Hello, and a very happy New Year.
I started the day blowing the 15 cm of snow which fell last night off the driveway and side walk. My brother in law thought I'd like to try my hand at using the petrol driven snow blower - I didn't refuse. A neighbour and I cleared the snow of our elderly next door neighbour's drive just because it's a good thing to do and if they should need to get out for any reason. How thoughtful some Canadians are. I say 'some' because another guy here parked his pickup in the little circle and it was in the way when the snow plough came through to clear the road,
and he didn't even come out to move it despite the driver hooting and revving the plough engine. You always get one!We had a delayed Christmas lunch at home today. Delayed because I couldn't make it out before Christmas because of my stomach bug and my sister worked the 24th, 25th and 26th. I made another trifle. Getting a bit sick of trifle now. :-)
After lunch we went for a drive to a nearby village St. Mary's just for the hell of it and went for a walk (also for the hell of it I think) along an old railway bridge over the Thames River which has been converted to a walking trail. The wind blowing down the river made the temp at least -10. It was freezing, but we all had boots, hats, gloves and coats so our bodies were warm, but faces frozen. They said they wouldn't normally go out in such cold. It snowed quite a bit last night and this morning. Everything looks very pretty, but with it comes hard work, like blowing the snow from the driveway, pavement and some people even do the road outside their houses. I was shown again how to use the petrol snow blower to do outside their place. I suppose to get the feeling??!!?? I was sweating after I'd finished.
Most people have Christmas lights on their porches and shrubs. The little conifer in the pic on the right is outside the front door. The lights glowing through the snow makes it look quite ethereal. I've seen some little sparrows in the shrubs outside our house. The cat stands at the window looking at them with great interest. We're going snow tubing one of these days, and skating again because I have to master it before I leave here. What's so strange about the snow to a tropical inhabitant like myself is that it's always around in winter, and it's always cold. Not like home when it snows in the Berg or other high lying areas once in a while then melts a few days later. THIS IS EVERY DAY for about 5 months. It does warm up (warm up???) a bit apparently, but not far above 0ºC and some of the snow melts, but there's always some around. I'm looking forward to bed tonight. Had a busy day - snow blowing, and walking in the cold...
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