Oven Door Burnt
The Oven Door Bakery is burnt to a shell this morning, firefighters did a good job of containing it to the one building, as they were arriving the structure next door was starting to sizzle and smoke according to its’ owner. No word yet on how it started, looks like the southeast corner where the big oven was located could be a likely candidate with that part of the building’s roof caved in completely.
The Oven Door was operated by a couple well-liked local women, and with The Snug coffee shop next door it was a hub for the cove and at any time you could see someone hanging out drinking a coffee or having something to nibble on. It’s a little early to know if they are going to rebuild or not and if it will keep being referred to in the past tense. Going to be a bit of a surprise when buddy Brenda from Burns Lake shows up on Wednesday for sure 
Meanwhile, it *is* the first day of spring, and a sunny day here for its’ arrival at 10:26am Pacific Standard Time. I’ve managed to work out a deal to trade time working on the yard and garden around here in exchange for rent for next month. There’s about a couple weeks worth of the usual spring stuff that needs to be done, blackberry bushes to pull and debris to rake and put in the burn barrel, that sort of thing. Mister Landlord has a reputation for not being the best employer, but as this is a one-shot deal and no actual money is going to be involved and I’ll be taking most of my directions from Mrs. Landlord, (she’s a real nice person to work with), things should hopefully work out.
Sooner or later need to do income tax forms too, haven’t been able to buy the software for that yet and not looking forward to doing it by hand, so have been procrastinating compared to previous years. Income last year was the biggest in the last six at about 16K, this year is on track so far to be a sub 9K year and closer to the average, need to look into somehow deferring part of this year ahead as anything that I’m sure to owe still has to be earned somehow. And no, I don’t save part of any income for taxes later because there is no extra to save. The difference between the two years percentage wise is a lot, but when it’s a choice of putting the percentage difference in the bank or getting some more tobacco, food or taking a trip to my Dad’s for his 70th birthday, the tax man comes dead last for immediate priorities.