20 cm. snow and 70 km. winds.

Oh No Lori , its too soon ! its a good job you have those logs stacked and ready to go, will you be stranded if it keeps snowing do you have plenty of provisions to last you through .. Keep warm and safe xx

Looks pretty but cold. I see a nice "Christmas Tree" by the trailer. ;-0 Keep warm Lori.
Surprisingly sunny where we live right now, 10 Celsius.
82 humidity, It is OK but not so warm.
Rain forecasted for tomorrow and days after.

Our youngest son has adopted two kitties and we were supposed to go to Ottawa on Sunday to bring them to their new home...but... this happened. Tues. a.m. and the clouds are receding but the wind is still strong and with the sunshine the temps become much colder. I wish it could have held off a while longer. Last year it was 15 C on Christmas day!... not this year, I fear. Hoping the roads will be better tomorrow.
I love the "weather" on the island and lower mainland, Klahanie! That little "Christmas Tree" is overshadowed most of the summer by the black walnut, it's a situation I have to rectify but how? maybe some pruning of the walnut. It really makes everything growing around it's drip zone look stunted and sad. It is one of two and the larger by far. major squirrel attractant! the nuts are too much trouble to harvest and process, but the squirrels sit in the trees sharpening their teeth on the shells! (sounds like fingernails on a blackboard!) The nuts must be very nourishing if the little guys go to that much trouble to eat them!

Uh - oh. Well, looks like thats you then Lori. I've bought some good Kindle books today. Hope you have a few good books to keep you going till spring! The frost here has been washed away now, in heavy rain and gales overnight. Not quite 70mph though. Windy weather is the worst...so destructive. Anyway, stay safe, and I hope kitties will soon be in transit!

How long a drive is it for you to Ottowa?

Thanks Karen. I have a Kobo (Canadian version of Kindle)... but haven't used it in over a year. I still have stuff to read on it, but have been seduced away from it by used book sales. My latest fave is "Longbourn" Pride and Prejudice: The Servants' Story. by Jo Baker. I don't know if you're a fan of Jane Austen and her current ghost writers, but I liked this one so much! ...and P.D. James' "Death Comes to Pemberley". Hard to believe Baroness James has been gone two years on the 27th.
We were able to get to Ottawa yesterday and home by 3 pm. it's two hours each way! in between we picked up the kitties and brought them to their new home. At last report they had settled in and were now sleeping contentedly on the couch, having checked out the place thoroughly and enjoyed their lunch and a play. :-)

Lori,

OMG! That looks so cold! BRRR! I hope you're staying safe and warm inside your house!

I went to dinner two nights ago at 7:30 pm with friends. We were all complaining about how cold it was...it was 63ºF (17ºC) outside! lol! It's been extremely hot this month in San Diego. We're such cold-weather wimps in San Diego!

Today is Thanksgiving Day and it's going to be 80ºF (27ºC) here.

Happy Thanksgiving D1! I had to smile at your complaint! 63 degrees F. is a tropical heatwave, here! LOL! It's warmed up to minus 4 C.. and we're being blessed with another couple of inches of snow!
I have to say it again... I could not survive year round temps of 80 degrees... i'd be crisp like bacon! ;-)

Interesting reading Lori! Yes, I enjoy Jane Austen, so I might look those up!

Lori,

Thanks! :>))

That's still very cold there. I can't imagine living somewhere that cold. I've never lived in a cold climate. San Diego's mild subtropical climate sometimes gets too cold for me.

It was warm today low to mid 80's. (27 - 30ºC) around most of San Diego County. It's going to cool down over the next week, though. Only highs in the low 70's (22ºC) from this weekend on through next week.

We human beings are adaptable creatures. Surviving in the cold is much like surviving in the heat..you find the coping strategies and you go with it. I've heard it said by "snow birds" who go south to Florida in the winters, that it takes a few days to acclimate.. and then woo hoo! LOL. the trick of staying warm in the cold is layers... long undies, two pairs of socks, jeans or waterproof snow pants, an undershirt and warm jersey, a sweater and a jacket, toque or earmuffs and nice warm mittens and you can trek/hike on your snowshoes..just about anywhere you please. collect some wood and make yourself a fire for your tea can. Nothing tastes as good as tea brewed over an open fire.

