We spent the weekend finalising our winter preparations.

• Putting the mower and strimmer into the shed after draining all the fuel and spraying some good old WD40 into the spark plug holes and turning the engines over a couple of times.
• Storing the last of the woodpile in the garage
• collecting kindling from Mataquac dam where it is washed up and dried by the fall winds.
• covering plants with straw, sacking and mulch
• Bringing camping stove and gas out of the shed into the garage just incase we lose power during the winter
• Storing the BBQ in the garage as back up to our back up cooking system
• Storing garden furniture in the shed

Plus my septic tank (remember that) digging has halted because after a few days of -10c the ground had frozen and I couldnt dig below about 1 inch. Hopefully I can dig out the cover so I can get the tank emptied before winter. Today is warmer so I will be trying this afternoon.

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Dr Z is very happy with my face's progress in the Bells Palsy war. She pokes me in the cheeks and mutters "ah looking better, more lines, here, here and here". I should point out that Bells Palsy does remove all your wrinkles, it is a free Botox treatment. Today there was no fumbling with the waistband of my underpants or rolling up of the tee-shirt .... oh well it was fun while it lasted. She still managed to make me twitch like a frog on a science table when she turned up the electrical impluse machine. 

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She finished by telling me that in the cold weather I should wrap up my face to keep my cheek warm... I just mumble agreement and think "there is no way I am wearing a Balaclava for anyone, the local police would think it was their one great chance to catch a terrorist and I would be tasered in a blink of an eye!

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I will update you on the Septic Tank battle that will start about 3pm today when I start digging in the trenches again.