Weather Talk & Swings
Yes, my brother Ernie came on Saturday and he helped without complaining, and even did more than I had hoped for. We were both rather tired out, but I’m grateful for what was accomplished. I meant to add some more photos - the last installment - to the stairwell page, however, I’ve just realized that I left my camera at home. I can’t get access to the pictures I took on Saturday!
Ernie also brought along some jewelry that his wife Penny had prepared for me.
We had talked on the phone some weeks back, and she told me that she has taken up a new hobby, repairing jewelry chains and making necklaces. I had a handful of broken chains, and she urged me to send them to her. So I had. Now Ernie brought them back, plus some new ones that she had made for me. Again, I was going to show you these, but I forgot the camera in my purse as I walked to the office today.
You really don’t want to hear about our weather these days, do you? Or do you need a break from your own? 
Saturday was quite mild, then the temperature plummeted for Sunday and yesterday. Today it is supposes to creep up again, and give us some milder days again. For us, mild can be still on the freezing side of -0 Celsius. It’s when the temperature drops to -20 to -30 and more that we wince and some are afraid to go outside.
On Sunday afternoon I walked to the hospital 9 blocks away, to see the mother of some friends from Hague, who is dying. I found the air growing sharper, and by late afternoon, when my friend Anna dropped by, the cold was beginning to creep into my house, so I had to turn up the thermostat.
When her son came to pick her up after 7 pm, it was truly COLD, and to top it off, the heater in his van was not working. They waited in my place for a while for someone else to bring another vehicle. Finally Gary and his buddy decided to ask me for a pail of hot water and a funnel to add to the radiator. After a while they figured it was safe to head home.
But hey, let’s cheer up. Someone told me in church that they have observed we are alternating weather each month. Sept was nice and summery. October was cold and had some snow. November was a lovely Indian summer. December was awfully cold. January has had some mild weeks, or weekends. February is stormy again, … so guess what’s coming in March! Yeah, it might be spring! Maybe where you are too!