12-31-2008, 05:57 PM
It is -5C here today (that's about 25F, Speng). A far cry from the severe minus temperatures that preceded Christmas. However, the forecast calls for -15 to -20 temps for the end of the week.
I really don't mind the colder weather as it means nice, dry snow. Yesterday we arrived home (after a nightmare 15-hour journey on bad roads with poor visibility and blowing snow) to find the driveway two feet deep in snow. Not the heavy, wet, soggy snow of the coast but fluffy, light, dry snow that is a pleasure to shovel, stays neatly where you put it, and doesn't melt into huge puddles and overflow the drains.
It took the kid and me an hour to clear the entire driveway. By contrast, an hour shovelling the heavy, wet snow on my parents' driveway down south cleared a patch about two foot by three foot.
I really don't mind the colder weather as it means nice, dry snow. Yesterday we arrived home (after a nightmare 15-hour journey on bad roads with poor visibility and blowing snow) to find the driveway two feet deep in snow. Not the heavy, wet, soggy snow of the coast but fluffy, light, dry snow that is a pleasure to shovel, stays neatly where you put it, and doesn't melt into huge puddles and overflow the drains.
It took the kid and me an hour to clear the entire driveway. By contrast, an hour shovelling the heavy, wet snow on my parents' driveway down south cleared a patch about two foot by three foot.
Ooops, I crapped my pants