A pile of candy-coloured snow on a hot day in June is no surprise to many Canadians. The photo location may help those outside the country, though it helps to know what a “community recreation centre” is.
Only in Canada …
Tag: snow
Québec
the white details on a white background are a bit hard to make out …
A house down the road does these very intricate snow sculptures:
solar light in deep snow
bike, loader, snow
Someone was inexpertly practicing scales on a brass instrument nearby. The wind brought the smell of an early spring barbecue.
inexplicable snow balloons
Landed on our deck last night, and are now snowed in:
uh …. Calgary?
Look, I know the Flames won last night, but that’s no excuse for all the snow we’re getting today. C’mon, it’s spring!
okay, so maybe it’s not spring, then
no banjo tonite
Dang! The roads were too snowy for us to get to Guelph to hear Old Man Luedecke.
glacial
Toronto’s ice melter
Icebeard
a note for Rob (and others in Waikato) to say that it’s rather cold here
nasty snow pile
There is a nasty snow pile at Kennedy Commons:
a bit better than before
I just ran the fuel numbers for our recent grand trip to Missouri. For 4380km in a Honda Civic DX, we used about 292 litres of fuel. That works out to be 6.7l/100km (or 42.3 / 35.3 UK / US mpg). That’s not quite as good as I’d hoped; I’ll put it down to driving a little fast on very chunky snow tyres.
At least it’s better than last time …
Frosty’s Drano (or the snowmen’s suicide pact)
Catherine pointed out that the current Tim Hortons “Happy Holidays” campaign depicts an ill-advised, possibly fatal, beverage choice for snowmen:
To me, it’s clearly a suicide pact. They don’t want to see another summer. They’re going to a better place where it’s always ten below.
bleh
I will state for the record that the 401 was absolute bleh driving out to Goderich tonight. Snow tyres don’t like rain.
tired
I’m hanging out near Warden and Danforth while I get snow tyres (I still can’t kick that spelling) fitted. It irks me that I could buy a nice fixie for the cost of these wheels, but that’s owning a car for you.
fake plastic trees
They’re setting up some kind of christmas filmset in the parking lot – an ad, maybe? There are many fake trees in the parking lot, some with lights, and what looks like rolls of fake snow. There are also a hotdog stand and a London Underground sign – wha?
four years
It was snowing four years ago. You don’t forget the first day in a new country.
In Edmonton, but no thanks to WorstJet
Jet lag, lack of sleep, and a whole day of company orientation isn’t doing much for my clarity of thought right now. What I need is steak and beer.
Last night’s flight was supposed to get in at 10:30, but what with WestJet‘s faffing around, we got in well after midnight. It was about 1am (or 03:00, Toronto time) before I got settled in the hotel room.
I’ve never been in a city with trolley buses before. Guess I can’t say that any more. It’s also the furthest west I’ve ever been.
I wonder if the snow drawing below (as seen from my hotel window) is supposed to be a hometown homage to Bob The Angry Flower?
snow fair
We get a little snow, and the TTC goes borked again. Gahh!