You may have noticed I’ve been a bit quiet lately.
There is a reason for that…but I don’t know if it’s a good reason or a bad one. The thing is, I’ve had kind of a lot on my plate lately. You know me, I get pretty emotional about things…so at the end of the day I’m simply too drained to write. I adore writing to you, so I hate that lately sitting down to type has been the one thing that has been falling to the wayside.
Side note: What is a wayside? I remember the books Wayside School is Falling Down from my elementary school library. But surely the phrase has other roots.
Okay, where was I? Yes, distractions. In the coming days I’ll tell you more about what has been on my mind and heart {no, no more stripper-ish things…but that ministry is moving full steam ahead}. The things that have been weighing on me will affect the website, the business and the blog. Don’t freak out. The effects will be good. Even great. I’m in for a unique/exciting/interesting spring and summer and I’m thrilled to have you along.
All that aside, I want to give you a glimpse into life in the North. Another look at life in Practically Canada. While the rest of the country is thinking spring is about to be sprung we in PraCan are settling in for another month {or two…I pray not three} of winter.
On Monday we were hit with a big snow storm. Big enough to put the city into a full blown snow day. Schools were closed, the AF base was pretty much closed, town was shut down. Since then we’ve dug out {but I did get stuck in a parallel parking space downtown on Tuesday.} Tonight, just for kicks I’ve compiled a collection of photos from around town to show off our Snow, Like Whoa!
This first photo comes from Minot Daily News. Lot of this happening this week.
But for those of us who can’t afford a snow blower, we have to do it the old fashioned way. Ask the husband to shovel.
Let me tell you it was deep. Over night we got 9″ then as the morning wore on we got 3″ more. This was Derek’s second shoveling.
I took to Facebook to gather these next three. We can all thank Christina Kroll for this next one. This is a photo of her back yard picnic table.
Photo credit here goes to Mallory Spitzer. Her sweet kitten Monroe is looking out on a snowy day. As you can see the drifts are covering the window.
Last photo credit goes to Jessi Gilman. This one blew me away. Look at those crazy drifts! Look how high the snow is next to the fence!!
This snow really blew me away. I haven’t seen snow like this for years. Word on the street is spring doesn’t start until May up here…no matter what we do with our clocks this weekend. Yikes.
Amy
