Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Dream vs. The Reality

In my mind and heart this is what spring looks like and this too. I can't believe just two days ago I posted all those lovely spring greenery pictures. My reality today is not so pretty. But it is spring in Southern Alberta. The north wind is howling and has been driving wet snow and rain at an almost horizontal position since yesterday. I kept waking up to it sounding like my bedroom wall and windows were being sandblasted. That's how hard it is pushing the rain and snow. Not a nice day. I don't even want to go out to take a picture of the difference of two days.

And joy of joys. We've sprung a leak. There is a nice drip coming from the ceiling right above my basement stairs. The bucket parked there is in. the. way. To say the least. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed and praying that we have no seepage coming through in the basement anywhere before this lets up.

You're going to roll your eyes but I spent some of yesterday evening cooking things that we could eat cold in case the power goes off again. You just never know around here with spring snows because they are so darn heavy they knock down power lines. In the last blast a couple of weeks ago we heard there were more than 300 poles knocked down around the south. So of course, food was my first concern. LOL. I made sausages and fried chicken drumsticks and macaroni salad. I figure top that with sandwiches and cereal and we'll survive. Well, that along with a nice blanket and a good book and we'll make do.

9 comments:

Barbara H. said...

I think you're very wise to plan ahead just in case. Reminds me of the Proverbs 31 woman who is "not afraid of the snow for her household." :-) But I certainly do understand not liking it even while preparing for it.

Hollace said...

Oh, what a letdown after that first tease of Spring. It's been like that here, too, only without the snow. Yesterday we had a thunderstorm (which probably sounds mild to you) and I lit candles just to cheer up the darkness.
Keep warm and cozy!

Ballerina Girl said...

wow, hope that it lets up as quick as it came in :)

BG

ellen b. said...

Oh my forget Spring I'm blasting you with summer thoughts! Maybe that will work. I hope your leak stays contained!

Connie said...

Spring has been illusive here as well. The nights are still in the 30ties and I keep wondering when we will warm up. Being prepared is smart! I especially like the book part.

Marg said...

I heard about that snow storm yesterday and today and the winds...
Unbelievable. I hope things will change for you..It's time for a LIFT!!!

Teresa Dawn said...

Snow? Yikes! It's been like summer here for weeks now! And to think I once wanted to move to Alberta! :p (kdding, I still love it there, but my family and job's in BC so no desire to move now)

Karyn said...

You are smart to cook ahead. Hope the power doesn't go out, though.

If anyone wants to see photos of the snow near Calgary, go to http://lucagraham.blogspot.com/
(My niece's blog)

I'm sure it was a similar story at Susanne's....

And here, in the north Central part of the province? rain (hooray) and snow flakes that were gone almost as soon as it hit hte ground.

Hope your flowers survive

nikkipolani said...

I wonder if it was all those exclamation points in the comments of the post you did about spring. Knew it was too good to be true!