This entry is written in response to one sent to me by my daughter in Vancouver http://www.dreamingovertheocean.blogspot.com

where she is running in apple and cherry blossoms and tulips.

Mean while in Alberta still frost on the windshield, bits of snow in tree hollows on the ravine walks and the only tulips are these yellow and red ones hidden on a  protected west wall of the church courtyard where i did garden clean up last November.

Spent Sunday afternoon using the wet vac and moping up water in basement from sewer back up and hoping the city coming soon!

Dogs ran away while the gate was open when the city crew came out on the backed up basement sewer and used the camera on the line....dogs back but sewer still plugged on Sunday night....thought we needed to rip up the basement floor to get at blockage....1950s house....oh yeah...couldn't find the the main stack so had to go making holes in basement drywall to find it...

Spent the Monday cleaning in the basement, scraping, mopping, moving filing cabinets after my own plumber left who thankfully was able to auger it out.