March - Seven More Months to Go

There has been an offshore drilling platform being refurbished on the Dartmouth side of the harbour.  At night it is covered with lights and we have been able to see it from the end of our block.  For months Bob has been planning on taking pictures of it, so yesterday when the temperature rose above zero he decided to drive down to the harbour and take a few photos.  Well lo and behold when he got there the drilling platform was no longer there.

So here are a few pictures of the Canadian Coastguard lifeboat station as they do a practice run.

Here are a few views across the harbour.

Halifax Metro is in the fifth week of a bitter transit strike.  The ferries that cross the harbour are part of the transit system.  Although we don't ride the buses we do use the ferry when we want to go to downtown Halifax.  We don't appreciate the traffic and parking so prefer to leave our car in Dartmouth.  The strike is a great inconvenience to many, many people.  The other day the transit workers endeared themselves further to the transit riders by picketing the snowplows so they couldn't get out as quickly to plow the streets.  What were they thinking?

Lately the flu and colds have been plaguing Maritimers.  We have had sore throats, coughs and colds for over two weeks now and have been very draggy so have stayed inside as much as possible.  Perhaps we will get rid of them soon.

We did get out to a birthday luncheon for Keaton's fifth birthday which was last Thursday.  As well as a luncheon for us, Keaton had a birthday supper with his family and a party for his friends on Saturday.

We attended a missionary training meeting a week ago Tuesday.  Zone Conference was this Wednesday, but we were at the Temple so didn't get to attend.

The wind howled all last night and now we have rain.  

To finish off, here is a picture of the moon over Dartmouth taken on February 26.