Happy New Year

January is already starting to fly by… 

Our son and his girlfriend flew out early this morning,

 our Christmas vacation is over.

The house is so quiet, I miss my kids. 

I wish we lived closer together.

Mark and I went to the beach before dinner, brrr. 

We sure didn't linger there for long, 

what a cold winter this has been so far.

Snow Buntings

My mom spied these birds this afternoon, there were four of them. I have never seen a snow bunting with its white plumage before, I usually see them in their brown plumage. It was a thrill watching them, in the snow.

The Snow did Blow...

The weather this January has been in extremes,

either brutally cold, we registered -41° C on our

north side thermometer last week, or warm and

with the warmth comes snow. Lots of it!

clearing snow

is not one of Marks most favourite jobs.

A Late Happy New Year!

Hard to believe I have not posted for days, New Years eve came and went. Megan is back in London. We have all been very sick... I made a joke about catching the man cold, I wasn't really joking, it came back to bite me in the butt. Or should I say nose, throat and chest, oh and infected sinus passages, nice stuff. Nasty bug, or bugs. I have the  energy of a limp noodle. Blah....

It is snowing heavy today, yet again. I went out this morning to try to take photos of Thomas snowboarding on the drop, but my camera is too slow and has a huge delay. I took one photo and he was already gone down the drop.

the snowy season, view from the top of the drop

long walk back to the top