It was 3 days ago that I cleaned the windows of our house and on that day the first snowfall arrived. Wow! That's nice! Now I can better see what's happening outside the yard.
I think my husband has better view of what's going on outside actually because every morning he is there at the front porch together with those cats that he feeds with whiskas. At one time he said that there were two raccoons running around the yard. No wonder those cats always have their eyes through the woods. How about beavers? I know that there is one small pond in the forest and maybe there are group of beavers around. I haven't seen a local bear in the woodsland but there are plenty of different species of birds. There are more birds around this time of the year.
It is really cold this time of the year. Would you believe it's - 7 degrees C today? There's not much snow on the ground but it's balmy cold. My husband started salting the ground at a very early morning. He bought so much bags of industrial salt at Pioneer Hardware where they have enough supply for winter. Remember last year when industrial ground salt ran out of supply in the mainland? Well, hope that all the stores in Canada have enough supply of salt for their customers. You as a homeowner should also have one or two shovels to help in shovelling the snow out of the way, out from your doorstep. Just because you have a ground maintenance persons who are shoving the snow or removing the snow at the parking space area or at the place where you live doesn't mean you wont help remove your snow at your own doorstep. THINK!
I remember at one point in time when tons of snow had fallen on the island. The snowfall was so heavy that when the snow was piled up in one corner it reached 10 ft. tall. While in another part of the island the snow has piled up almost a mountain-high. Hard to believe but it's true. To see is to believe.
One tenant complained of the noise at his doorstep (of the shovel scraping the snow from the ground) when I removed the snow from his snow-covered door. I told him that he wont be able to get out because his door was locked with more than 10 ft. of snow. He doesn't care, he never get out because he was deeply depressed that time. OMG! If you only know what his face looked-like that time? It feels like "the shining!" LOL. He should be thankful but he was that arrogant. Well, winter is depressing sometimes. It can cause mental health issues (SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder) or for few humans they can be devastating because of HACE - High Altitude Cerebral Edema. That's why you have to cover your head with toque, bonnets, wear a hat when you go outside, protect your head, body, legs and arms. Wear winter clothing (thermal jacket on your body, gloves on your hands, hat or toque on your head, boots on your feet, and thermal pants on your legs) appropriate for the cold weather. Don't forget, you have to wear underwear too.
Life goes on in this part of the world.
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