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Crow in the snow

Spring snowstormFor all you people in the east who have had a bad winter, here are a couple pictures of the sudden spring snow storm we are enduring here. The snow started falling on Saturday, and hasn’t really stopped since.

Bailey in the snowWe’ve had such a mild winter, this snow has really caught us off guard. Our crocuses have bloomed already, and are now under several inches of snow. I imagine they are toast now!

Bailey loves racing around in the snow. But this picture makes her look so darn sad! You’d think she’d get tired of the ice building up in her paws but she’s quite content to race around like a greyhound.

 

Update on Pam

Pam had a pretty restful night. She says her armpit hurts more than the breast. That’s from the lymph removal, rather than the cancer removal. She has some “glowing” from the radioactive dye they injected. She’s got her arm propped up with a pillow to keep the pressure off the arm, and it’s helping.

She tried to type, but one handed was frustrating for her! haha Guess I can out-type her with one arm tied behind her back!

She’s drained her “davol” once – it’s a tube to take away blood away from the incision area. She’s taken only a couple pain pills, so she’s doing well. She’s having a nap. Max is laying beside her, snoring away! haha

We got a big dump of snow – around five inches or so. So there’s a nice white covering over everything! We used to be able to say we don’t get much snow here, but last few years we’ve seen snow several times a year.

Weather wins again!

Eye of MaxOnce again Mother Nature whacks the West Coast. Who knew there was still snow around? Well, trust me, we got more snow – Max in the snowCheck out Max’s reaction to the annoying turn of events! Guess I’ll have to use a colored ball on the golf course tomorrow!

Max and I have been getting out a little more regularly for longer walks lately. I think he knows with his shedding, that spring is here too, because he’s quite a bit friskier. He’s enjoying the outdoors after all that snow, which he did NOT enjoy.

New Year, New Snow to shovel!

Pam n Max in the SnowYep, back at the shoveling snow thing again today. Thought we were done with that, but apparently global warming is taking a holiday in the Caribbean!

We looked for a cheap flight to Acapulco, but every time we tried to book them, they suddenly disappeared. But gee, we can offer you this replacement, and it’s a mere 300 more than the other one!
January 3rd, 2009I tell you – if it snows one more time, we’ll have to DRIVE somewhere warm.

Hope you all had a nice safe New Year’s. Especially our Calgary readers. Hope you were able to duck all the bullets flying…

We really need for Canada to purchase a big Caribbean island so we can have a nice warm place to retire, that’s still part of Canada. A great plan… real estate is never a bad investment, right?

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Pam in the SnowWe shoveled and shoveled yesterday. And woke this morning to greet Christmas with more shoveling! hah

Looking forward to global warming. They say we can expect another 20 centimeters before the night is over.

Are we not full yet?

Here is a little movie to go with our winter theme; it’s from a couple days ago. There is a lot of snow there, as you can see, but we’ve had at least 8 inches since that movie was taken.

This is of a neighbour’s house, just so you don’t think I’m the only one around who does his lights up!

Another great snow-in

Max In the SnowSeems for the last few years running we’ve talked about the worst snow storm ever.

Like most of North America, we’re digging out from another big dump of snow this year. I hope you’re all safe and warm, and your cars are running without any additional damage!

Digging OutMax likes the snow, that’s for sure. He has no problems plowing into any snowbank. The snow is piled way high.

Took about an hour to dig the driveway out this morning -third time i’ve dug the sidewalk in 36 hrs – I didn’t sign up for this – supposed to be the WET coast! And not a single car came by.

Two trucks came by, but that’s it. Basically the city is crawling. The police were recommending that only those with chains should be driving. It is very deep on the corners, easy to skid out.
Digging OutThe snow has buried about 30% of our display! lol Just keeping the blowups going is a challenge some nights. The snow easily beats them down.

But honestly, really enjoying the snow. Would like to find a place to skate outside!

Last night, Pam and Max and I went for a nice walk, and we cruised up the middle of the street, since there were zippo cars. He’s a very obedient guy, came running to our side every time we called him when a car dared the streets. He’s quite hysterical in the snow, when he gets pumped up.

We met another couple of dogs out in the snow, and they figured it was the off leash park haha.

He was always running back to us with face full of snow just grinning.