Our November was amazing by Eastern Canadian terms. The temperatures weren’t unbearable and we didn’t even get any snow (at least not any that stuck to the ground) until the very last day.
So I guess that we were finally due to get a big kick-your-ass blizzard. Which we did. The big disappointment was that while we were all hoping for a snow day (hello, sleeping in!) the snow didn’t actually start until almost 8 am so they remained open.
The thing is, although it got a late start, it didn’t stop all day. In fact, just over 12 hours later, it’s still coming down and hard. These two photos were taken about four hours apart. The first one was about two hours into the snowfall (the table had been bare prior to today) and the second one was four hours after that. Which was about four hours ago from this very moment that I’m typing at 8 pm.
(It’s higher now and the wind has blown up so high against the sliding doors that I can no longer see out unless I stand up.)
The worst part is the wind. Just plain old snow wouldn’t be the end of the world but the wind is blowing it every which way. In these photos of the streets, that’s not blur or overexposure or what have you, that’s snow being blasted straight across the street. Yep.
Of course it wasn’t enough to stop me at 7:30 tonight when I realized that a) I desperately wanted chips and b) we had exactly zero chips anywhere. My salt addiction is such that, after about four days without any, I had to have some tonight and so I bundled up, leashed Pearl, and walked to the store. In a blizzard. Out on the street because we have no sidewalks right now. And I did it willingly.
That’s dedication.
Here’s hoping that it stops sometime overnight but the forecast says otherwise. Ah well. It IS December and this IS Eastern Canada. At least we’re faring better than the prairies at -30C and worse. See? It really can always be worse (stay warm if that’s where you are right now!).
How’s your weather right now?
I hope that table was designed to hold such an amount of snow-weight. Our weather has been fine thus far, a bit of hail, snow maybe in the south but not here. It’s going to freeze tonight so I must not forget to shut down the water. I already took in the auto reel a while ago, that one exploded last year and I don’t want to buy a new one every year.
Apart from that, no snow yet, but it looks like winter is finally moving in this general direction.
It looks terrific, now Santa can definitely come! When I see so much snow I immediately think of snow angels!
We were pretty lucky yesterday. The snow only started around 6pm or so, and although a fair amount came down and the wind was gusting up to 100 km/h, the snow then turned to rain and that melted most of the snow. It was 6 degrees (Celsius) this morning at 6:30, and it was supposed to go up to 9, then dip down to plus 3. So not too bad! 🙂
A mandolin, some potatoes, a pan (maybe cast iron) of hot oil and some salt. Have paper towels and supplies for cuts handy.