Coffee Time! #8

Good morning everyone! Time for a cup of coffee and a short chat with all of you. It is cloudy once again, that seems to be the norm this winter, though we have had a few sunny days, or partly sunny days. But the majority of days are cloudy, with more clouds, and sometimes fog too. It was very foggy yesterday, just like Saturday night. 

Unfortunately that fog also produces problems by making things a bit icy. Sometimes very icy. Like the other day. I decided on an early morning walk, one of the other people that lives here told me to be careful because it was very slippery out there. Off I went and did not get far from the door and my feet decided to go in different directions. 

Just a bit of ice in a sheltered bay of the river, not thick enough to walk on though.

I did not fall however, but it still hurt a great deal. I continued with my walk though. (Translation: I continued to be stupid). Sigh. It was definitely a short walk, but I should have stopped when I hit that icy patch and nearly fell. Continuing my walk just made things worse. For several days. Sigh. 

Well, today was supposed to be the first day of the major work on the water pipes in this building. However, there is a delay of one week, seems there was a delay in getting what was needed to do the work. Naturally. So things will start next Tuesday instead. And keep going until the end of the month. 

Looking across the river from my favorite spot.

Providing there are no more delays, or problems, show up. We shall see. It will be an interesting time anyway. Not “fun interesting”, just interesting. Oh well, it needs to get done, so, get it done. It is still staying mild and tomorrow we should set a new daytime high record with a temperature getting up to 43 to 45F (6 to 7C). 

This would be perfect weather for walking down to the river. Except it is much too far away now. Too bad really. It has been such a mild winter there could be a lot of duck activity on the river this year. Perhaps even different varieties of ducks. It is a very inviting thought. I just have to figure out how to do it. 

A little further upstream from my usual spot.

There must be a way. Maybe. I think I just saw Muffin shaking her head, saying “no”. Very strange. Oh well, I will share some pics of a winter walk to the river today anyway. With about the same amount of snow as we have this year. I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless! 

Steve and Muffin. 

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