Québec has been messing with me. The first week in Montréal, the temperature dropped to -38C/-36F (with windchill). Then the following week in Gaspé (1,000km north of Montréal) The temperatures reached +10C. One day i brushed the snow from the pegs and hung out the washing...
...it kind of froze! We thawed it out over the fire later.
Wood
This Canadian yurt is heated with a wood burning stove. It's a great feeling walking in from a freezing snow storm, to a warm-woody-fire-smelling-cozy place. We made the most of the rare absence of snow to do some wood-piling.
Kitchen Organization
After finally getting washing-up equipment, the next stage was organising the kitchen. Antoine's method of deciding where different items are located in the kitchen area, is solely dependent upon the order which he takes them from the shopping bag. Thus, pasta, spices, saucepan lid, cereal, soya sauce, screwdrivers & random veggies could be found in one box. after finding a bag of 4 month old onions, which had been frozen for a month, then defrosted and were now smushy and smelly...i was at times scared to put my hands into boxes.
Antoine also discovered this...
which, once upon a time, is believed to have been a turnip.
Wintery Walk
On Friday we woke up with the sunshine & went to the beach. We didn't go swimming because it looked like this...
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| Douglastown Beach - 20 mins walk from our yurt |
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| Ice slabs on the beach |
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| ice along the beach |
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| that under-rated combo of sand n snow |
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| just to prove we do 'wrap up warm' |
A normal week, in this Canadian Yurt!
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| our snowy window this morning |
Thank you all so much for your lovely comments (Nicola, Simon & Katrien) & support. It motivates me to write more! If anyone has any questions about the yurt life - i'd be delighted to answer them!
Wood 
After finally getting washing-up equipment, the next stage was organising the kitchen. Antoine's method of deciding where different items are located in the kitchen area, is solely dependent upon the order which he takes them from the shopping bag. Thus, pasta, spices, saucepan lid, cereal, soya sauce, screwdrivers & random veggies could be found in one box. after finding a bag of 4 month old onions, which had been frozen for a month, then defrosted and were now smushy and smelly...i was at times scared to put my hands into boxes.
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