Our time in the cold chamber has ended, with a bottom limit of -36 C (almost -35 F) and we all survived, as Canadians in this neck of the country do. The benefit of these extreme temperatures is that it is too cold to snow.
This morning, the temperature rose to -6 C and the air that has been stuffed with moisture from the past week and change, is now shedding that moisture as snow. Big, fat, fluffy flakes of snow landing on top of frozen snow. The ‘I wish school would close today’ kind of snow you remember as a child is coming down heavily lining branches on the crab apple tree, covering the car and whitening all the grey frozen streets.
In sixty days or so, we’ll be in the throes of Spring. For today, we’re enjoying, as best we can, the snow of our childhood.
RoadDave 