Man! Was it windy yesterday! Sucked the breath right out of you. Temps around +3 and wind chills at -12. Phew! Speaking about the wind, (that's called a segue, Richie, a noun, To move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another, your welcome) I neglected to tell you about a meeting that we had last Monday in North Bay with a company named Innergex  that would like to build wind turbines in Merrick township. This was an introductory meeting in the preliminary stages of the project. They plan on having more meetings in the future and being able to contact more land owners and summer residents etc. It looks like they are thinking of building 30-40 turbines in a line from Moose Lake down past Valin Lake, mainly following the power line. This is the same company that had looked at building turbines around the Mattawa area, but backed out due to concerns from many parties. The gentleman who spoke to us is Francois Morin, Senior Advisor - Public Affairs. If you have any concerns or would like to be kept up to date, his email is fmorin@innergex.com. 

It appears that the ermine/stoat/brown tailed weasel payed us a visit during the night.

Looks like it came up to the patio door to say "hi" to George.

We had a skiff of snow that drifted up in some places due to all of that wind. I haven't had any reports that the Sand Dam road needs plowing.

Camouflaged redpolls, how many can you count? I'm at around 20.

Stop the presses! This just in! We have a whiteout happening right now.

 

Again,  sorry Rachel, would a pylon or two help?

 uh, huh.

That's why I forgo...., neglected, to tell you about that meeting.

 That's why I went to rehab, har, har.

 Retro funny.

Is that you, Timbit?

There is no cure for this malady, but retirement helps a lot.

Fooled again.

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