Before moving here, I will admit that I did not study the weather in Vancouver, figuring it is Canada, why wouldn't it snow? There is a reason I'd only heard about rain in Vancouver because, as it turns out, big snow is an anomaly, happening every so often rather than regularly. And while I'd planned to write about the adventures of the week, including some snow, yesterday's snowstorm trumps it all. Want to watch how things unfolded during a snowy day? Good, I thought that is what you would say.
Wouldn't you know it, Bruce has taken to walking to work, beginning last Monday, with yesterday, despite the light snow when he left, being no exception. It must have been about 8 in the morning when it began, slowly at first and picking up speed as the day progressed.
While we have had snow since we've been here, yesterday it kept snowing and snowing and snowing. At first you could still see some grass under the snow but in two hours time, it was nothing but snow.
Finally I bundled up to go outdoors, having watched it from the balcony. I always feel so bad for the construction workers who just keep going in any kind of weather!
Oddly enough, or perhaps it was how many layers of clothing I'd put on, I wasn't as cold as I might have been. I'd pull my camera out from under my jacket every time I wanted to take a photograph, and as you can imagine, my bare hands were outside my jacket more than they were inside.
Holy cow, was it coming down. The best way I knew to gauge how much had fallen was with my boots in the snow.
By the way, the boots I was wearing worked beautifully. One thing that was so fun was how squishy the snow feels. Never having walked in snow that deep, it came as quite a pleasant surprise.
Okay, who amongst you loves that silly Corona bottle sitting there? I do. There were only a hand full of people crazy enough to willfully go out at this time but as you will see, later on, folks got into it.
I came back inside after brushing all of the snow off my clothes and did some sewing with the machine facing the windows. You know me well enough by now to know that I had to go out again, this time walking around more. I'd been hesitant before because it was difficult to tell where the paths were, but getting up my nerve, I did it again after another few hours.
Basically I walked around the block to see what I could see.
Snow and more snow is what I saw.
There was no way I could resist taking this little cutie's picture, with the owners permission of course.
I can't help but wonder what Baxter would have made of this kind of snow. Having said that, I have a suspicion he would not have enjoyed it one bit! So, now the snow was this deep.
I still cannot believe that I had the pleasure of doing this! Dreams do come true my friends.
Abruptly, around 4:00 it quit snowing and you could see again, including all of the folks below who brought their dogs out to play. I may be wrong on the time because in the photo below you also see the crows flying to their roost, generally just before sundown.
At any rate, I knew it was not meant to last because I could see it coming in on the mountains. I'd asked Bruce to leave work no later than 5:00, which he did, however, it was not early enough. The snow came right back, falling quite hard by the time he was safely inside. After dark, the lit snow below looks so cool. No pun intended. :)
There is not a chance in the world of getting bored while living in this fantastic condo as the scene below is every changing. How could we not be so happy and grateful?
We went to bed before the snow began falling again, but it was meant to go on for hours overnight, making me anxious for daylight once we woke up this morning.
Wearing two coats, my pajama top, jeans, and my boots, I went out at first light. Yup, it snowed again alright.
Boot photo...
How lucky we have been to live next door to a park.
I was pretty much the first one out, allowing me to experience the pristine snow, along with a blush in the sky reflecting on the water below.
Oh that squishy feeling--so good! Our building in the morning light.
As I type, the sun is brightly shining and the park is filled with children making snowballs, people walking the seawall, dogs racing to and fro, and little ones on the swings, but when I was there, I pretty much had the place to myself.
Sunrise, snow, the mountains in the distance, what a difference a day makes! I could have spent hours out there, however, my battery was blinking, so one more shot before I went upstairs.
This may be the last snowfall of the year, but then again, maybe the prediction for snow next Friday will come true. We won't be around to witness it should that happen because we will be in sunny Florida!
As a matter of fact, the wedding is one week from today. How about that? While we are gone you will get a break from me blogging as I won't have my computer with me. I know one thing for sure, I won't be coming back with any snowy photographs, but I will have some of a beautiful bride and her handsome husband. For sure.
yours truly,
Gail
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