We got mail!

OK I’ll try and curb my enthusiasm,  but we don’t get mail too danged often in these parts.  All the bills that we pay are done automatically,  so it’s mostly a matter of making sure there’s enough money in our Austrian bank account.

For your amusement.

One of the things I like to do on a Saturday, when I’m out to pick up a few things in the fore noon, is buy one of the big fat newspapers like Kurier,  and wade through it off and on over the course of the weekend.  I’d be doing something similar back home with a paper such as The Globe and Mail,  although I have to say,  I’m not impressed with the online version of either.  I sure hope the paper version of The Globe and Mail hasn’t deteriorated to what their online offering is.  That would be unfortunate.

A bit blustery.

I was going to say something about “A big wind”,  but for anyone who actually knows me,  the assumption could be made that I was referring to a trip to the bathroom.  That’s an entirely different subject,  and really not fit for print.
No,  I’m just saying,  yesterday afternoon some time,  the wind started to pick up, and it really hasn’t let up much at all for the last 16 hours or so. 

With the exception of taking down the umbrella,  bringing in a couple deck chairs and closing all the windows,  there wasn’t too much else that needed my attention,  but at one point there was a great thud from the roof, and I just figured one of our neighbour’s many,  many plants had been knocked over.
Like this.