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May 8 - Perhaps it's finally spring!

Happy Mother's Day! It has been a relatively quiet day at our house. Nicholas got in really late last night so everyone slept in. ...

May 8, 20228 min read

April 24 - Finally feels like spring!

Some snow early in the week but it has been over 10C the second half of the week. It finally feels like spring. Unfortunately, with...

Apr 24, 20225 min read

April 17

Happy Easter! I hope the easter bunny was good to you. We had a very enjoyable easter weekend. Daniel came up from Calgary on Thursday...

Apr 17, 20226 min read

April 10 2022 - And now for something completely different..

Today's post has evolved. Advanced warning that it has become rather long with a lot of pictures. This week's blog started out as...

Apr 10, 20228 min read

April 3

It’s first week of April. March went out like a lamb and things are finally starting to melt. The week started out with temperatures...

Apr 3, 20224 min read

March 27 2022

Going to be a short update today. It's hard to believe that it is the end of March already. There had been some hints of spring this...

Mar 27, 20224 min read

One step forward. Two steps back. March 20 2022

Nice not to be talking about snow for a change. It was generally a nice week, weather wise. There is some wet snow in the forecast later...

Mar 20, 20223 min read

Beaufighter finished March 12 2022

It wouldn't be the weekend without a comment about snow. More snow last weekend and again Friday night, with another 3 cm possible...

Mar 13, 20222 min read

February 27

More snow this week. It snowed last weekend, was fairly nice thru the week, and started snowing again Friday night. I don't recall...

Feb 27, 20224 min read

February 20

Tweaked my back last Sunday. It was a struggle to get out out bed on Monday morning, and it hurt to sit for any length of time. It...

Feb 20, 20223 min read

February 13

Interesting week for weather. Warmed up quickly coming out of last weekend, reaching 9C on Tuesday. Heavy rain a couple times thru the...

Feb 13, 20223 min read

February 6. 2 done, 2 new

Things have settled down in the house after Nicholas failed a rapid test last weekend. No one else appears to have gotten Covid, or we...

Feb 6, 20225 min read

January 26

Nearing the end of January already. A couple of bike rides, and an afternoon of skiing, and lots of reading. Time doesn’t seem to go...

Jan 30, 20225 min read

January 21, 2022

This post was originally dated January 9, and was started the last week of 2021. I hadn’t realized how far behind my posts had become....

Jan 21, 20224 min read

Osborn CF-105 Avro Arrow

Received this wood kit as a Christmas present from Dave. I am going to interrupt my "normal" builds and see how much I can do in a day....

Jan 17, 20222 min read

Last week of December 2021

Happy New Year everyone! 2021 seems to be ending a lot like it started. Most notably, Covid is in the news again, with rapidly...

Jan 2, 20223 min read

December 19 2021

I have been on vacation for a week but my models don't have a lot to show for it. Particularly given how cold it has been. There has...

Dec 19, 20215 min read

December already

It has been three weeks since the last post and I have surprisingly little to show for it. At least from a modelling perspective. I have...

Dec 12, 20213 min read

November 21 2021

Hawker Typhoon The Typhoon is finished. It took three tries to achieve the desired final "shine". The plane was the personal aircraft of...

Nov 21, 20211 min read

November 14 2021

Lots to talk about this week. Grab a coffee as this will be a long post. Hawker Typhoon The Typhoon has now progressed thru initial...

Nov 14, 20216 min read

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