We got another dusting of snow last night in my neck of the woods but it was nothing compared to the dumping last Friday! I mean, you think we’d be used to it up here in The Great White North, but oh no! It’s ‘snowmagedon’ and we all panic! I wasn’t really impressed when my very pregnant wife commuted over an hour through the storm to her school and I was doubly unimpressed when I realized that I had to shovel my store’s gigantic parking lot in addition to the driveway at home! The exercise probably did me good though.
I took some photos to show you, which is no big deal if you’re from the neighbourhood, but I know there are readers from all over the world and I thought you might want to see what winter has been like around here. Enjoy! Fingers crossed spring is on the way soon!
Here’s a shot of my neighbours’ house covered in snow at 7:30 am. It just kept snowing all day! I can’t wait till our gardens fill in like theirs!
And here’s our place with one tiny little tree. It’s a flowering crabapple I planted in the fall along with a buddy across the lawn. Plus a little yew hedge that I hope isn’t killed by all of this winter! You can see how I’d finished shovelling the drive and it was already beginning to turn white again. I re-shoveled 3 or 4 times that day!
The snow was piling up in the backyard too! Isn’t it funny how the backyard becomes like a forgotten world in the winter? I love to see the bunny and bird tracks in the snow since they’re it’s primary inhabitants all winter.
More snow out front on the road – where are those ploughs? Aren’t those stately old homes gorgeous covered in snow? I have to say it’s a great view from our yard. We’re very thankful. I’m glad the snow has gone down though – for now!
