And now, time for the weather

The weather this winter has been a bit different to last year. Last year, it got cold in November and stayed around -18 degrees C during the whole winter with one foray into the -30s.

It also started snowing in November last year and kept snowing all the way through to April. This year it didn't get cold or start snowing until mid December when it stayed at around -25 for 6 weeks. At the end of January it warmed up getting above zero for a few days. This caused much of the snow to melt and then form a hard, slidey layer of ice when it got cold again this month. It also caused many curses as Richard used salt, a hoe and brute force to remove all the ice from our sidewalk. This has finally been achieved, although some of the ice was over 2 inches thick in places. Currently the temperature is a temperate -7, but anything could happen over the next couple of months before spring arrives.



Photos of the front and back garden which look unsurprisingly like the ones we took last year.