Christmas Eve
First White Canadian Christmas Fri Dec 24th It was lovely to wake up to snow on Christmas Eve morning, though we would have preferred it not to have been at 0430 when Jack heard the snow sliding off the roof. Today is the start of the snow and a prolonged period of cold weather. Temperatures are forecast to drop below zero for the next 10 days or so with it dropping down to -9C during the day and -15C at night. My new snow shovel and bag of salt came in to good use on our steep drive this morning though by the time I was back from walking Jack the snow had covered it again! Perhaps I should have bought one of those machines after all! Actually having just seen a neighbour drive down the road on his large ride on lawn mower/tractor with a snow plough attachment on the front, I rather fancy one of those! I popped into the butchers in Gibsons this morning for our Christmas meat and having enjoyed the queues at Sumblers in Marlborough at 0600 on Christmas Eve, feared the worst....