Lots of work on the blog

[kareina]

 This morning we woke to news that one of Keldor’s uncles has died. Not one I had met, but I know his kids as one of them is Keldor’s cousin who normally stays here with the cats when we go to Double Wars, and the other has also taken a turn watching the cats. Keldor and his uncle used to go fishing together often, and he is understandably sad to have lost both a friend and relative.

 

For me the weight seems a bit heavy, coming so soon after my Aunt’s death for Keldor to also lose a relative, but both of them were in their 80’s, and that is the most popular age for people to die, so I can’t really say it was unexpected.

 

So he took a day to just relax and be, and worked on my blog project. One of the things in the back of my mind when I started this GitHub blog was that I could set up a section for all of the places I have ever lived. Last night and this morning I have finally started that section. It took all day, but I managed to get a pretty complete list, pulling in locations and dates from a spreadsheet of places lived that my past self started so very long ago that mom had helped me fill in some of the addresses and approximate dates. I have even calculated my approximate age for each move (keeping in mind that some dates of moves ar accurate, as there are passport stamps and calendar entries for them, but others are guesses based on “it was summer” or other clues in my memories). So, without further ado, I present the folder of the Places I Have Lived, in all its first-draft and detail-lacking glory.

 

I did get a break from the project in the middle of the day. I had gotten up to look for something to eat, glanced out the kitchen window, and saw that it was a truly beautiful day, so I decided to go for a walk first. It was a beautiful day, with -10 C temps that mean the snow squeaks delightfully underfoot. My favourite sort of weather.

 

Even here at our house, it was looking pretty:


 

And I like the little crescent moon behind the neighbour’s tower:



Then I walked down to take a quick look at Bryan’s house:



Before walking down to the ice:




Where there was also a nice view of the moon:




And then walking north on the ice for a bit:





Till the path ended:



That seemed like a good reason to turn around and head home and resume work on the list of places I have lived.