Nova Scotia In January

We left home 3 and a half weeks ago for some time in Nova Scotia. We were hoping to oversee some developments on “our lot” - a piece of Shannon’s property where she has let us put a trailer. 

Since we arrived the weather has been inhospitable. There have been three serious winter storms, one of which left us without power for 48 hours. All of our outdoor plans went out the window as there was not even a melting break between snows. The final dig out was done by a neighbour the day after storm #3 because we had to get to the airport to pick up Zoe. 

Indoors we had some interesting situations. No power meant cooking on the wood burning stove for a couple of days. Shannon slept in the living room just to make sure the fire did not go out. Luckily she had a bottled water dispenser so drinking water was not a problem but we had to melt snow for watering the animals and flushing the toilets. 

We really felt like pioneers. 

We did feel a sense of accomplishment indoors. When we finally realized outdoor jobs would not get done we turned our attention onto the house. We put some finishing touches on the bathroom, did trim work and painting in Zoe’s bedroom, hired a man to rip down and replace the living room ceiling and ordered new living room windows. Some crack filling and painting may happen before we leave on Friday. So I guess the bad weather did motivate us in other areas.

However, in the future, I think January is off our list as a time for visiting.

Sandy