Weather In Action

Even Hannah Couldn’t Stop Us

Even Hannah Couldn’t Stop Us

We are safely home on the island and missed all the adventures and potential misadventures associated with arriving during the tail end of Tropical Storm Hannah. In fact we couldn’t have asked for better weather when we arrived. Though just 4 hours earlier it was still raining and blowing. The wind is up again so we haven’t had a run for supplies. And we are running a little low on beer, gin + whisky. I guess we’ll have to drink wine. And since supplies does include fresh meat, I guess we’ll have to make due with fresh linguine in clam…

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A Little Frost

A Little Frost

I Woke up this morning to find the island had transformed into a enchanted forest. Everything is covered in sparkly ice crystals – the trees, the raspberry canes, the dogs – everything! The sun is bright and even the most mundane things look like they have been sprinkled with fairy dust and are glistening and sparkling. It’s enough to turn the heart of a burnt out, crusty, hung over cynic to tales of the thin vale between reality and fairy tales. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to photograph magic sparkles or I’d show you.

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A Little Extra Weather

A Little Extra Weather

After a winter of very little weather, my return to Toronto was heralded with snow, lots of snow. It started with a gentle snow at the airport causing us to taxi around and delaying our deplaning.  I got home and found a living room set on the lawn, tucked into the snow as if had been an active living room for months. But there was no time to be a couch potato, Tuesday & Wednesday were spent preparing for yet another season of Taxmas and entertaining our most recent couch resident – stampgeek. Thursday was my day to catch up…

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Taxi!

Taxi!

 

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Deck in Snow

Deck in Snow

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Iced Tree

Iced Tree

 

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Snowing on Allan Gardens

Snowing on Allan Gardens

 

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That’s Chilly

That’s Chilly

Someone forgot the prik ki nu in the snow…. oops.

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Detailed Flake

Detailed Flake

Yes, the snow flakes came today. Finally! A little out of focus – but I love the hexagon in the middle.  It’s the first snowflake I’ve found like this since I got the camera with serious macro capabilities.  To give you a sense of scale, that is wood grain in the background.

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Snow Day – Finally

Snow Day – Finally

— jan 14

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Cold Foot

Cold Foot

— Taken by the Ger portion of Lexnger

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Path to the woodshed

Path to the woodshed

The path to the wood shed. I travel it regularly pulling my little Rubbermaid tote behind me.

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