Winter wonderland

Most days, these are my tools of choice:

But not this past weekend. These were the items I used the most:

 

 

We had a huge snowfall - and I mean HUGE! It started snowing on Friday morning and really didn't stop until Sunday afternoon. The previous one-day record for snowfall in Regina, Saskatchewan was in 1941 - at 23.6 centimetres (about 9 inches for you non-metric types). By Sunday evening, November 11, we'd received at least 14 inches of snow.

We shovelled our walkway and driveway five different times - to keep the snow shovel loads down to a manageable level.

 

This is one of the benefits of living on a major street in the city - your street is cleaned after a snowstorm well before other residential areas get cleared.

 

 

I find it interesting how the snow sticks to the evergreens....

 

 

... but not to other trees, like this mountain ash. I guess those leaves are too wimpy to hold the snow.

 

 

Well, this isn't the first time we've seen snow so we'll all just get adjusted to it for the next few months and enjoy the beauty that comes with this time of year. We'll definitely have a white Christmas ... and we are enjoying these gorgeous cactus flowers.

 

 

Have a safe and happy winter, everyone!