poplar road: December

December 1, 2006

December

I'm having technical problems with my blog... A post of almost equal length that I wrote after a trip to the post office on the 29th disappeared as if it never existed when I got up yesterday morning. And of course after successfully posting that morning without the usual glitches, I was over-confident and did not copy it to my text file. When I read the post as it came up on my home page yesterday, I noticed an error that I'd fixed immediately the day before. So I hit refresh, and the post was gone. I wonder if anyone else even saw it? I described driving home on the highway with snow floating across the surface of the road, like driving on a plateau of cloud. So frustrating when this happens. It's hard enough to get entries to save without them disappearing afterwards!

Anyway, I just wanted to say that except for a glorious sunny break in the afternoon yesterday, it's been snowing lightly on and off the past couple of days, and it's coming down quite thickly now. No return of the hoarfrost, but Wednesday night's snowfall left all the trees covered as well as the rooftops, so it's whiter than ever out there. A neighbour kindly used his little bobcat to plow my driveway and it was much less nerve-wracking getting my post office run done last night. We'll have to get him and his girlfriend a bottle of something.

In other news, Jonathan came over to borrow our compression fitting crimper, which meant a foray into our shell of a master bathroom full of beautiful fixtures in their boxes, tile samples, under-floor heating pad heating nothing, gorgeous 5' wide plastic-sheathed shower... sigh. It's hard to believe this time last year I thought I'd have a completed ensuite by Christmas. Given the chilly weather, though, our next project really must be insulating the basement!

Oh, and the best news of all: Warren and Melissa are the proud parents of a baby boy. Richard got to meet young Gavin last night. He's healthy and apparently very cute. Congratulations!! We look forward to the advent of your blog with baby photos!

Wow, the snow is really coming down. I checked the forecast earlier and they mentioned flurries but this is intense. And they changed the longterm, from cloudy and warmer to cooler and snowier. You know me, I love snow, but I want this to come at Christmas - I'm afraid our share of snow for the season has already fallen, and then some. It would be such a shame for it to be green and wet again on Christmas day this year. Especially when we're looking forward to having Richard's family join us this year. And of course, our New Years party will be dull without a winter wonderland to play in! We certainly could have built a hockey rink in our back yard last week, but the chances of that kind of cold for New Years Eve are looking pretty slim now. Contrary to what you might thing, this is NOT normal weather for this area in the first months of winter. But I'm not complaining, I love it. Down on the coast it's warming up and rainy, slushy, damp and gloomy... I don't envy that at all. Here it's bright and crisp and at -7 this morning, hardly feels cold at all because it's so dry. It's a good start to December.

Posted by anita at December 1, 2006 8:08 AM

Comments

Yes, it's been an early winter here too, and likely to be green for Christmas. The forecasted rain never did come after the heavy snowfall Wednesday night. It's milder but melting slowly intead of the yucky wet mess of rain on snow. I would have loved to have seen the hoar frost in your area! Better steal the camera!

Sorry about your blog troubles and no, I didn't see the quickly disappearing post! Frustrating. What do you think caused it - was it the server, your computer or power issues?

Posted by: marja-leena | 13:18 01 December 2006

So, it's 2 weeks later now...did your snow stick around at all? I hope you have a white Christmas, my friend!

Posted by: Wandering Coyote | 16:06 15 December 2006

Two weeks later, and I've spent hours on the phone with my ISP, trying to get my upload speed back up to normal. I'll be surprised if this comment even uploads. I have dozens of photos of our gorgeous snowfall from two weeks past that I cannot post. It has since melted very quickly with a week of warm weather. Last night we had a fresh two inches on top of the inch or two still remaining, but it won't last 'til Christmas if the forecast for Monday is correct - it's supposed to warm up again. Much more typical weather for this time of year, up and down so the snow doesn't last long. But I'm still hoping for snow on the 24th (after the family arrives here safely!). Can't believe there's only a week left until Christmas. With so much work-related stress on our shoulders it's been hard to think about the holidays. But this weekend hopefully we'll put up lights and get a tree, and maybe find time to relax. Cheers!

Posted by: anita | 16:48 15 December 2006