December 31st

-7C

The calm before the storm. A blizzard is expected for tonight and tomorrow ... the same weather conditions that precipitated this blog in the first place!

Well, there it is. A whole year's worth of photographs, I only missed a few days when I was too busy or the camera batteries ran out. I hope visitors to this site have enjoyed seeing how things are going in this part of the world.

Check this page to see if I have gone on to a new daily blog that may be of interest. I'll post the link here.

Happy New Year everyone!

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Two days later .................

The next blog can be found at http://observationsandreminiscences.blogspot.com/

December 30th

-2C

December 29th

Around 0C

December 28th

+6C

Damp


An unusually large bird in my elm tree .....

..... a bald eagle!

The crows chased him off right after I took this photo.

December 27th

-10C

December 26th, Boxing Day

-14C

December 25th, Christmas Day

6C

Heavy rain and warm overnight temperatures made Christmas a little greener than expected

December 24th , Christmas Eve

-4C in the morning, rising to +4C by late afternoon

December 23rd

-14C and still a little windy

December 22nd

First full day of winter .... stormed all day!
-8C and extremely windy

The Tantramar Marsh and Confederation Bridge were both closed today with hurricane force winds reported in Cape Breton.

December 21st

-19C rising to -8C by evening

First day of winter
Calm before the approaching storm

They're baaaaaaaaaaack!!

The chickadees have only just recently got over their summer shyness and now are so bold as to be pesky! They came to me all last winter, but come spring, they had more interesting things to do (ahem!). Survival instincts take over this time of year.

December 20th

Cold and cloudy all day with very little new snow.

December 19th

-12C and windy

December 18th

-4C

December 17th

-4C

December 16th

10C wake up temperature, 5C by lunchtime.

December 15th

+12C and windy

December 14th

-12C

December 13th

-5C and cloudy. Snow started in the evening.

December 12th

High of 17C
Record breaking warm temperatures around the region today. Very windy.

December 11th

It's very dark at 10pm!!

Temperatures wavered one or two degrees either side of freezing all day with rain, freezing rain and snow.

December 10th

10C

wet and windy

December 9th

-14C in the morning
-4C by early evening

December 8th

-8C and windy

December 7th

near zero
Rain and then snow later on.

December 6th

-7C at 10am

December 5th

Mild

December 4th

7C and windy

December 3rd

3C

Cloudy start, sunny by late morning.

December 2nd

About 10C

December 1st

14C

Back in shorts in the evening. Still 10C at 9:30pm!!

November 30th

3C

November 29th

3C

November 28th

3C

With no frost in the ground, the snow is melting fast.

November 27th

4C and foggy

November 26th

Cloudy and very mild

Started at -15C and by evening climbed to above 0C

November 24th

-5C

November 23rd

-6C

November 22nd

Aftermath of fierce 12 hour winter storm
Wind didn't stop until late morning.
0C most of the day, cooling down to -3C later

Some places are bare and others 0.5m+ of hard packed wet, heavy snow.



Of course, the deepest stuff is in my driveway!

Colorado blue spruce

November 21st

-6C

November 20th

-4C

Not too much snow here, but the Cobequid Pass was closed for several hours, stranding 1500 vehicles.

November 19th

Hovered around 0C all day.
Rain. Cold and windy.

Very windy overnight with wet snow.

November 18th

Brief bright moment in an otherwise grey, cloudy day.
Rain mixed with a little snow later on.

November 17th

Chilly. Back in long pants.

Loving my freshly mown lawn.

November 16th

19C and quite windy.

Extraordinary run of warm weather continues. Still in shorts, t-short and crocs!
Normal temperature for this time of year is 3C

Before ......

.... and after

I just had to mow ..... the lawn needed it!