I would hate to layer! I don't like wearing that much clothes. It's just too much. Even here when I have to wear a sweat shirt it's too much! I guess I'm just too spoiled with short and t-shirts all year...and almost never having to use a jacket. I wear a windbreaker every so often and a light leather jacket (mostly to go out at night during winter). Winters have been so warm the last 5 years I've hardly had use them, though. It's crazy!

I think I would like a scandinavian climate...bit like Canada. Warm summer, cold winter...perfect! I like lots of clothes when its cold, and I like shorts and vests when its warm...sorted! ;)

I'm in agreement there, Karen. The changes of the sharply defined seasons makes the year go faster, I find. Especially the summers... as Charlie Brown said: "Summers run, winters walk."
In the heat of summer clothing is protection from the sun and insects. Winter, although cold, can be quite comfortable with snug shelter and a good heat source, a time for reflection and planning. Spring brings liberation from long underwear and heavy clothing... It's like a milestone of the unfolding new year..."Today, I took my long-johns off!" ;-)
It really is invigorating to take a walk (bundled up, of course) in the nippy winter air. In my youth winters seemed shorter because I worked all week and skiied all weekend.

I would love to ski...but I fear it is too late. One of my knees is a bit dodgy. In England skiing is a preserve of the wealthy. Because you have to fly. In Scotland we have ski resorts, but they are unreliable and very crowded. I should have been born in Sweden...all that snow and forest! ;)

Lori,

It sounds like it's warming up a bit.

Our weather is like Game of Thrones, a song of Ice and Fire(places)! ;-) It has warmed up to near zero last couple of days and today it was plus 5 and raining like billy-O. It's a big pain in the neck, to me. Plants go into dormancy and then it warms up again...and they produce buds..which are in turn killed by the next frosty round. You're quite right, it is CRAZY! ..my delphiniums were blooming up to early Nov. then the deer ate them, and they struggled back, then another frost hit them...and finally all this snow was a coup de grace...now it's raining again and they're still green under the snow! They're completely confused!

It sounds horrible! I hope it get back to normal for your climate soon!

I just noticed what you said a few comments back. About being crisp like bacon if the the temps were 80ºF (27ºC) all year. That's very funny! :>)) I guess I'm just used to the temps being like that or higher any time of the year. lol! What concerns me is that it's been much hotter in the middle of winter and it last for weeks on end with no rain! That's not normal. The last 5 years or so it's been this way. We're beating the highest average temps for winter months year-after-year! This is why more than 100 million trees are dying in California! :>((

I really know what you mean, Andy! Our forest is suffering too. Last summer we had so little rain that the really old growth oaks, growing high on the stony ridges, were brown and dead looking by August. That most certainly is not normal either. The most adverse changes in our climate are centred in areas that appear far flung...but the gaps between them are shrinking! There are danger signs that aren't obvious until they are established and the damage is done. With the dryness comes the stress of die back and the stress is like a clarion call for insects who use the vulnerability to get under the bark to the sap wood and then along with the stress of no water there is the stress of insects taking some of the much needed fluids and introducing moulds and fungi. On my hill there are huge hemlock trees that have stood for at least a century which are now threatened by a new type of fungus. As trees go they are among the most indestructible..but not anymore. Fifty years ago we lost most of our huge Elms to Dutch Elm Disease, which is neither Dutch nor a disease, it's a fungus and it's from China! Some Elms have since grown to midling size but they are now dying off too. The most frightening thing that's threatening our forest is the Maple Borer. It's a beetle that came from China in the wood of packing crates and has spread along the upper Great Lakes and into Quebec and is working in tandem with the Emerald Ash Borer...same origin, which is killing shade trees in the same area. Heaven knows what will happen when it hits the forests of the northern part of the province. We had all that snow..and yesterday we had thunder storms and torrential rain. Today my little stream is flowing for the first time since May! It's all so mixed up!