Happy first day of spring!
Spring has sprung, the grass has riz...
Tue, 2012-03-20 07:18
#1
Spring has sprung, the grass has riz...
Tue, 2012-03-20 07:24
#2
We're getting summer weather here in Toronto. I hear our west coast friends aren't so lucky*, though. I say "lucky" with an asterisk because, while I'm enjoying the weather, it's kind of spooky environmentally. But I'm still taking advantage of the weather and enjoying it. Time to clean the outdoor furniture on the porch!
Oh, and happy No Rooz to those who celebrate it, too...
Tue, 2012-03-20 10:14
#3
We're getting early spring weather although NB is supposed to get into the twenties later this week. We probably will only hit the high teens here on the coast.
Tue, 2012-03-20 13:10
#4
Boom Boom
Checking in - our weather is overcast, with freezing rain, snow, and drizzle are in the cards for us today. Still about three feet of snow on the ground - used to be five feet - but it's going down fast. Our supply ship starts up again in about two or three weeks. Bad weather for arthritis - I've been in pain since the beginning of this month.
ETA: The sun came out! Beautiful sunny day here, 5C.
Tue, 2012-03-20 13:12
#5
We're getting summer weather here in Toronto. I hear our west coast friends aren't so lucky*, though. I say "lucky" with an asterisk because, while I'm enjoying the weather, it's kind of spooky environmentally. But I'm still taking advantage of the weather and enjoying it. Time to clean the outdoor furniture on the porch!
Oh, and happy No Rooz to those who celebrate it, too...
+1. Gorgeous day here though (Ottawa) - can't wait to get outside.
Wed, 2012-03-21 13:20
#6
It's 23 C in Saint John, N.B. 23 F would not be uncommon for this time of year.
Wed, 2012-03-21 13:27
#7
Boom Boom
-3C here and overcast - had freezing rain this morning. I'm still in great pain from arthritis, although I can close both hands for the first time in months. Thumbs are still very sore, though.
I'm indoors today because of arthritis, so I'll probably stay logged in to babble - but I don't want to read the leadership threads.
Sun, 2012-03-25 08:24
#8
It's 9C here right now and overcast, but apparently the high is 22C. I'll have to make sure to get out a bit today.
I bought some acrylic paints so I could paint some fun stuff on the boring grey plastic of my new e-bike, but it's been threatening rain all weekend, so I haven't dared. Too bad. Gorgeous weather all week when I'm stuck in an office, and then grey, overcast weather on the weekend. Well, it's not like we went out yesterday anyhow - rr had to stay home all day so he wouldn't miss the voting, and I hung out with him.
Sun, 2012-03-25 10:13
#9
Boom Boom
-9C here, and still over a foot of snow on the ground, but it's going down fast. Still three weeks before our supply ship starts up again, and three weeks until the roads are cleared of snow (we don't have snow removal at all during the winter - everyone on the coasts changes to skidoos when the supply ships stops in January).
Sun, 2012-03-25 10:18
#10
Yes, I always think of you when I'm watching the weather reports. Usually, with a thought like, 'Oh, poor Boom Boom, he's right in the middle of that mess.'
I'm sure we had snow on the ground this time last year, but this year, as you probably heard, summer like conditions in the middle of March in SW Ont. Things are a month ahead, at least. Even this weekend, when it got "cold" it's still end of April kind of weather.
Sun, 2012-03-25 11:37
#11
Boom Boom, how does that work for you in the winter? Do you have to do a gigantic shopping trip before the supply ship stops running, and live off provisions? Or do you have access to food and supplies some other way in the winter? It would really suck to run out, if not!
Sun, 2012-03-25 12:06
#12
Boom Boom
The two corner stores here get supplies from Natashquan (44 km away) using their skidoos and komatiks (a box on a sled) all winter. Everything is expensive as hell ($2.50 for one red pepper!) but our taxes are low. Gas is expensive here, though.
Sun, 2012-03-25 14:15
#13
Boom Boom
Not many frogs here. Here's me on my skidoo: 
Sun, 2012-03-25 17:42
#14
Boom Boom
Forecast is for three days of snow here beginning tonight. 
Mon, 2012-03-26 07:30
#15
It's -10 with windchill here today! WTF! That sucks. I guess I got spoiled by summer-in-early-spring. :(
Mon, 2012-03-26 08:55
#16
It's hovering around the freezing mark today with a chance of flurries this afternoon. I hope we get nothing appreciable since I have a funeral to attend.
Mon, 2012-03-26 09:21
#17
I live in Toronto. On Thursday, I was out at night in a t-shirt. Today I wore my winter coat. Damn this crazy climate change!
Mon, 2012-03-26 09:52
#18
Boom Boom
Blowing snow here. The arrival of our doctor has been delayed as the plane can't fly to get him here. I've been waiting a month to get a prescription for arthritis medication.
Sat, 2012-03-31 08:37
#19
Time to float your fanny down the ganny. I wonder how many thousand folks will be lining the banks and bridges this morning?
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Sat, 2012-03-31 12:04
#20
infracaninophile
Wow, Boom Boom, your description of winter life sounds a lot like my experience when I worked for a year on the Labrador coast (pre-Labrador highway -- only access was by ski-plane in winter, or dogsled/skidoo). We hauled water on komatiks. I set new passengers at ease by telling them I got my driver's licence there (true). Pretty awesome with no roads.
Here, the spring has definitely been early. I go by the frogs singing in the swamp -- they are extremely loud for the first week or so of the mating season. This year they started March 12, whereas most years it's between March 20-30.
On the topic of frogs, they are all threatened species and your help is needed to monitor trends. Consider going to this site:
http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/select_province.html
and selecting your province and going from there. There are recorded frog sounds on the site so you can identify the calls you hear (some of the frogs are too small to be seen by the casual observer). Ontario's FrogWatch program has led to some protections being put in place for populations of frogs -- road signs, even temporary road closures, to protect frogs from being run over; frog fences are being built in other places. Save our slimy friends!
Mon, 2012-04-02 07:01
#21
I'm getting cold just looking at that picture, Wilf!
Sun, 2012-06-17 08:48
#22
Summertime is great for runners. If you remember your sunscreen. You and me and UV.
A tenth of a millimetre is so tiny it can hardly be considered significant, but in my case, a tenth of a millimetre was all that separated the cancerous tumour growing in my skin from a categorically more advanced diagnosis.So, as I approach my one-year cancer-versary and I watch leagues of my fellow runners hit the streets on Ottawa Race Weekend with various states of skin on display, I'd like to debunk some of the more silly melanoma myths I've heard: . . .
. . . I'm not encouraging people to be sun-fearing hermits. Just like most Ottawans, after our horrible winters, I love being outdoors in the summer. I just don't want a tenth of a millimetre to kill me, and neither should you. So get your SPF and shades, and let's run on.