Everything happens @ NDB!

It's snowing again as if it were November.
Yesterday most of it melted away. Last night, the wind was as powerful as a seastorm. Here is a good spot for windmills. One only needs to get batteries to store the energy. It's a long term project for me. Mind you, it doesn't wind that much all the time. Today is quiet on that front.
My 73 years old neighbour just called me: she's got water in the basement. What's new. "Don't forget your rubber boots", she told me as if I would go in sandals.
I gotta go see the result and what I can do or not about it. The people who built the basement did a nasty job by not draining properly and preparing the surface before pooring the concrete. There are many defaults one can see from a simple visual inspection.

12:30

I just come back from the old lady's place to check her flood. Well, it sure is not
great to walk in there and heat the woodstove with 2½ inches of water. Somethin' is clugging that drain for sure. I went back home and got the plunger. It didn't work out. I went back and got a long plastic pipe that I inserted in the drain, only to hit something a few yards outside the house. It will take a plumber syphon to be able to unclug the damned pipe, though what I did helped a bit.

The snow is magnificent. On the way back home, I took some photos. This is the north entrance from the road:

The apple tree along the eastern wall:

View at the neighbours' house:


Then I entered home and drank my coffee while looking through the patio door:


Yesterday it got to 8ºC/48ºF and the gravel road melted down. Today with the snow fall and still wet, it became quite a mess!