Tag: snow

  • Oakville Lakeshore in January

    Not much to do in downtown Oakville unless you want to shop, so while waiting for Anna to be done with her appointment, I wandered around with my camera.

  • White Christmas a little late

    Just after Christmas we had a heavy snowfall overnight which stuck to everything and looked great. For a very short time. I got out just after 8:15 am, dragging the dog who was complaining that she hadn’t finished her coffee and that we NEVER go for a winter walk this side of noon, and by […]

  • Falling into Winter

    Frankly, I prefer to ease into winter bit by bit – a heavier coat one day, adding gloves, changing from a summer Tilley to the old battered winter hat, and on to the whole boots, heavy gloves thick scarf and heaviest coat. This process ideally takes a couple of months, but not this year. It […]

  • Snow is almost all gone

    I thought it would never happen, but there it is – dirty ground at last, after all that white stuff. I can even get over to the flower pot that never got moved.  However, the lawn is still too soggy to walk on, so the tree lights are still hanging.  De-pooping was interesting with a […]

  • Getting tired of Winter

    40 mm of rain they said.  Well, rain isn’t as pretty as this, but at least you don’t have to shovel it off the driveway.  Walking Clare today we had to walk on the roads as the sidewalks are mostly ice. The hills are like streams, and drying the dog takes forever.  Even though I […]