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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Maxim of the Week


If his mother hadn't bundled him up so snugly in winter clothes. Edgar was positive he could have dodged the snowball that was coming right at him.
Maxim:
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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(e-mails from my in-laws in Quebec tonight inform me that they're experiencing a bit of snow, so I thought this little drawing might still be climatically appropriate, if not seasonably so)

24 comments:

  1. Edgar, it so happens, turned out to be a super Goalie in the NHL.

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  2. Very nice, inspirational message in Chinese medicine. Greetings.

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  3. Shirl,
    Ha ha, good one! Who says mama's boys never win? Speaking of which, I hear deLongho (sp?) is going to be traded?

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  4. Leovi,
    Would that be under the category of "What doesn't kill you cures you"?

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  5. There was snow here earlier this morning (it has melted now), but not enought to make a good snowball. This maxim certainly 'fit' with our weather conditions. Made me smile. I think I bundled my kids up like that when they were little. Poor things! :)

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  6. I like that the pattern on the snowsuit resembles an igloo.

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  7. The weather reports today are 'crazy' and your adorable maxim is a reminder that somewhere it is still winter?

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  8. And here I was just thinking winter was really over, despite the hail storm yesterday which dropped the temp considerably... Color me hoping for the real Spring soon...

    Love his cap, scarf, and mittens, and patchy coat... he's all decked out, waiting to get decked.

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  9. Bonnie,
    I heard that Lac St-Jean got 30 cm. of snow the other day. Bizarre. And yet the weather pundits will go on insisting that these weird occurrences are just par for the course and not really unseasonal. They can't pull the wool over our eyes forever...At least, I HOPE I won't have to wear a toque this summer.

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  10. DCW,
    The snowsuit has the same insulating qualities as an igloo. Also the same degree of density and mobility.

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  11. Blue Sky,
    Yes,indeed, somewhere it is still winter...as long as it's not in my backyard! Though it is not unheard of to get a snowfall in May in these parts.

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  12. Owen,
    Hail brother well met!

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  13. We are experiencing some early March weather here at the end of April... At least we will not need to run the A/C tonight!

    Bises,
    Genie

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  14. So this is what happens when our flexibility is restricted!

    I totally agree with your comment regarding artists and Mother Nature's palette.Actually I was thinking just this as I sorted the photos!
    Have a lovely week.....whatever the weather!
    Ruby

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  15. igloo was my first thought about his coat, too... haha, *same degree of density and mobility*...

    here it is is forcasted to become spring from wednesday on... i can´t wait!!!! too cold so far.

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  16. Such wise words. If only I had known that those misspent years ago!

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  17. Genie,
    Nice to see you here. Our AC consists of screens in the windows and generally it gets pretty cool at night, even on the hottest of days. Maybe this late spring portends a hot and lengthy summer. One can hope.

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  18. Ruby,
    We have April showers today and while the robins are loving it, I'm loving watching the robins--and Mother Nature subtly painting the grass green bit by bit.

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  19. johanna,
    Great that spring has been pinpointed for you!
    I used to have my own igloo-styled coat. It was warm but I felt like the Michelin tire man in it so I got rid of it.

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  20. Marginalia,
    I imagine in those days you believed that a 24-ouncer was as good as a cure.

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  21. Poor boy he looks so tense :)

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  22. Gaby Bee,
    He can't say he didn't see it coming. I think maybe he didn't duck or fling himself backwards because he wanted to make a point to his mother.

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  23. it makes me so laugh, especially as romanians have the bad habit of 'bundling up' their babies and children to the extreme :-)

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  24. Roxana,
    Mothering, not smothering, is the key. It used to make me frantic trying to figure out how warmly dressed my little one should be before I sent her out into the winter weather. Not having had much experience of snow and ice from my own childhood made it even more challenging. But she survived!

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