Storms, Snarl, and Wowie-Shazam

Okay, this is a post about this and that.

First of all, the weather has been more than a wee bit blowy around these parts. This is a tree that just up and fell over onto the road about a block away from my house. during the windstorm night before last.

Another huge chunk of tree was sheared off by the wind in the children's play-yard at work. Nobody was nearby fortunately--we were all sensibly inside due to the torrential rainfall.

I just read an article about a woman who has received a large sum of money for funding a completely outdoor year-round daycare in Scotland. The seventeen toddlers attending will play, nap, do chores, and use the composting-toilets, all outdoors. The only shelter will be a small wattle-and-daub structure with no walls.

Hmmmm...I realize the value of fresh air and outdoor play, but frankly I'm skeptical about how this will work out. Maybe in the summer. Maybe in Hawaii. But winter-time in Scotland? Good luck with that, dearie.

The storm that hit yesterday caused a lot of road wash-outs and landslides near places on the Island like Gold river and Sayward. Some loggers at the company Jeff works for (he is an accountant there) had to spend the night in their pick-up trucks after they were trapped behind a landslide during a snowfall. They were rescued this morning by helicopter.

Another group of employees (and Jeff's boss) had to walk three kilometres out of the bush in another place until they reached the road and were picked up by a passing Hydro crew.

Back at the office, Jeff had to make a series of phone-calls: "Uh, about so-and-so...he's going to be late coming home tonight...."

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In other news, Tai and I and Jeff went for a spin around ToysRUs the other day. Everybody should have a play in a toystore once in a while.

Ostensibly, we were there to find a Marbleworks game for my preschool, but it turned out our real mission was to find Tai a Transformers toy named Snarl. He turns into a wolf. 'Nuff said.

Ya shoulda been there, Kim.








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And here is the new colour in my kitchen---the brightest Mexican yellow I could find. You can see my kitchen coming a mile away. (I decided that the modern sophisticated look I considered briefly would simply clash too much with my aura, so I went with this instead.)

The colour swatch had a really stupid name("Instant Delight"), but when I showed my selection to my friend Pol she blinked and commented enthusiastically, "Wowie! Shazam!"

So that is the colour's new name: Wowie-Shazam .

I put Tai's painting by Brian Scott that I'm storing for her up on the kitchen wall and it rather suits the background I think. Perhaps I could store it long-term, my friend?