BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 10:00 AM

It always amazes me that crocuses, daffodils, tuplips, irises, ladies' mantle, and many other things, can grow when it is so derned cold. Every day the garden changes...plants are coming alive again

The weather report for today is snow.

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 07 Apr 07 - 01:34 PM

It's been snowing for hours here! To console myself, I've started eating the chocolate rabbit...

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 07 Apr 07 - 10:11 AM

Should be frozen by now, Little Hawk. How's your car?

Snowsqualls again in Goderich, eh Mooh? However do you survive over there along #21?

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Little Hawk
Date: 05 Apr 07 - 06:05 PM

This may be a good thing. I got my car stuck in the soft mud in the side lane a few days ago. If it freezes solid, I will be able to get the car back on the paved road.

I'm in the same fix the German army was in in October '41. Stuck fast in the mud. They prayed for colder weather. When it came, it turned out to be even colder than what they'd had in mind, however.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 05 Apr 07 - 10:30 AM

Winter's back! Snow, and more on the way!
Merry Easter,

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Beer
Date: 23 Mar 07 - 09:01 PM

Just back from London Ont. Man My lawn is full of land mines.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: bobad
Date: 23 Mar 07 - 07:23 PM

Redwing blackbirds, robins, flocks of geese on the wing, mud........spring is here!

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Bee
Date: 23 Mar 07 - 06:52 PM

It was GORGEOUS here today, sunny, 12 degrees, the lake ice is melting fast. Me and the cat had a great time out cleaning up some of the garden mess.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 23 Mar 07 - 05:35 PM

Spring has definitely arrived!   End of thread?

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 19 Mar 07 - 02:49 PM

Not TOO pretty...not TO pretty.
Oy.

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 19 Mar 07 - 02:48 PM

Not to pretty here today either. I figure that by this weekend we should be even.

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Mooh
Date: 19 Mar 07 - 08:44 AM

black walnut et al...That report was of course for Goderich. Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Mooh
Date: 19 Mar 07 - 08:43 AM

Minor blizzard passing over this morning. Bare ground at 6am, icey roads and ground cover by 8:30am. It'll likely be gone by tomorrow anyway.

Don't blink, you'll miss the change in weather.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 18 Mar 07 - 05:31 PM

WAY WAY WAY more snow in Toronto than in Goderich. I saw snowdrops and crocuses in Goderich. What's with that?!

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Beer
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 08:59 PM

I'm up in London Ontario and all it's damn cold. This weather is nuts.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 15 Mar 07 - 08:53 PM

What's a T shirt? Oh, are they those things you wear under your turtlenecks and fleecies and furry coats, to add an extra layer?

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Beer
Date: 14 Mar 07 - 10:52 AM

Gutting the upstairs of the house out in our tee shirts. Man is it nice outside. And the birds are going crazy with their singing.
Great to be alive.
Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 14 Mar 07 - 10:04 AM

Melted..ah yes, now we ARE on the same page. Rainy dreary day here. Snow tonight...brrrrrrrrrrrrr.

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: bobad
Date: 13 Mar 07 - 08:13 PM

Especially if he has Lower Canadian roots.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Bee
Date: 13 Mar 07 - 08:10 PM

My humblest apologies, Peace! Although, it makes for a durn near perfect insult, accusing an Albertan of being an Upper Canadian. ;-D

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Peace
Date: 13 Mar 07 - 07:40 PM

Upper Canadian? UPPER CANADIAN?????

Forsooth: ALBERTAN. BTW, most of it melted today.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 13 Mar 07 - 12:08 PM

Sprouting? Garden? What are these things of which you speak?

Peace's keyboard needs its mouth washed out with soap!

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Bee
Date: 13 Mar 07 - 11:35 AM

Peace's keyboard has obviously been corrupted.

And we had a sunny morning, 8 degrees, some little things sprouting spring-like in the garden, Eagle's back looking hopeful ('fraid he's outta luck, as the lake's still very frozen - no mergansers for him this spring). But I'm not gloating, no not me, about Upper Canadian sufferin'.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 13 Mar 07 - 11:14 AM

I didn't know keyboards even said those words, Peace!

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Peace
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 11:26 PM

LOL, Bee. LOL.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Bee
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 07:57 PM

I can feel the loooove, there, Peace! (it were sunny here in NS today, and slightly above zero...)

