Snowday April 16th - Afternoon

So, by late afternoon the storm stopped and the clean-up began!

Cold enough to freeze....what?

During this cold snap we have had temperatures as low as -34 Celsius with the wind chill. One morning my mom called to say she had seen someone on morning TV toss a cup of hot coffee in the air. Apparently it turned to steam and fell to the ground in crystals. I had to try this, so I took a cup of boiling water and stepped into the deep freeze. I tossed the water high into the air and it was steam and crystals before it got five feet above me. This was so cool that I immediately showed David and Colin and told everyone I knew to give it a try.

The lovely Marilyn was captured on film in mid toss by her husband Michael (thanks guys!) Amazing! You should try it too. I did find that once the temperature got much over minus 20 it didn't work as well. Early morning or at night when the temperature plummets seems to work best.

The Day after Christmas

Christmas was green and brown but the day after we had a beautiful dump of fluffy white snow that settled on every branch.

Here the snow highlights the contours of my cedar fence.

The net with snow!

Well, here I am again exploring the net as art. What do you think?

Can a basketball net be a thing of beauty?

Well, maybe when it is coverd in ice!