tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295584641969738415.post3161811743876849987..comments2023-03-27T06:43:23.427-07:00Comments on Reflections on Majdanek: Things I love. (18)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295584641969738415.post-66003231706278103682011-02-20T15:34:50.121-08:002011-02-20T15:34:50.121-08:00Honestly, Neal, snow has never defined my life. W...Honestly, Neal, snow has never defined my life. What defined my life was getting the hell away from it as soon as possible. It's pretty to look at, but I sure don't like to drive in it. <br />The Lower Mainland gets as much snow as I'm interested in getting. We've had a few days of it this winter, and that's plenty. It never lasted. <br />This weekend has been beautiful. The skies have been sunny and bright, and the temperature went up to about 10 degrees C. I was outside helping Chris carry our palm tree in a pot to the back deck, and I wore only a pair of jeans and a long-sleeved sheet. And still I was warm. I have a couple of windows open in the house. Can't wait for spring. Some trees are already out in bud. Early next month will be amazing around here.<br />Wait until you're here, Neal. You'll see. I bet you're a west coast boy at heart.Rick Modienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157314737543591048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295584641969738415.post-30906627717123774902011-02-18T23:35:25.991-08:002011-02-18T23:35:25.991-08:00Oh Rick! You need more snow in your life!
Honestl...Oh Rick! You need more snow in your life!<br /><br />Honestly, the greatest downfall to SFU as of now is the lack of snow. Perhaps that is being a little facetious, but it is at least partly true.<br /><br />We just had a light twinkling of snow tonight. As I was driving home I intentionally went down residential streets where few cars had yet compressed it and removed the shimmer. And the world looked as though it was covered in pixie dust - everywhere you looked you saw shine of your headlamps or the street lamps. It was so bright and beautiful. Icy, humid snow too - crystal like. Not really powdery, but much more beautiful than what we usually get. Almost as though hoarfrost had fallen from the sky rather than blown off of a tree.<br /><br />How can you possibly not miss snow when you were raised in a world where it defined your life for so many months of the year...?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08630807111195101325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295584641969738415.post-70679090261916525132011-02-18T20:14:42.914-08:002011-02-18T20:14:42.914-08:00Such great prairie images, Neal. You appear to be...Such great prairie images, Neal. You appear to be a real prairie boy at heart. <br />I love to watch snow come down, especially big, fluffy flakes, which is all we get on the coast. I love how quiet the world is as the snow falls. And I love when it lasts on the ground no longer than a day or so. That's plenty long enough for me. <br />I grew up for many years in Dawson Creek, in northern BC, and I remember extremely cold weather and snow drifts as high as fourteen feet or more. Lots of fun as a kid, ski-dooing, building igloos, etc., but we thought spring would never come.<br />Sure grateful I don't live there anymore.<br />Thanks for sharing. Nicely done.Rick Modienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157314737543591048noreply@blogger.com