The squirrels seem to be increasing, there were three of them at the same time at my feeder today. Two of them are males but I haven’t been able to sex the third one. Looks like only one of them has learned how to get at the bird food, the big male. The two other ones are a bit smaller and settle for the sunflower seeds scattered on the snow.

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The Compeed plasters finally came off today and I got my first look at the blisters that nearly ruined my mountain break. The biggest one of them is the size of a 1 crown coin… I’m so glad I got it after I had applied the plaster because it would probably have hurt twice as much if I had seen it then!

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We got a bit more snow today. Not enough to increase the shrinking snow cover, but at least it hid the wind-blown debris. I should probably have gone out while it still was snowing, but I didn’t so now it’s just one more winter event I can regret not making the most of. I did go out for the sunset though and this time there was some cloud with gaps, but as usual, both the clouds and the gaps were in all the wrong places so I waited in vain.

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Notice how I’m avoiding the subject of ice hockey? What a perfectly miserable end to perfectly miserable Olympics. If you’re a Finn, that is. The only thing the Finns excelled in was under-achieving when it mattered the most. Glad they’re over. Now I can get back to my life. Or looking for one anyway. Typically Finnish I guess… under-achieving when it matters the most.