Well, Vancouver Island has snow. I had seen the first cherry blossoms already, and there was much laughter at the rest of the frozen north when this happened:

The picture above is before we got an additional 25cm. All in all, we got a proper winter storm. 90km+ winds, big trees blocking roads, cars in ditches (and a firetruck), people driving like 4 wheel drive means 4 wheel stop. It was a winter wonderland! I even saw a man skiing behind a pick-up truck while using a towline. Magical.

So the city had a conniption and pretty much shut down and we all got to enjoy being like the rest of Canada for a little bit. The snow is still there, but it is starting to melt and is apparently going to be gone by the end of the week. We shall see.

Also on the home front, you’ve probably noticed a drop in the frequency of posts. I was injured at sea several years ago, and I’m about to go in for yet another surgery (I hear the 4th time is free)! So the last bit of time has been about getting everything in the house ready for me being an invalid. Again. I find that I’m becoming quite the expert at it (to my wife’s chagrin).

In order to be properly set up for healing, I put together a table for What a Tanker! I figured that I can play with one hand and having the table set up would make it a simple matter of choosing tanks and rolling some dice. So here is the village:

I proudly showed CinCHomeFlt and she commented on how it was a nice little town for my little people. We then started to spontaneously sing “Little Town” from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and I came up with some alternate words:

Little town, such a quiet village,
Every day, just like the one before!
Little town, full of little tankers,
Waking up to say… <<Kapow!>>

There goes the Tiger, wide treads as always,
The same old 88mm shell!
Every battle just the same, since the battle that we came
To this poor provincial town!

I could probably go on, but I shall spare you all. I will also blame any and all strangeness on medication, snow craziness, or simply being weird. Take your pick.

So, that’s all for now. I’ve got some Ready for Battle posts ready to go, and I’ll be pushing “Publish” on those as we go forward into recovery. I’m hoping to get a post out every few days, and maybe even a play report if things are going well. Until then, have fun!