{"id":114,"date":"2016-03-03T18:37:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T22:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/?p=114"},"modified":"2016-03-03T18:37:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T22:37:23","slug":"looks-like-spring-feels-like-the-deep-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/looks-like-spring-feels-like-the-deep-freeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Looks Like Spring &#8211; Feels Like The Deep Freeze &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"115\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/looks-like-spring-feels-like-the-deep-freeze\/olympus-digital-camera\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-Cathi-BoatLaunch-Cropped-0495.jpg?fit=2374%2C1434\" data-orig-size=\"2374,1434\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FE3000,X890&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1456938662&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cathi standing near bank of the wind-whipped St John River &amp;#8211; gazing through the bitter cold toward the South Side of Fredericton.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-Cathi-BoatLaunch-Cropped-0495.jpg?fit=549%2C332\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-Cathi-BoatLaunch-Cropped-0495.jpg?fit=840%2C508\" class=\"size-large wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-Cathi-BoatLaunch-Cropped-0495.jpg?resize=840%2C508\" alt=\"Brrrrrr - \" width=\"840\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-Cathi-BoatLaunch-Cropped-0495.jpg?resize=1024%2C619 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-Cathi-BoatLaunch-Cropped-0495.jpg?resize=549%2C332 549w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-Cathi-BoatLaunch-Cropped-0495.jpg?resize=1200%2C725 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-Cathi-BoatLaunch-Cropped-0495.jpg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Cathi standing near bank of the wind-whipped St John River &#8211; gazing through the bitter cold toward the South Side of Fredericton.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8212;\u00a0Thursday, 03 March, 2016 &#8212; \/\/ -10\u02daC \/ +14\u02daF With Bright Sunlight and Bitter Cold Wind in Atlantic Canada @ 4:59 pm \/\/ \u00a0Ian Punnett&#8217;s Birthday \ud83d\ude42 &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; We had a busy early afternoon here in Atlantic Canada &#8212; The sun looked warm and the air was clear. But the wind &#8211; coming from the South West ahead of a winter storm blowing this way from Ontario and Quebec &#8211; was very damp and cold &#8211; the kind of cold that cuts right through you &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; We took a break in the middle of our tasks and appointments to gaze at the beauty of the river with its very bright reflections &#8211; And stepped out of the vehicle to take a couple of photos &#8211; But &#8212; Brrrrrr! Cathi gave up trying to stand outside and take a video of the wave action causing the built up ice to undulate near the edge of the solidly frozen ice. I took a couple of my own photos and ran back to the warmth, grabbed my warm insulated gloves, wore one of them and pulled my right hand up inside the cuff of my jacket so I could push the camera&#8217;s shutter button and not watch my fingers freeze and drop off my hand &#8211;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"116\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/looks-like-spring-feels-like-the-deep-freeze\/olympus-digital-camera-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-StJohnIcyRvrBank-0501.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FE3000,X890&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1456938726&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-03-03-StJohnIcyRiverBank\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This is looking almost due south from the north side here. I didn&amp;#8217;t notice the sunbeam streaking in from above when I took the photo.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-StJohnIcyRvrBank-0501.jpg?fit=549%2C412\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-StJohnIcyRvrBank-0501.jpg?fit=840%2C630\" class=\"size-large wp-image-116\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-StJohnIcyRvrBank-0501.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" alt=\"Icy River Bank\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-StJohnIcyRvrBank-0501.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-StJohnIcyRvrBank-0501.jpg?resize=549%2C412 549w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-StJohnIcyRvrBank-0501.jpg?resize=1200%2C900 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-StJohnIcyRvrBank-0501.jpg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-03-StJohnIcyRvrBank-0501.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">This is looking almost due south from the north side here. I didn&#8217;t notice the sunbeam streaking in from above when I took the photo.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8212; Yeah, so we got all our stuff done and hurried back home to thaw out and catch up on the news that Mitt Romney is warning his fellow Republicans not to vote for Donald Trump &#8211; who he called a Con-Artist and a Fraud. A friend told us that photos of Mr Trump as well as transcripts and excerpts from some of his television spots were used by a Psychology professor to describe the look and characteristics of a &#8220;Narcissistic Sociopath&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Enough for now &#8211;,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;jda&#8212;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-114\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/looks-like-spring-feels-like-the-deep-freeze\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-114\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/jdaerendel\/looks-like-spring-feels-like-the-deep-freeze\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212;\u00a0Thursday, 03 March, 2016 &#8212; \/\/ -10\u02daC \/ +14\u02daF With Bright Sunlight and Bitter Cold Wind in Atlantic Canada @ 4:59 pm \/\/ \u00a0Ian Punnett&#8217;s Birthday \ud83d\ude42 &#8212; &#8212; We had a busy early afternoon here in Atlantic Canada &#8212; The sun looked warm and the air was clear. 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