wednesday//snow tires

Well the adults returned safe and sound. They came bearing crumpets and english bacon and tea. They devoured the curry and then James cleaned up.. hurrah. This morning it began to snow, and snowing it is. C rushed off for snow tires. They do not provide a spare tire now when you buy a new car. I find it hard to imagine. But the garage fellow told her that the latest is a tire which when it gets a flat fills up with something that allows you to drive a certain distance to a place to REPLACE the tire. The garage fellow said that this has become a great problem as very few people carry these tires. So C got the old fashioned snow tires and a canister that can be used to pump something into the flat so that she can get to a garage. I shudder to think about being in the wilds of Canada where you might have to drive a hundred miles at least to get to somewhere to have your tire replaced. The children are doing their homework in-between going out to play in the snow. Anna cannot go without being on a lead because the chickens are loose The chickens are so funny, when you go outside they rush up to you in that funny chicken walk/run, imagine that you are running with your hands tied firmly to your side.. you would waddle, well these chickens do a waddle run. The chickens are hopeful that there will be tidbits. It is still snowing hard, about 5 hours of it now but it is quite mild so as C says, when you shovel the drive it melts quickly. The new car is so far a success. All mod cons as they would say.. As James said.. here is a German owned car, assembled in Portugal, sold in England and now registered in France. Buying it is England saved them about 20,000 euros. So well worth the journey. The car has heated seats.. I must say I would hate to own a car that did not have heated seats. While living in Edmonton during the winter even tho the car was in the garage it would take a long time for it to warm up but the heated seats came on immediately and made you cosy cosy. Saxaphone lessons, english homework, french devoir.. lots happening. Costumes being readied for Carnival.