Forty Below Forty below is the same, whether Celsius or Fahrenheit. It’s cold, snow crunching underfoot, trees snapping inside, sniffling, frosty eyelashes sort of cold. Allowances are made for freezing weather and we Canadians, at least most of us, prepare and adapt to it. It’s not like
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Joy of Life Now and again, one gets lulled into a false sense of the impossible. Winters on the Canadian prairies aren’t likely to be without freezing cold, windy stretches, they just aren’t. No matter how practically balmy it may be for weeks upon weeks, without a
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Hammer Time Winter for us means hauling water, and opening frozen troughs. Some winters it’s absolutely brutal. Deep snow makes pulling a toboggan hard work, and strong wind bites exposed skin that can freeze in minutes under such conditions. This winter hasn’t been like that, thank goodness.
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Winter Chores Though the adventure of returning sweetpea’s guest to her home was over, the task of doing minimal chores still needed seeing to. Deep snow or not, there were horses to be checked on and watered. I made sure that; sweetpea was cuddled up in a
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The Aftermath To people who aren’t familiar with big snow that can be coupled with cold, I have one thing to say. You’re missing out. Maybe you don’t want to live here, but to experience a winter snowstorm or blizzard is an amazing thing. Driving in one
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