Tonight on the CBC:

-Scientists from the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Centre said an area of sea ice bigger than Alberta disappeared this summer from the Arctic

-Spring Arctic snow pack melting fast, study warns

-Environment Canada researcher says climate change happening quicker than expected

 

-The journal of the American Geophysical Union, said the changes in the past five years were "profound."

 

 

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Lorenzo was supposed to come home on Saturday night, but the hearth job was taking longer than anticipated. Everything takes longer than anticipated. And then he ran out of grout. Home Hardware only had white grout, and he needed gray. I suggested he use the left-over grout from the last tile job. Lorenzo said, "But it's the wrong colour." He sounded very frustrated. I suggested that he use it anyway; who cares? You can always paint it.

So he used it, but still didn't have enough. You know, when he was buying the grout at Home Depot, he told the guy exactly what he was doing, and how big the hearth pad was. The employee told him he only needed one bag. Feeling doubtful Lorenzo said, "Are you sure?" Rule of thumb: assume everyone is wrong. About everything.

In desperation, he drove down to Home Hardware in the driving rain to buy some white grout. The lady working there mentioned that she had some black grout at her house, and she was kind enough to bring it to our cottage. Lorenzo mixed them up like a scientist and managed to achieve a reasonable colour match. Final result: Good enough.

 

 

 

 Once it's cleaned up and sealed it will be fine. The wood stove, and all the paraphernalia that goes with it, will pretty much hide any flaws anyway.