There are only six weeks of winter left and for the first time, in a long time, I don’t want winter to end! I enjoy winter, I really do, but…
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It’s time to say farewell to November, and to autumn. Even though winter officially begins on December 21st, I always think of December 1st as the start of winter fun…
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This winter we are trading in our nordic skis for alpine skis. Now that our children are a little older we are hitting the slopes to learn some new skills.…
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Today is the epiphany, the last day of Christmas holidays. Our visitors have returned home and we are slowly rediscovering our daily rhythm. After all the excitement of the last…
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In the last week we have been blessed with lots of beautiful snow. Temperatures have stayed consistently close to or below freezing with little snow melt and long term predictions…
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Big fluffy snowflakes have been drifting down from the sky slowly covering everything with a nice layer of fluffy, sticky snow. The perfect kind of snow for rolling into snow…
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We awoke to a dusting of snow this morning, our first of the year. My children were thrilled and attempted to build a snowman and go sledding on our small…
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Instead of grumbling about the cold dark winter days, which is far too tempting at times, we have been making an effort to embrace the things that make winter special…
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Starting in November the Okanagan Valley becomes blanketed by low lying clouds, a phenomenon commonly known as the Okanagan Snake. As a result winter in these parts then to be a cloudy…
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The last couple days has brought one of the biggest snowfalls that I have seen since we moved here. Locals say it is the biggest they’ve seen in years. In…