It's beginning to look a lot....

Come on, sing along with me....

It's beginning to look a lot like SPRING - WHAT! Yes, all that snow that fell is disappearing fast. We're having warm temperatures and rain. Santa may have to put on a wet suit to deliver presents in our part of the world.


We'll get plenty of the cold stuff when it does finally come but at least a white Christmas would be nice.

I remember one year when I was a kid we almost had a green Christmas. Now, living in Quebec that is something that is very rarely experienced. Dirty brown stuff was sticking through the disappearing snow patches. We lived on the farm at the time so we saw lots of dirty brown stuff.

Especially as a kid, we wanted snow. My grandparents lived across and down the road from us. They walked to our house because they felt it was safer to walk than to take the truck out on the roads. My brother and I went to meet them because we were so afraid one of them was going to fall and get hurt. We all made it back to the house unscathed.

I wonder what next week will bring.

Tree hunting party

It's that time of year again, a time we all look forward to and talk about with great anticipation...the tree hunting day. A day we gather together, new friends and old at Sandra and Harry's for an all you can eat brunch, we all bring way too much food, and then after eating far too much we don our winter wear and head for the bush. This year we didn't have to go as far, the old gentleman we buy our trees from had gone ahead and cut some trees for us...he anticipated the winter weather and was worried some of us might not be able to maneuver through the snow. Not sure if it was the vehicles or the people he was worried about. At first we lamented, well some of us, that we would not be going for a hike through the bush but Kris soon changed everyones mood when she started a giant snowball fight. Yes you did!


Yes, as much as Kris, the biggest kid of the bunch, insists she did NOT start the snowball fight we all know, and agree, who was the instigator.

(this is a 'get Kris' moment)

Until Friday we didn't have any snow and then we got just enough to make the day complete. It snowed all Sunday afternoon, making it all the more festive and fun. This day has become a tradition, one that I know all of us hope lives on for many years to come.

and it just keeps on snowing....this is a half hour after the previous photo

Winter has arrived

Lora, you will be happy to know that we are finally getting snow. It's only -3 but compare that to yesterday when it was a balmy 15. Yech! Ok, so the snow looks pretty but it means COLD! I am a 70f and higher kind of person. Only 3 more months till SPRING!