S.C. Jensen

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Sunset shadows and an approaching snow storm. April is a moody beast this year. It’s pretty, though! ❄️ What is your favourite sign of Spring? Mine are the evening light and birdsongs 🐦 ❄️ #sunset #longshadows #winterinspring #winterinapril #canadianwriter #yxe #writerslife #inspiration #darkandlight #womenwritingfiction #homesteading #permaculture #howdoesyourgardengrow #latesnow #snowstorm #eternalwinter

The rare, pink snow gopher. #eternalwinter #sothisisspring #springtimeincanada #yxe #snowfort #whackamole #lemmings

We have a tiny new addition to our family! 🐱 Three days ago one of our barn cats had a litter of kittens. She was doing well and was all set up inside a heated/insulated box and we thought they’d be okay even though it’s way too cold outside for April. But the next time I went to check on her, for some reason Mama had moved the babies into a cardboard box, and three of them had died :( 🐱 So we brought Mama and the last baby inside and hoped it wasn’t too late. The poor little thing was already freezing. It was -15C in the garage. It took a little while for it to start nursing, but I think it’s going to make it! 🐱 The kids have been very on top of finding Mama cat as soon as baby starts crying. They know there’s nothing we can do at this point but make sure we leave them alone and make sure Mama has lots of food and water. But it’s been a welcome shift in focus from the usual day to day activities. I’ll keep you posted on how Mama and baby are doing over the next few days! 🐱 #catsofinstagram #kittensofinstagram #kittenlove #newbornkittens #newbornkitten #kittenrescue #barncatsofinstagram #barncat #barncats #canadianwriter #yxe

It snowed so much we completely lost our driveway! You’d never know there were three foot deep ditches on either side of us. ❄️ Besides being stuck in #eternalwinter this year, not too much is new and exciting here. We are self-isolation pros most of the time anyway. ❄️ Yesterday we had a follow up appointment for my son, and his pneumonia is mostly cleared up. We just have an inhaler now ti help clear the last of the gunk out of his lungs. ❄️ We went shopping in the city, too, for the first time since all this craziness began. By which I mean I went shopping and my husband was left in the truck with the kids 😂 I had to wait outside Costco in the snowstorm and I still feel like I got the better deal. ❄️ One thing that I find really interesting is how much of a mental strain all these social distancing measures have on me when I do have to go out. I’m not personally worried about the virus, I’m not too stressed about money or stock in stores, but shopping is exhausting. I was pondering why this is and I think it’s the feeling of being watched, being hyper-conscious of what you do with your hands, when you touch your face, being afraid to cough or sneeze in case someone thinks you’re sick, being told to stand in different places and bring corrected if you get too close to staff or other shoppers. It was all very organized and civil, but it is wearing to process all these changes in our familiar spaces. At Bulk Barn you are given an employee who walks with you through the store and gets everything out of the bins for you. ❄️ I had a great shopping experience at both stores, got everything we needed, and had no issues whatsoever. But I came home feeling like I’d done something physically strenuous I was so drained! ❄️ Has anyone else had this experience? What other surprises have you encountered with the changes to your daily lives? ❄️ #yxe #costco #bulkbarn #covidcanada #covid #covid19 #coronavirus #snowstorm #canadianwriter #authorssupportingauthors #womenwritingfiction #womenwhowrite #writerslife #socialdistancing #physicaldistancing #writersunite #sobernotboring #communityfirst #shareyourstory #letsconnect

Sunset and snow, but I’m dreaming of my new garden site. 🌱 I’ve been out observing our property as the snow melts, watching for the water run off patterns that will help me choose the best site for my permaculture garden. The existing garden is huge, but very far from the house and requires constant watering and tilling to manage. 🌱 This year I’m going to start small, learn to work with the land instead of against it, and hopefully save myself a bit of stress in the process! 🌱 Instead of watering constantly, I’m moving the site to a lower area which naturally retains more moisture. And I’m going to attempt sheet mulching in a relatively small area rather than tilling up an entire acre. 🌱 But first, I have to wait. And read and research. Next week I’ll start my seedlings. Planting starts at the end of May here! 3a is a challenging zone. 🌱 What are you most looking forward to right now? What are you keeping your mind busy with today? 🌱 #yxe #canadianwriter #canadiangardening #zone3a #wintergarden #springiscoming #sunset #sunsetgram #watercolor #watercolours #landofthelivingskies #quarantine #coronavirus #covid_19 #distractions #inspiration #lookingforward #lookingforwardtospring #lookingforwardtothefuture #hope #horizon #womensupportingwomen #womenwritingfiction #meetwritermoms #womenwhowrite #greenthumbwannabe #permaculture #greening #greeningthedesert #solarpunk

Happy 101st birthday to my grandma! 🎂 Her care home is in lock down, so we haven’t been able to go visit (and with sick kids, we couldn’t go anyway) but here are some pics from last year at her birthday and at Christmas, and one from two years ago visiting with the kids. They call her “Super Grandma!” 🎂 I cannot even fathom living for 101 years, and she likes to joke that she is ready to go and has been for a while now. She’s out-lived her husband, brothers and sisters, and tragically even a great-grandchild. 🎂 But she’s still sharp and loves to read to her great-grand kids and tell stories about her life growing up in small town Saskatchewan. 🎂 Our care homes and seniors centres are full of a wealth of stories and knowledge, much of which will never be recorded. 🎂 I hope, when things are safe again we remember this and take advantage of the living history and ancestral knowledge in our own communities while we still have it. 🎂 #corinavirus #covid_19 #carehome #carehomes #livinghistory #mylifestory #ancestors #ancient #ancestralwisdom #knowledgeispower #somanymemories #happybirthday #grandmother #greatgrandmother #grandma #greatgrandma #grandmotherslove #centennial #101years #101yearsold #101yearsyoung #genetics

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