{"id":543,"date":"2015-04-03T18:42:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T21:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aerendel.org\/news\/?p=543"},"modified":"2015-06-21T18:13:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T18:13:56","slug":"good-friday-april-03-2015-cathis-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/index.php\/2015\/04\/03\/good-friday-april-03-2015-cathis-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Friday, April 03, 2015 &#8211; Cathi&#8217;s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Good Friday, 03 April, 2015 -( +12\u00b0C \/ +54\u00b0F &amp; Sunny &amp; Bright @ 3:30 pm in Atlantic Canada )- <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">~~~~~~~ Happy Birthday, Cathi ~~~~~~~<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_544\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-SnowBanksCathiJassper-06721.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"wp-image-544 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-SnowBanksCathiJassper-0672.png?resize=800%2C600\" alt=\"Lots of snow, dwarfing Cathi and Jassper.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-SnowBanksCathiJassper-0672.png?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-SnowBanksCathiJassper-0672.png?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-SnowBanksCathiJassper-0672.png?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-SnowBanksCathiJassper-0672.png?resize=150%2C113 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-SnowBanksCathiJassper-0672.png?w=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jassper taking Cathi for a Happy Birthday walk beside what&#8217;s left of the great wall of snow three quarters of the way up our street here. 03 April, 2015.<br \/> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_547\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JassperThing01-0683.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-547\" class=\"wp-image-547 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JassperThing01-0683.png?resize=800%2C600\" alt=\"Jassper &amp; Cathi &amp; loads of snowbanked up high.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JassperThing01-0683.png?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JassperThing01-0683.png?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JassperThing01-0683.png?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JassperThing01-0683.png?resize=150%2C113 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JassperThing01-0683.png?w=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jassper being himself at the turn-around up at the end of our street. 03 April, 2015<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_550\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-WiderStreetscape-0663.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"wp-image-550 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-WiderStreetscape-0663.png?resize=800%2C600\" alt=\"Beautifu day. Wide shot of Cathi, Jassper and our street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-WiderStreetscape-0663.png?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-WiderStreetscape-0663.png?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-WiderStreetscape-0663.png?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-WiderStreetscape-0663.png?resize=150%2C113 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-WiderStreetscape-0663.png?w=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cathi and Jassper, maybe halfway up the street. Jassper thought she&#8217;d like to meander from side to side while he strained to smell something &#8211; interesting? 03 April, 2015<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_551\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-CathiLandscape-0687.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-551\" class=\"wp-image-551 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-CathiLandscape-0687.png?resize=800%2C600\" alt=\"Scenic Landscape, 03 April, 2015\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-CathiLandscape-0687.png?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-CathiLandscape-0687.png?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-CathiLandscape-0687.png?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-CathiLandscape-0687.png?resize=150%2C113 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-CathiLandscape-0687.png?w=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cathi&#8217;s Photo. She took this shot from the &#8216;turnaround&#8217; at the top end of our street. 03 April, 2015<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_552\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JimJassperAgain-0690.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-552\" class=\"wp-image-552 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JimJassperAgain-0690.png?resize=800%2C600\" alt=\"Jim &amp; Jassper at the turnaround.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JimJassperAgain-0690.png?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JimJassperAgain-0690.png?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JimJassperAgain-0690.png?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JimJassperAgain-0690.png?resize=150%2C113 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-JimJassperAgain-0690.png?w=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jassper and me, where we watched Cathi get creative with the camera and Jassper was thinking he should roll around in the snow again.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8212; It was, and still is, a beautiful day up here in the great white north. 54\u00b0F \/ +12\u00b0C on this Good Friday. Cathi thought it would be fun to take Jassper for a nice hoof session up the road and back. Our always over enthusiastic Labrador perrenial puppy ( &#8220;puppy-horse&#8221;?) bounded all around the kitchen when she reached for the leash and then, of course did everything he could to make it difficult for the two of us together to get that leash with it&#8217;s nose piece over his head. Then he tried to scrape it off and\/or wiggle out of it when he wasn&#8217;t trying to pull our arms out of their sockets all the way up and back. He did make it through 2 years of &#8216;obedience?&#8217; lessons, but then allowed himself to be spoiled wrotten by a house guest. It did not take long for somebody to wipe most of the &#8216;good dog&#8217; training away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8212; Besides allowing ourselves to be dragged up and down the street with various stops along the way to check out interesting smells and roll around in snow and ice, Cathi and I did spend maybe half an hour chopping the last bits of ice from the porch roof over-hang.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_553\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-turnaround02-0681.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-553\" class=\"wp-image-553 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-turnaround02-0681.png?resize=800%2C600\" alt=\"Jassper and Cathi in the turnaround.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-turnaround02-0681.png?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-turnaround02-0681.png?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-turnaround02-0681.png?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-turnaround02-0681.png?resize=150%2C113 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/NBnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015Apr03-turnaround02-0681.png?w=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birthday girl and stubborn dog, on a beautiful day while the clouds roll in. 03 April, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8212; We now have a possible 20 cm \/ 8 or 9 inches of snow tomorrow and another possible 10 cm \/ 4 inches? of snow on Monday. &#8212;&gt; Easter Monday is a Holiday up here, and so was today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">~~~~~ Jim<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, 03 April, 2015 -( +12\u00b0C \/ +54\u00b0F &amp; Sunny &amp; Bright @ 3:30 pm in Atlantic Canada )- ~~~~~~~ Happy Birthday, Cathi ~~~~~~~ &#8212; It was, and still is, a beautiful day up here in the great white north. 54\u00b0F \/ +12\u00b0C on this Good Friday. 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