Reader here, and uggggghhhh…
I know that the snow is going to come. We live in Saskatchewan, and snow comes with the territory, for anywhere from four to six months of the year.
And I know that odds often are that we’ll have snow for Halloween.
Heck, when I was home at the farm on Thanksgiving weekend, we had snow there, though it was warm enough that it was pretty much melting as soon as it hit the ground.
But I was not ready for the snow that fell on Yorkton and surrounding area yesterday!
Driving home from work yesterday, the flakes were already beginning to fall. But I didn’t set foot outside until I had to leave for band practice around 6:30 p.m.. And I had to break out the brush for the first time since the tail end of last winter.
It kept snowing through the three hours of rehearsal, and when we emerged from the Yorkton Regional High School, everything, from the ground, to the trees lining the streets, were covered in heavy, wet snow, that was still coming down in big flakes.
I got home, went inside for the night, and hoped that the snow would stop overnight.
No such luck.
I stepped outside at 3:45 this morning to find this…
Now, lest you think I’m some wimp that can’t handle a little snow and cold, before I started working in radio, I spent about eight years working outside in a Saskatoon lumberyard (shoutout to Rona!) and I also grew up on a farm. So it’s not like I’m not used to being outside in the cold.
I’m fine with it… when it’s time for Winter!
Luckily, the forecast is calling for warmer temperatures by the weekend, so when the Trick or Treaters head out for Halloween on Saturday, most of the snow should be melted away by then.
Truth be told, there’s a lot to like about Winter.
The picturesque scenery. The crispness of the cold air that wakes you up with a jolt, when you head outside first thing in the morning. Christmas decorations hanging from streetlights. Going to my nieces’ and nephew’s hockey and ringette games. Cups of hot chocolate warming up our hands.
On the other hand, there’s not-so-fun things, like shoveling snow. Having to start our vehicles to let them warm up before we go anywhere. Temperatures that can dip down to the minus-50s with windchill.
Like any season, there’s good and bad, ups and downs.
All I can say, is that the shorter the Winter, the happier I’ll be!
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