Crows at the Temple

Tuesday we noticed that there were crows sitting on Moroni's Trumpet.  I was thinkng that crows meant bad luck, so I looked up some of the superstitions regarding crows.  Some say crows mean bad luck or death.  Here are some of the ones that I like better.

Crows symbolise death but not a negative they are said in olden times to bring back the souls of the dead who have unfinished business.  

Seeing a single crow is very unlucky. Two crows mean good luck!

Counting crows has been a popular method of divination for hundreds of years.

• One Crow — signifies bad luck.
• Two Crows — good luck, change for the better
• Three Crows — a celebration, possibly a wedding or the birth of a girl
• Four Crows — birth of a boy, or an event having to do with a son
• Five Crows — silver, a good transaction
• Six Crows — gold, sometimes a negative transaction
• Seven Crows — a secret
• Eight Crows — a life altering experience
• Nine Crows — passion
• Ten Crows — something overwhelming
• Eleven Crows — uncertainty
• Twelve Crows — fulfillment or completion

  Bob thinks seeing the two crows meant that the statue held heat and the birds were getting warm.

I am going to go with the two crows meaning good luck!

Saturday we had supper at Nathan's house. Sunday we were invited out to supper by a ward member.  Monday we had supper and Family Home evening at Nathan's.

Tuesday we had our district meeting and then went to Tara's and stayed with the boys while she shopped.

Yesterday the temple opened for the first time since February 4th.  In the evening I helped at the Family History Center here.  I am subbing for five Wednesday evenings in a row.

Well, stay tuned and we will let you know when good luck comes our way.

Snow Again

Thursday evening we were at Nathan and Tara's while they went to an awards night where Nathan received an award from his company.

Friday night we had the elders here for supper.  Elder Moore is from Magrath, Alberta and his companion is from Reno, Nevada.

It started snowing last night and then the snow turned to rain for several hours and then it snowed again.  Bob went out and shoveled the driveway this morning.

Here is a picture of the snowplow which came around after the snow on the roads had melted.

Temple Closing

The Temple closed on the 6th February and will reopen the 22nd February.  They decided to do all the cleaning the first week so had longer hours and were able to finish by Friday at noon.  Bob worked all five days, but I went only on Monday and Tuesday.  It looked like there were going to be plenty of people on the Wednesday so I took the day off and got a haircut and did some other things.  Then Thursday and Friday Bob said they didn't need me because they had people coming to shampoo the rugs and needed only people to move furniture and vacuum when the rugs dried.  We had supper at Nathan and Tara's on Friday night.

That meant we had 11 days off, but where do you go in the maritimes in February!  Saturday morning Bob went to a broadcast at the church and in the afternoon it started raining.  It poured all the rest of the day and into the night and the wind howled.  The temperature dropped and on Sunday morning everything was covered with an inch of ice.  Bob couldn't get the drivers door open on his car and had to climb over the consol from the passenger side.   One of the Senior Missionaries yanked at his door trying to open it until the handle broke off.

Monday I stayed indoors until the evening when we went home teaching.

Tuesday we had district meeting and then I went to Tara's and stayed with the boys while she went shopping.  Bob had an eye infection that he didn't want to pass on to his grandsons. It was valentine's day and I received a dozen red roses from my Valentine.  We also received some delicious home-made chocolates from Liam and family.  Liam had talked his mother into teaching him how to make fondant, so they could have chocolates for Valentine's Day.

Today was a beautiful day.  The ice had all melted and the roads were fine, so we went to Truro to the Colchester Archives and did a bit of research.

It looked like there had been quite a bit of snow in Truro and it was melting.

The Archives were on the site of the old Normal School.

Near the post office we saw a couple of wooden statues.

The above picture represents the Truro hockey team called the Bearcats.