The clock jumps forward, the snow pulls back

Except for some areas where the drifted snow was exceptionally deep and somewhat sheltered from day long sunshine, like my backyard, most of the snow cover in the London area is gone.

I saw this and thought if grass was blue, this scene would resemble many of the aerial pictures I've seen showing polar glaciers where they meet the sea.

A sign of spring

Tonight the clocks spring forward, one sign of spring. And the irises are showing green sprouts, another sign that spring is coming to London, Ontario.

Sew this mitten to your backpack

U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden wears official mittens.

Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

I didn't think I could get another picture out of mittens but I was wrong. Take this mitten and sew it to your backpack and immediately attract smiles. (I had no idea so many mittens are taken off and lost. I could start a blog: Lost Mittens.)

Just learned that the lost mitten in London resembles the official mittens of the Winter Olympics held recently in Vancouver.

I'd say the lost mitten is similar but it is not an official mitten.

Canadian medicare under attack

Dr. Nick Kates

Dr. Debby Copes

Someone has to stand up for the Canadian health care system and Thursday evening at the London Health Sciences Centre four panelists did just that. Canadian medicare may not be the best system but it is quite good --- especially compared to the system in the United States, if you believe these speakers.

I have posted an article from the discussion on Digital Journal.

Cheers,
Rockinon

Bacon for a traditional North American breakfast

Who needs to worry about McDonald's and the fat when the North American breakfast was, and still is for many, bacon and eggs. When I go the monthly retirees' breakfast for local media, I'd say the most popular breakfast was a couple of eggs with either bacon, ham or sausage. Many of those attending are in their 70s and some are in their 80s.

Makes me wonder if my personal theory is correct. Eat lots of fat and lubricate those arteries. Nothing sticks because the artery walls are just too slippery.

Now, pass the bacon, please, and also the jam. Oh, and pass the butter...and a bit of cream for my coffee. Thanks.

Cheers,
Rockinon

Spring Mittens

It's spring warm and winter wet; it's mid-March in London. The children at a local daycare discovered that and more today when they played outside. They returned to school hot, wet and muddy. Their soaking wet mittens and gloves were left balanced on the fence to dry in the warm, bright sunshine.

The Thinker Mummy

Yesterday we saw a metal sculpture of a praying mantis on display in front of the John Zubick operation in east London. One side of the parking lot has old metal goods left for salvage. In the midst of the old fridges, old stoves and other assorted metal stuff, there sits a sculpture that seems to be a cross of Auguste Rodin's Thinker and Hollywood's The Mummy. (For more info see yesterday's post.)

Cheers,
Rockinon