Alone again

Last night Bill & Harry returned home to Winterpeg, birth place of Wintery, the frozen Pooh. Back to -20C. Apparently, due to a great rain fall in the Dakotas just before the big freeze, the Red River froze3 12ft (3.5m) higher than normal. All the predictions are for a major flood this year, perhaps bigger than the one in 1997. Meanwhile, heavy rains up the Fraser Valley are causing major floods and mudslides in Chilliwack. I think we all deserve a good summer after all of this.

Their stay here was relaxed and congenial. During the days I worked and Harry shopped, dragging poor Bill along to carry his bags. :o) At night we visited their favourite restaurants, the Luxy Cafe and Milestones, hung out with our mutual friend Bill Drake and played our favourite board game, Settlers of Catan. We each won a game but the first game was the best. Somehow we all got laughing so hard that we were all wiping tears away. Poor Harry almost dehydrated. It's funny that after a hard laugh I can never remember what we were laughing about.

Last night and this morning have been so quiet. There is always these mixed feelings of the relief of having my home and bed back but also the sadness of the sudden emptiness, void of conversation and laughter.