Arrrgh!

I'm getting tired of waking up to find a fresh blanket of snow has fallen overnight.

Woot! Woot!

Forecast says Saturday and the following Monday are going to be ABOVE ZERO!!!!!!!!!! Spring will have sprung!!! (Skating will be poor.)

Looks Like Any Old Street...

...in Canada, but this is Jerusalem:



The way those branches are bending, it looks like heavy, wet snow, too. Yuk.

If He Wasn't So Jittery...

...he could make a great snow angel.

We All Know About...

...yellow snow, but blue? Orange? Pink?

Oh, those Ruskies! (PS: I always thought Vodka was colourless. /sarc)

Yup

Headlines That Make You Go...

...ooooookay:

Six naked soldiers catch frostbite in Norway

I know those Norwegians are a hardy lot, but...(or should that be butt?).

More Evidence of Global Warming

As the caption under the pic says, this happened in Revelstuck, BC.

Thank God!!

Scientist Confesses: "Global Warming a $22 Billion Scam"

Fer Christ sake, tell us something we do not know, for a change.

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Hope it is correct:

Shorter, warmer winter than last year, outlook says

Following last year’s brutal winter, dubbed the “polar vortex” in some parts of the country, Canadians can expect a slightly warmer winter season this year.

Environment Canada recently released its “winter outlook” – a general forecast for the next three months. The department’s Senior Climatologist David Phillips discussed the report with CTV’s Canada AM Monday.

“Not as long and as brutal a winter as we had last year … for all Canadians,” said Phillips. “We won’t have to be migrating and hibernating like we did last year.”

Deep Freeze

I'm sitting here with two jackets on, a pair of woolen gloves and a blanket covering my legs. I'm sipping on some hot chocolate. It's freakin' cold outside and, despite having the thermostat jacked up as high as it will go, having the oven on with the door wide open, it is cold in the house.

We usually have a ten day to two week period of extreme cold every winter but it normally comes in late January or early February. I sure hope this cold spell we're having right now is just the annual deep freeze come a bit early. If we get another one in January/February I might have to set the house on fire just to keep warm. BRRRRRRRRRRRR. Or move to Florida.

He's Mean!

I must admit, though, I was laughing myself.  I wanted to get a pail of sand the make it safer.

Drat!

We've got some of that white fluffy global warming stuff falling right now. I was hoping it would wait until November so the kiddies would not have to wear their winter jackets over top their costumes on Hallowe'en.

I'll Never Complain Again...

...about a prairie blizzard:

I'm Beginning To Think...

...(Yes, I do think from time to time.)...that winter will never end.

Looking Good

Groundhog handlers say Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of winter No word yet on Wiarton Willy. But there was good news for Maritimers

First out this morning was Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam -- with a promising prognostication for winter weary Canucks.

Sam did not see his shadow, which means his call is for an early spring.

Thing is, those Maritimers don't know what winter is. Then there's the damned weatherman.

But regardless of what the woodchuck weathermen say, Environment Canada predicts the frigid temperatures that have gripped much of the country the past two months will likely persist through February.

Grrrrr. Or should that be BRRRRR?

Extra! Groundhog Day: 5 odd facts about the myth-based holiday

OOPS. I spoke too soon.

Party poopers.

Tell Me About It...

...I just got back from buying groceries..

Wicked winds: one dead as gusts stir up trouble across Western Canada

That wind IS wicked. Must be that climate change. We've never had wind before./sarc

ARRRRRRG

I went outside this morning to bring the garbage can in from the street (garbage pickup was yesterday morning, but it was too damned cold to step outside and retrieve it later in the day yesterday, and besides, conveniently, I had completely forgotten about it). Immediately upon stepping outside I realized I had closed the door but forgotten to unlock it first - so there I was stuck outside without the key. Thank God my sister lives in town and only 2 1/2 blocks away and thank God she has a spare key. So, off I went, trudging over to her place at 8:00 - 8:30 AM, on very, very slippery streets. It was like walking on smooth ice.

I managed to remain in an upright position, and, thankfully, found my brother-in-law at home when I got there. He gave me a much appreciated cup of java and the spare key and a ride back home. Anyway, I keep telling myself - spring is on the way, spring is on the way.

Thankfully, it's a bit warmer today.

BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!

City issues cold-weather alert in face of freezing overnight temperatures

"With the temperature expected to drop to -20 C overnight, the city of Toronto issued an extreme cold-weather alert New Year’s morning."

-20C? Extreme cold?????? Wimps. Try -50 C. Now that's cold. -20 C is positively balmy.