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Peace
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 03:43 PM

Yeah. Just like the spots that arise on one's skin after exposure to poison ivy are pretty. Or the red bumps caused by crabs. Or the swelling associated with a bad histamine reaction, or the oozing gore when a hyena is able to grab the belly of a wounded gazelle, or the festering sores caused by scratching at the bites of black flies. There is a certain je ne sais pas quois to it all. Filthy %$#@&*% #$%@ that has nothing better to do than %$#@ up the roads and make them slippery. I just $%^#$%* love winter.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 02:43 PM

But is it PRETTY??

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Peace
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 02:38 PM

It's still going. This is the 'chance of minor flurries' they talked about.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Peace
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 01:49 PM

hO hO hO.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 01:48 PM

Merry Christmas!

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Peace
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 01:41 PM

Past 5" of the fluffy white shi/stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Peace
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 11:58 AM

It's past 3 1/2".

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Peace
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 11:28 AM

We've had 2" of the white stuff in the past hour. It ain't slowin' down.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 11:23 AM

I agree wid ya. Having the sun last so long last night didn't hurt either.

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Beer
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 08:55 AM

God I hope your right B.L. Enough of it. But you have to admit we had an easy time of it this year. Storms are still possible of course but I think the deep, deep freeze is over with.
Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 08:41 AM

That's why the bears attack the snowmobilers! They're trying to hibernate, but they can't sleep through that awful noise. There's nothing crabbier than a bear that's been woken up by a snowmobile....although I've heard that creeping up on them and goosing them can have a similar effect.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 08:01 AM

SPRING finally arrives in Ontario!

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Rowan
Date: 04 Mar 07 - 04:57 PM

Bee, I reckon it must be something to do with testosterone levels in males. Or is the size of the dick? I suspect if you don't have enough of it the noise made by snowmobiles (and trailbikes) must do something to help them compensate.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Bee
Date: 03 Mar 07 - 06:00 PM

Goodonya, Beer. A river, eh? I've always wanted to live on a river, but the blackfly attacks in spring on local rivers are pretty daunting. I've canoed (okay, mostly drifted) half a dozen times down the Musquodoboit River in late May,and if yer one day off on fly-timing, they will go lookin' and only find your picked bones.

But I'd be thrilled to see a blackfly chewing on my arm about now...

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Beer
Date: 03 Mar 07 - 05:46 PM

Bee, not all men like snowmobiles. i for one can't stand them because of the noise and I have a river right behind my house.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: gnu
Date: 03 Mar 07 - 03:36 PM

Oh, yeah, right, sorry.

Apologies to John Wing.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: gnu
Date: 03 Mar 07 - 03:35 PM

Um... if there is enough snow to snowmobile in Ontario, why are the bears not hibernating?

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Mar 07 - 01:48 PM

Bears have been known to attack snowmobilers. I know exactly how they feel. The bears, I mean...

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Bee
Date: 03 Mar 07 - 11:23 AM

Beer, we got about 10 cm. which is rapidly melting in the bright sunshine, but I bet we'll have some of that Eastern Shore fog this evening. Kitty thinks snow is great fun, especially when trying to catch what's coming off the shovel, until his paws get wet and cold, at which time a great and pitiful mewing occurs.

I'm trying hard to be patient, but I'm gritting my teeth because my very good friend/neighbour, having had little chance to use his snowmobile this winter, has been running it up and down the lake for the past two hours. Given there are pools of water every three metres, I'm hoping he'll soon be wet enough to want to go in. The noise it makes is the worst kind. I'm convinced men hear differently than women, and don't actually hear the high overtones that make it so unpleasant.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: black walnut
Date: 03 Mar 07 - 10:24 AM

Yup, there are still big (B I G !) chunks of ice falling from the top of the Toronto CN tower (currently the tallest freestanding structure in the world). Some of the pieces are as big as cars!   They have streets cordoned off, so nobody's been hurt, but there are some cars in there getting pretty smashed up.

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Mooh
Date: 03 Mar 07 - 07:58 AM

The news had film of ice falling from tall buildings, and damaged cars below. Winter hazards can be An Inconvenient Truth, say what!

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Rowan
Date: 02 Mar 07 - 10:41 PM

On ABC Radio National (OZ) we heard that 250kg blocks of ice were falling off some 550m high building (name given but unmemorable for me) into the streets below.

That's some icicles! I'd be staying inside too!

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Peace
Date: 02 Mar 07 - 10:31 PM

It's lots like summer here except for the snow and coolness in the evenings, and during the day.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter finally arrives in Ontario...
From: Beer
Date: 02 Mar 07 - 10:26 PM

Had about a foot of the white stuff where I live which is about an hour South West of Montreal. It seems that it went around us. Now fog has set in and the traffic on the secondary highway is at a snail pace. Reminds me of home Bee.
Beer (adrien)