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Hooray, it's raining!!
Jan. 20th, 2012 07:34 pmYou know things have been tough weatherwise when I celebrate the return of the dreary January rain here...
Finally, the cold snap has broken, at least for now. It's been a nasty bit of winter for us folks who are more used to walking around like winter doesn't exist here. Vancouver is one of those cities in which the sight of a person wearing shorts walking through snow doesn't raise an eyebrow...we deny winter with our wardrobe choices. LOL. Not this week. Anyone foolish enough to do that risked frostbitten knees at the least.
Monday was bad, but Wednesday was the worst out at the farm. Poor Sue, she has been there all week pretty much on her own, and she told me today she'd never experienced such cold before. She's from England, and this kind of winter weather is not something she's used to. Me, I'm from northern Ontario, and the winters there make this week look mild, but still I found it tough here. It's the difficulty in getting around snowy streets, driving in traffic with all those people who have no idea how to drive. I don't worry about my driving,it's all the other cars that scare me.
Made it out to the farm this morning without issue, got my car through the snow pile into the driveway so it was off the road. We zipped through the work, doing an okay job (instead of our usual compulsively good job) on the stalls. Still carrying water in buckets to the horses, but at least the water is on at the wash rack. The horses have all been so good about being stuck in their stalls all week; I think they have just gone into hibernation mode, eating and sleeping. Everytime I look in Kyra's stall, she's asleep!
By midafternoon the rain had started, and the snow was starting to melt. The water taps in the small barn had thawed, so hopefully the big barn will be next. I got going about three o'clock..had a bit of trouble getting out of the driveway, but my plucky Civic gave it her all, and I got out without having to dig out the driveway. It was pouring rain by the time I got back into Vancouver, and a lot of the snow has gone. Hurray!
It's been quite the week. More material for that book Sue and I have been talking about writing...two city women, a bunch of horses and a farm, a study in survival. Some day we may just write it- when we have time. We have enough material gathered over the last 16 years for several chapters.
I'm working in ICU tomorrow. This week has been weird, work one day off one day work two days off one day work one day...then I get a whole 5 days off. That's the trouble with being casual, I pick up the shifts available, so my schedule is sometimes a bit lopsided. Never mind, at least I get the work I need.
Hope everyone is keeping warm and dry out there!
Finally, the cold snap has broken, at least for now. It's been a nasty bit of winter for us folks who are more used to walking around like winter doesn't exist here. Vancouver is one of those cities in which the sight of a person wearing shorts walking through snow doesn't raise an eyebrow...we deny winter with our wardrobe choices. LOL. Not this week. Anyone foolish enough to do that risked frostbitten knees at the least.
Monday was bad, but Wednesday was the worst out at the farm. Poor Sue, she has been there all week pretty much on her own, and she told me today she'd never experienced such cold before. She's from England, and this kind of winter weather is not something she's used to. Me, I'm from northern Ontario, and the winters there make this week look mild, but still I found it tough here. It's the difficulty in getting around snowy streets, driving in traffic with all those people who have no idea how to drive. I don't worry about my driving,it's all the other cars that scare me.
Made it out to the farm this morning without issue, got my car through the snow pile into the driveway so it was off the road. We zipped through the work, doing an okay job (instead of our usual compulsively good job) on the stalls. Still carrying water in buckets to the horses, but at least the water is on at the wash rack. The horses have all been so good about being stuck in their stalls all week; I think they have just gone into hibernation mode, eating and sleeping. Everytime I look in Kyra's stall, she's asleep!
By midafternoon the rain had started, and the snow was starting to melt. The water taps in the small barn had thawed, so hopefully the big barn will be next. I got going about three o'clock..had a bit of trouble getting out of the driveway, but my plucky Civic gave it her all, and I got out without having to dig out the driveway. It was pouring rain by the time I got back into Vancouver, and a lot of the snow has gone. Hurray!
It's been quite the week. More material for that book Sue and I have been talking about writing...two city women, a bunch of horses and a farm, a study in survival. Some day we may just write it- when we have time. We have enough material gathered over the last 16 years for several chapters.
I'm working in ICU tomorrow. This week has been weird, work one day off one day work two days off one day work one day...then I get a whole 5 days off. That's the trouble with being casual, I pick up the shifts available, so my schedule is sometimes a bit lopsided. Never mind, at least I get the work I need.
Hope everyone is keeping warm and dry out there!
