Happy New Year??????

[pugrescue]

Many of you have posted such wonderful thoughts and hopes for the coming year.

Here in my part of Canada, we are wondering if we will survive it.

Tuesday started snowing, by the time it was done Wednesday (New Years Day) we had 18 inches of new snow to add to that already here. Our driveway is 150 ft long, No-one available to plow. Lots of shoveling, to say the least. Hubby had hip replacement recently and couldn't help. As if that was not enough power went off Tuesday at 1pm, and was not back till Wed 3pm.. So much heavy snow many trees down on the power lines. Trying to keep the pugs warm!

So if I thought I had fatigue from tapering (GCA), you should see me tonight.

Anyway, Happy New Year to all.............a bit of humbug thrown in LOL

[SheffieldJane]

Oh wow pugrescue, that is a huge problem. I would be tempted to employ someone for my drive at least.

My daughter’s are contending with bad air and the ever present threat of the out of control bushfire in NSW and others are facing floods and mudslides. Happy New Year must seem incongruous to them too.

[pugrescue in reply to SheffieldJane]

the fires are so terrible. My sympathies are with them. So many tragedies, both for ramilies and all the animals too.

[Blearyeyed]

Oh no! You could lose those pugs in snow that deep!

Take care of yourself , try and rest and keep warm. I'm so glad we don't get snows like that here , just a power cut on Christmas Day was bad enough but at least it was warm for Winter in Wales.

Certainly not the start to 2020 you would have wanted , hugs and I hope you get a thaw soon xxx

[PMRpro Ambassador]

You have my sympathy - we had something similar just over a month ago and have only just got any trains back although roads were back to normal after a week. Parts of our village had no electricity for a week as they couldn't get to them with generators but almost everyone here has a woodburning stove/oven just in case - even us. The biggest problem was the wet snow on trees here - they used the helicopters to blow the branches clear along the main road! Luckily we can pay our Hausmeister to clear the snow ...

[HeronNS]

Meanwhile in my part of Canada the ground isn't even completely frozen yet, and we've had temperatures above freezing several consecutive days. Not healthy - too many pests migrating north and now surviving winter. But it does make getting out and walking much more pleasant.

I remember the winter we spent in Ottawa, early 1970s, when there was record breaking snow. My brother in law visited and thought the streets were lined with bungalows built several feet above the street level. He didn't realize that most houses had snow virtually covering their first storey. We were in an apartment, so no shovelling, but the car we'd bought in Victoria the year before didn't like winter!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to HeronNS]

I saw a pussy willow the other day that was shooting - they are out as much as usually in March today. Not good ...

[HeronNS in reply to PMRpro]

Yikes. And yet what will the weather be like in March? It seems like the seasons are shifting.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to HeronNS]

Probably snow if it is like the last few years - at a point where we really don't need it any more! But the start this year was ridiculously early

[Blearyeyed in reply to PMRpro]

I was going to put a photo up yesterday that I took on New Year's Eve , of a Calendula!!

It was a plant that had clearly spread through seed from someone's garden into a spot between some stones in the path wall. The plant must have grown late in the summer season and having had about a week of unseasonably warm weather for North Wales after a mini cold snap the flower buds had bloomed , perfect fresh summer flowers in December !!!

[maria40 in reply to Blearyeyed]

Yes, I saw a little bunch of them growing against a wall just last week. Beautiful splash of orange - but in December?

[Blearyeyed in reply to maria40]

Where are you?

[maria40 in reply to Blearyeyed]

West Sussex.

[pugrescue in reply to PMRpro]

I think I would settle for pussy willows right now. They are predicting more snow the next few days here. At least it is not really cold, only just below freezing, thus the heavy snow. Has to get better soon!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to pugrescue]

I'm more worried about what comes next - or later at least!!!!

[pugrescue in reply to PMRpro]

3 more inches was next. at least the power stayed on

[PMRCanada]

Gosh...that sounds awful. I’ve live in most of the provinces in Canada and experienced similar weather in northern New Brunswick. Where are you located?

Here in southern Ontario we just got snow the day before New Years.

Hope the weather in your area settles so you and hubby can get some rest.

[pugrescue in reply to PMRCanada]

we are in the interior of B.C. Small town of Barriere, just north of Kamloops. My brother lives in Ottawa, and says it is not too bad there.

[Mikb]

In my part of Canada there is no snow now, we did have some earlier, and it is 7 degrees!

[pugrescue in reply to Mikb]

I need to move where you are!