The fridge and I have settled upon an uneasy truce.

I tried a few things, cleaned the fan, the air intake, and vents. Then decided to pull everything out of the fridge freezer and thaw it out completely. That put about two liters of old freezer water on the towels I’d placed on the floor. It was to be expected. Well not that much, but some. I have extricated all of the ice cubes, thinking that would be the bulk of it, but those vents are deep, and many. So a buckets worth poured out when I moved the fridge after the thaw was over. Glad for tile in the kitchen and not hardwood or carpet. Clearing the vents, seems to have worked out (for now), not certain what kicked this all off. Was fine up until the Derecho storm several weekends ago. Must have put excess moisture in the air in the freezer that acted as the catalyst to our current predicament. Luckily we have the old beat up fridge in the basement that I pulled drinks out of to store our food safely. And we borrowed a large cooler for frozen goods that wouldn’t fit downstairs. All is well. Although fridge now ticks & rattles a bit. I did have to move it four or five times, so not sure what I’ve done there. But for now, looks better than it was. A win for the moment at least.

Temperatures are rising, so summer is clearly just around the bend. Heat and humidity, and sunshine that hurts to be in full view of. Gotta love it. Spring and Fall are by far my favourites, but a giant clear blue sky, a clean pool and laughs with the family are hard to beat nowadays. It’s not until you run into old friends that we realize just how isolated we’ve been the last two plus years.

I need to cut the grass and do some out door stuff this morning, before I settle on restocking the fridge and freezer. Ciao Bella! Stay safe out there.