December in the Maritimes

One of my big reasons for moving to this part of Canada is that the bitterest cold usually doesn't arrive until January and then only lasts for a few weeks. The down side, there's always a down side to winter in Canada, is that in exchange we have days like today--freezing rain is forecast to last for many hours with potential for dramatic icing of power lines and tree limbs with the additional happy thought of all roads as curling rinks. And then tomorrow, it'll be +12C, with of course, more rain. I can never quite decide what clothing or foot gear will work for the entire day. 

For you prairie readers, I admit to enjoying the rain. I know that's hard to understand in the land of 'dry cold' but trust me, the dry cold thing is a myth, -35C with a hefty wind chill factor is simply unbearable. Oh, and I wear my parka a couple of times a winter.

In other news, the web site and project work for my new venture are both beginning to take shape. I'm very excited about the direction my life and work are taking. It's under wraps yet, but expect an announcement and launch some time in early 2009--once I sort out all my funding issues.

The Xmas knitting list is slowly acquiring check marks for finished projects/objects. Yay! Now if I could just figure out how to set up for regular photos of WIP and FO's I'd no doubt be able to create a much more interesting blog experience for you all. It's on the list, with a gazillion other things, but closer to the top than otherwise.

Time to get the wood stove going, which requires that I dump the ashes first, something I ought to do before I have to skate to the ash bin (see freezing rain, above). Then it is lunch, some soup from a rich chicken stock, decision on what exactly still pending and from there we'll go to Xmas knitting for the afternoon along with note taking for project tasks for the new venture.

Ciao.