Sunday, April 01, 2018

Happy Easter to all!

As we snowbirds start thinking of what will await us in our home nests,  those of of us in the West Coast of Canada have less to worry about.  Thank you, Carol, for posting what will await us Wednesday when we return  I've posted some of Carol's photos here of what's blooming at home.  Go to her blog post "Spring is somewhere" for more.

http://mountdunbar.blogspot.ca/2018/04/spring-is-somewhere.html

Our spring in Vancouver has been cool and wet, but at least it's spring.  It seems the message hasn't gotten through to parts of the rest of Canada, though. My sister Betty, who lives outside Montreal, says she's still deep in winter on this Easter weekend, and she has had enough. My Alberta relatives are in the midst of a particularly frigid blast, with daytime temperatures hovering below zero, and night-time temperatures plunging to minus 20.

Vancouver pays big-time in housing costs for its earlier springs  -- so I'm not gloating -- but here are a few weekend photos that might bring hope to those still trudging through snowbanks on April 1: