Seasonal Progression

This may read like a weather report but ...... today was the first day (in my waking hours) during the last three weeks that we've had temperatures above -10C. What a blessing to have a bit of relief from that and much, much colder temps (and wind). I'd been starting to feel like a house hermit - not wanting to go out unless necessary. We've just had what is supposed to be the last major cold front move through for the foreseeable future.

One unusual thing about this winter in this area is that we've been in a bubble where there hasn't been a major dumping of snow in a 60 km radius yet this season. Last week was the one storm where we had 4 -6 inches over a six hour period. Just on the other side of Lake Ontario in upper New York state a town called Mexico N.Y. had over 9 feet of snow fall as they got clobbered with one storm after another over the course of a week. That's one for their almanac. In any normal winter we usually have three or four major storms where we'd get 8 inches of snow or more at one shot - it just hasn't happened that way this year.

Another thing is that there has been a noticeable difference in the length of daylight hours lately. The eastern sky was starting to lighten as I was driving home this morning around six. It wasn't full dark until about 6:30 p.m. when I was arriving back at work. Come on Spring!!

Lynda and I have shelved our idea about a Caribbean vacation for now; we may do it in November instead. In the meantime we might just head off to the Carolinas or Florida for a week instead, toward the end of March or early April.