Random 5 Friday!

So Happy...

That Nancy, over at A Rural Journal

has begun blogging again!

Also happy

that she has re-instituted her 

Random 5 Friday

meme...

Please wander on over and join in...

Random 5 Friday is simply:

"where you share 5 random facts about you, your day, 
your pets, your kids, whatever!"

My Five Random Facts for Friday March 6, 2015

ONE

The timing of this renewal of R5F is perfect,

and it was just the push I needed,

to begin to end my own blogging hiatus!

Sometimes, life gets in the way

Sometimes I try to do too much

...and since Nancy was one of the first people 

to leave a comment on my very first blog,
and my first 'follower' on this blog,

what better way to start back into it.

I have missed it...

TWO

In November the external drive which held ALL of my photos

decided to stop working....

According to the data recovery company it was a mechanical problem

which had to be fixed before they could recover the data...

it was also the longest data recovery they had ever experienced.

They didn't say if that was because of: 

the total disorganized manner in which files were kept,

the 70,000 photos in addition to other files,

or the mechanical problems

but

it took over 2 months to complete

and everything was not saved

What was saved was not organized in any way 

and some recovered files were inaccessible

I now have two external drives

and am beginning all over again

Lesson learned!

THREE

While all of that was going on

we have been experiencing the 

longest, 

coldest, 

snowiest

winter in decades!

 

I am not a lover of cold weather or snow...

but sometimes you just have to sit back and admire the beauty...

from inside

and from outside

FOUR

Last fall, I won a photo contest!

This was the winning photo, taken while on our honeymoon in Curacao in 2012

I won a trip to Curacao!

We went for two weeks in January...

Just what the doctor ordered for the winter we have been having!

(Have I mentioned it was the coldest, snowiest, longest winter in decades?)

Included in the prize, among other things, was a painting class

with a local artist and I had a ball!

FIVE

I love to garden!

Last summer we put up a greenhouse

I can hardly wait to get in there and start puttering

...but it is covered in snow

(Have I mentioned it was the longest, snowiest, coldest winter in decades?)

I want winter to be over so I can get in there!

In the mean time I guess I will have to settle for store bought signs of spring

 They (whoever 'they' are) 

are calling for above zero temperatures this weekend!

I feel that it is my right, as a Canadian, to complain about winter weather

but I promise you will never hear me complain about heat in the summer

I also promise there will be no more cold, long, snowy winter complaints next week

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

Big hugs and an extra Thank You to Nancy 

for returning to blogland

for Random 5 Friday and

for being YOU!

Janetxo