Surprise! It’s Winter!

 The view this morning from my deck — a surprise snowfall during the night. I was so hopeful when I opened my eyes at 5, saw the thick dusting of white on the fir branches…

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Island Tour, Snowy Days, Almost Done . . .

The snow is completely gone here, save the much-diminished clumps representing an attempt at snowman-making. Yesterday, there was just enough on the roads to have welded the rain in an icy grip that caught me…

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Merry White Christmas

Well, here in our little city, we’ve currently got the most snow in BC with 86 centimetres since December 12 — it’s a record I’d gladly surrender, but instead it might even get worse. There’s…

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trying to stay happy in a blizzard!

When my oldest daughter was small, about five I think, I made up a monthly calendar that we kept on the fridge; each day, she’d record the weather on it with a simple drawing. Since…

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and even more snowscapes

I never get tired of watching the changing seascape outside my window, especially during the winter. Above is what it looked like as the snowclouds moved toward us the other morning. As you see below,…

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