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A Day Out with Declan

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Anne and I spent the day with Declan. Daycare was closed today, for a professional development day. I really think that the nice Chinese ladies who run the place, really just wanted to swill green beer. 😉 Dave had to work, even so, he took care of Wyatt, while we all went to the zoo. Stone zoo, the small private zoo that is located nearby. We got there right when it opened. Declan was the first one through the gate. Not too surprising, it being a very cold St. Pat’s Day.

Plus, there was last night. Oh, how the wind did howl! I have been sleeping on the couch in the living room, mainly because the foldout bed in the basement is not particularly comfortable to sleep in and while you cannot hear the wee one wakeup in the middle of the night down there, their couch is normally quite comfortable. But because of last night’s windstorm, I hardly slept a wink. There wasn’t much rain, but oh the wind. Even Dave commented on it in the morning.

Maren and David’s home is located atop a rocky promontory, three miles from Massachusetts Bay, with little between their house and the sea. Gale force winds were forecasted, causing all of the trees to sway wildly and some of them to brush the house. I kept expecting one to come crashing into the building. None did, but in the morning, we had to detour around a fallen tree around the corner.

The zoo was fun. A pair of flamingoes were noisily fighting, and we had to quickly move on, because they were frightening Declan. All of the big cats were out, none hiding. Even the gibbons were out, swing around. The St. Louis zoo’s gibbons would not be outside on a day like today. These New England folk are a hardy lot, none so as much as our grandson. It was hard to keep up with him, when we took him across the road from the zoo to a park with a playground.

Next up was lunch at the Melrose Diner, a real greasy spoon. Located next to a T-stop, our corner window table was perfect for entertaining Declan. Four purple commuter trains passed by while we dined. By the time the fourth one did, Declan had lined up all of the grape jelly packets at the table on the windowsill. For dinner tonight, Dave made Shepards pie to celebrate the Irish in him.

Blizzard of ’26

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All of our family have successfully survived the Blizzard of ’26. Both NYC and Boston received a Sh!t ton of snow, maybe as much as two feet. Yesterday, everyone wisely stayed both home and inside, except Puck who did not miss her walk at all after romping about the backyard. No word on whether Inky even noticed the snow or not. Today though, with amazing rapidity the great dig out commenced. Pictured from NYC is a tagged snowman and Dan’s Prius that he had to dig out, to give Britt a ride to work. Those designer light fixtures won’t make themselves. MIT is closed, so Maren got the day off and after a late start daycare reopened. So, she really got the day off. Here in Monterey, last night was cloudy, but it is sunny today. The weather here can be so, so predictable.

Change in the Weather

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Furnace Exhaust Vent

All this year, we have suffered both extreme cold and too much snow. Recently, the groundhog predicted that more of the same was also in store. However, our current ten-day forecast shows highs in the fifties and the sixties. Could this forecast signal the end of winter? This seems too good to be true, because in ten days we will leave town and fly to California, sunny California. However, this same forecaster offers a very rainy prediction over the next ten days for where we are going. Into each life a little rain must fall, but the predicted amounts look more like a deluge. But maybe the rain is just another sign of spring.

Digging Out

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Inky Enjoying His New Anne Knitted Pillow

We dug out. Yesterday, a kind younger neighbor shoveled our walks. Today, I expanded the cleared path and Anne brushed off the car. Afterwards I went to the store and restocked our bread and milk supplies. Tomorrow, I expect to be summoned for jury duty. Today was a snow day, but the roads are cleared now, and I do not see any more excuses being granted. Justice delayed is justice denied, but one day is apparently OK. 

Snow and ICE

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Photo by Osman Rana on Unsplash

The snow began here this morning at nine. At the same time Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse in Minneapolis, who came to the aid of a woman that ICE agents were assaulting. He was subsequently tackled, pushed to the ground, piled upon, beaten and then shot multiple times by about half-a-dozen federal agents. Later, I learned that Pretti was carrying a gun. He had a concealed carry license and does not appear to have used it to threaten any ICE agents. Subsequently, ICE began spinning these events. They evacuated the scene leaving the crime scene to the crowd that had gathered. Once ICE fled tensions began to ease and a peaceful protest followed. State and federal law enforcement are at odds; the scene is contaminated and uncontrolled, leaving in doubt any future investigation.

Meanwhile, here in the Lou the snow continues to fall. We are forecasted for up to a foot by tomorrow. It is quiet here. One neighbor could not wait and has cleared his walks, but with more, if not most of the snow yet to come, I can wait. It should be pretty by tomorrow morning.