Advent Calendar - December 6

 

Wisdom is not a product of
schooling but of the life-long
attempt to acquire it.

- Albert Einstein -

Advent Calendar - December 5

 

"Never run faster than your guardian angels can fly."

Frost and Defrost

 

Yesterday, we had a mix of rain and snow in the air most of the day, and as I had laundry to do in the afternoon I did not go out at all. This morning there was no snow on the ground - but the temperature was down well below zero (around -5 C); and I decided to make use of that fact for defrosting my freezer - putting the food in cool bags out on my balcony while that's going on. A good day to do it also because there was not "all that" much in the freezer at the moment, but I have a new home delivery coming in tomorrow.

Defrosting my freezer is a tricky affair, due to the fact that it is placed within a kitchen cabinet, with an "ordinary" cabinet below, and one needs to prevent the melting ice/water from going where it's not wanted... I've been practising for 16 years now and still don't feel that I have the procedure down to perfection!! - What you see in the photo is three pans of hot water to speed things up; empty bottom drawer left in place to hopefully collect most of the melting water; two terry towels below that to prevent excess water from running in under the freezer or down into the cupboard below; and below those a plastic tub placed on top of a stool in front of the bottom cupboard, to collect bits of ice that would otherwise end up on the floor... 

So that took a few hours... But I then managed to get out for an afternoon walk and catch a few sunset photos from the old cemetery again. All those photos taken within two minutes, between 14:59 - 15:01!

 

 

Advent Calendar - December 4

 

"Sometimes the most urgent thing you can
possibly do is take a complete rest."
- Ashleigh Brilliant -

Advent Calendar - December 3

 

"Lost time is never found again"
- Benjamin Franklin -