@GustavinoBevilacqua lol sounds versatile. I've got so few left – I've almost eradicated them. Just another decade to victory.

Hairs were cut! Though it would be much more economical if we could just retract them.

I'm overdue for a haircut. Might have to venture out into the real world. Pretty icy out there too I guess.

A side profile to capture the depth angle. Should be appley!

#pastry #applePie

A pie completed. I built it in a cake pan, to get more of a deep-dish effect. Hope it's tasty.

Will have it tonight with a bit of old cheddar on the side.

#pie #applePie #baking

@GustavinoBevilacqua @canyakker we'll have to alternate.

@canyakker a good choice too. Hope it comes out well.

Celebrating the non loss of power today by making an apple pie.

I guess we're still due some severe winds, but it's a few hours out still… I hope.

#baking #pie

@GustavinoBevilacqua interesting. Climate is a little different though.

Brrr, so cold today! Just went for a walk at about -15C but that windchill has got to be below -20.

Painful on the face, but at least we were bundled up otherwise.

#Ottawa

@Badgardener also an excellent way to clear the dust out of the corners.

Yikes, the wind is crazy tonight. I guess our house has been here for 75 yrs, so presumably it's withstood some serious wind before, so I'll try not to worry.

Might collect some stones for my pockets to ensure I don't blow away with it.

#ottawa

"Choose" I think the word you were looking for there was "choose."

#lockPicking

As the snow and freezing temperatures came on a couple of weeks ago, and all the garlic patch was planted, I borrowed a bit of Irish moss from the raised pond bed, and three extra garlic cloves for this little pot.

Not getting a huge amount of sun indoors, but it seems pretty happy.

#mosstodon #potPlants #pottedPlants

@wedge Ha! Looks like a scene from a Wile E Coyote and the Roadrunner cartoon.

@GustavinoBevilacqua A good point. The overlay of package transportation with public transit is something that is probably almost non-existent now!

I recall that both with trains and with the bus network. People would send parcels that way all the time - no separate trucking required, just using up some space on regularly scheduled trains and buses.

…The photo on that article is so foundational in my life too.

It's that classic Cdn train station, and with that old luggage/freight wagon too! Now it's just decorative probably, but I remember them carrying stuff to the baggage car.

My early childhood days involved sitting on one of those, dangling our legs counting the train cars whizzing by.

We'd sing song-like reading the boxcars: "Canadian National, Canadian National…"

#unsolicitedHistoricalTales

Ugh the 'stuck on a #ViaRail train' thing is such a part of my life. I can't count how many times it's happened to me over the decades. In my first 20-25yrs the train was a big piece of life in a railway town.

Cold waiting for a connecting train in Sudbury, with the train 12-14hrs late due to prairie weather.

Even more recently taking a 3hr train from Montreal, realizing I could've driven to MTL and back in the time we were stuck in the middle of nowhere. Double-ugh.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/via-rail-toronto-ottawa-brockville-9.7011570?cmp=rss

@sk76 hmm, not sure that meets the definition of a zoot suit. Normally it requires big baggy trousers and a large oversized jacket that goes almost to the knees.

Was that an original caption?

@GustavinoBevilacqua I guess the best economy for fridge and freezer is to fill all the air space and keep it full. I often think I want to make big ice Lego blocks in winter and fill in all the empty freezer space with them.

I do often use the winter cold outdoors to pre-chill hot food that needs to go into the fridge though. A nice little energy saving there, likely.