Last November (the 28th to be precise) I had an adventure with Septic Tank emptying. (see Septic Tank Man entry).

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Anyway to summarise it for those who cannot be bothered to check my historical blog entries. I dug up a heck of a hole in the lawn trying to find the septic tank cover, and as soon as the guy emptied the septic tank, temperatures dropped suddenly to -12c and the ground froze. I couldn't shovel the earth back into the hole. Hence it became known as the Bear Trap. I did put in some bags of mulch to protect any innocent Bears who happen to be walking around.

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Well the long and short of this entry is that today the Bear Trap is back in sight! I guess the heat from our Septic has helped it thaw quicker than all the ground around. See photo below!

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If you look really close at the flower bed on the left hand side you can see some bulbs coming up! To help those of you with eyesight issues I thought I would blow up the picture for you see below.

One final photo looking across the deck to show the level of Snow we have had and still have! There is alot of water sitting on the grass so I am anticipating some flooding in the basement this spring

We have heard the Grackles (a sort of Magpie), seen some Robins and the Crows are waking Kathryn up in the morning with the sounds of their staking a claim on territory.

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It will soon be time to sit out on the back deck, catch some sunrays to get my legs tanned from the milk bottle white they have become after all winter enclosed in trousers. Oh yes I forgot and enjoy the Mosquitos . Hmmm  where did I put my chemical warfare kit for ridding us of Mosquitos, blackfly, deerfly and no-see-ums?