Environment Canada puts out these monthly forecast maps. Most of the last half of this year has looked like this. The darker the red, the hotter than “normal” it is. The curser marks my place just left of the slab of writing.
People often wish for me a “warm winter.” Warm winters are horrible. OK, we have snow on the ground, which helps, but warmth means grey, grey, grey.
Since mid summer we have had a mega share of dreary. Last year I used the gas generator to charge my solar batteries 9 times – I thought that was a lot. This year I am way beyond that – I have lost count. I am like the solar panels. I don’t do well with dreary. But I can’t just plug in a gas generator to get me going.
The rare days with any kind of sunshine stand out.
A fox on the trail camera
And one extraordinary sunset after a day of fog. The fog is still lying over the Klinaklini River.
Fog can have its own beauty of course.
It hardly seems like Christmas, but the school had their concert. I counted 19 kids present but I think there are a couple more.
And the tree lights adda bit of colour to the gloom. In this basically one-roomed cabin, they are reflected in every window.
And tomorrow the days will start getting longer.
I too was concerned when I didn’t see any posts for a long time. Glad you have posted again! We too, here in the Cariboo, have had a incredibly gloomy winter (2 full days of sunshine that I can recall). Lots of melting, freezing, ice rain, slush, very slippery conditions. Looking forward to the longer days, but expect to still get some cold weather.
I had not logged onto your blog for some time and I’m so glad to read you are doing well and getting some help with your property. If I lived there I would be watching the trail cams all day! really enjoy seeing all of your ” wild neighbors”. Your new cat is a beauty and yes, it seems cats often choose us not the other way around. Looking forward to your 2025 posts. Happy New Year!
Love seeing your tree!! I mailed a little something to you but it will have to be saved for next year’s tree. At first the postmistress was not going to send the card to you…. she said there was a mail strike in Canada and I would have to mail the letter when the strike settled!! Then suddenly she said, “Oh!! It must be over!! It took the letter!!”
The photo of the kids is wonderful!!
Merry Christmas and wishing you all the very best in the New Year… please stay safe!!
Your flowers, animals and scenes make great viewing thank you. Glad you didn’t have fires to contend with this year. It’s a long time since you had a cat, and what a beauty he is. Cheers, Gwen.