an opportunity, we in this world, of obtaining peace between all nations using the United Nations as our place to speak. We may not always individually agree with the final opinion sometimes but we want to hear all the opinions and that is important.
The dream of Port Churchill on Hudson Bay is real and Ontario should really create the port that has been talked about as well. The potential for trade in Europe has increased these last couple of years as we diversify our trade here in Canada.
Solitaire games are next.
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