Here we are. The calendar tells me that today is Tuesday, October 21, 2008.And yet I drove an hour or so ago from the Newmarket area back to home base through snow. Yes, that's right, snow!
Now to those of you south of the 49th parallel or across the pond, you likely think that it always snows where me and TLATO live. Not hardly. We expect snow, sure, but really not until December or thereabouts. Not now.
Two days ago I was still dealing with cleaning up leaves and now I have to make a call to our friendly neighbourhood snow plow guy to remind him we wish to be under contract again this winter.
People, winter is not supposed to be officially here until December - the 21st, to be precise. The clocks have yet to go back.
I knew that all those pine trees, their boughs weighed down with pine cones and the cedars and Mountain Ash trees that have been laden with fruit these past few weeks were giving us advance notice; it's going to be a long winter ahead.
Not too much that we can do about it - except to make an appointment to have our all season tires and rims removed and replaced with the ugly black steel rims and snow tires. And soon.
3 comments:
I know how you feel. I actually had to wear my gloves for a while this morning.
I work outside. I was in the Army for eight years.
I think that until you have had ice hanging from your eyebrows you aren't qualified to comment on winter.
Yet most of us in southern Ontario complain the first time the thermometer dips below zero.
Interesting parallel: the first time it hits 5 in Oct its cold, when it hits 5 in Feb, its balmy.
DJW
Yup... we've had a few mornings with some major frost up here already. Was not expecting this, though. Got to make that appointment for my snows. TLATO gets hers installed this Friday!
Hi guys: I quess I brought the snow on when I had my snow tires installed yesterday morning. Little did I know I would need them driving home from the dealership. They laughed last week when I made the appt. but quess who laughed all the way home yesterday. Yes, it was me!!!!!!!Nancy Jane the smart ass (so I was told by hubby)
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