Winter – Page 7 – M&I / GBMINI

Back to 8002

Posted on December 30, 2011February 23, 2017 by Ian C.

After a 7 hour trip door to door, Margaret and I and Chloe(!) arrived safely at 8002 last night. Chloe meowed during the drive to the airport, once we were on the plane she was quiet – though no doubt quite scared! A half hour incoming plane delay meant that we didn’t reach 8002 till after 1am, and Chloe then spent quite a while alternately exploring the new house, or hiding under beds etc!

The house is still Christmas-decorated from when Joanne and Earle were here a couple weeks ago. In the days ahead, I’ll start setting up the fourth bedroom as a second office, I’ve got some equipment here already!

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The experiment begins!

One day later …

Posted on December 19, 2011February 23, 2017 by Ian C.

It stayed cold yesterday and last night, and was below 20f this morning – and that was enough to freeze the pond! The fish now will have to stay below the ice for a few months …

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And in Essex, the river banks now have ice!

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Hardly frozen

Posted on December 18, 2011February 23, 2017 by Ian C.

Past mid December, almost “true” winter, and still there’s only a hint of ice on the fish pond, just a light coat where the waterfall runs in the summer. The water is COLD of course and the fish are “hibernating”:

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But it’s much milder than last year!

(Meanwhile, Margaret is sunbathing in the 70s in Florida!)