Hi from southern Ontario,
Chez moi/at home: what's happening here? In some ways not much, weather is frigid highs in the -10 C range, lows in the -18 C range, at 10 am this morning -18, wonderful blue skies and sun, but far too cold to be outside without multiple layers or Artic rated parka.
Also related zippers; why have the zippers on all my outdoor winter clothing decided to fail at once? My down parka has a 2 way zipper, a very useful feature, the top works okay as does the very bottom, the mid-section doesn't want to function. I can zip it closed but then the mid-section decides to come apart. And then I can't get the zip tab to pull down, and I'm trapped in my coat! With a lot of effort, I can pull/push it partway down, then I have to pull the coat off over my head! Getting it back on is a very interesting process.
I have resorted to putting one hand on each side of the zip and ripping it apart, which does work some of the time, but I don't think it is a long term solution.
Another coat and a fleece vest are similarly uncooperative.
Alton Cemetery project and other genealogy: the cemetery project is once again underway at not quite full steam; some rearranging of the Ancestry research tree/trees has been necessary.
Originally we, myself and cousin Sharon had created a tree where we could source the dead people, then profiles for them could be created on WT, with other sources from FS, Automated genealogy plus the Dufferin county museum-a real treasure trove of local history.
The plan was to have an uncomplicated research tree, and work on one family group at a time. After the profiles were created those groups of people were deleted from the Ancestry tree, which worked okay until an unexpected connection was made to someone else. Then we were faced with having to recreate the deleted, that doesn't work well.
A number of years ago I created an Ancestry tree that I hoped would show the relationships between those buried at Alton, but because it would only show relationships between the home person and the others, it was a waste of time and a duplication of some parts of Robbie's tree.
So now I have resurrected that tree with the FTM backup, and it will be used as a library/backup for the Cemetery research tree. I can copy people from the research tree to the backup tree, then delete them on the research tree which can then remain uncomplicated. At least that is how it is supposed to work.
What else: Some work has been done on trip planning for June, I'm hoping that some additional flights will be available as Omicron becomes less of a problem.
Two sisters and a nephew have had Omicron in the past few days, no symptoms more severe than headaches, and sore throats.
My younger daughter has been diagnosed with polychondritis; her 4th confirmed autoimmune disease. I'm beginning to think there has to be a genetic cause or connection in some way. Her sister has Sjogren's syndrome. As far as I know there is no family history of autoimmune disease on either side. It's making me worried about the grandkids, especially the special needs granddaughter as her problems are genetic in origin. Plus it means getting in touch with my ex, to ask if he has any information I don't have.