First Real Snow

With only a month or actually less than a month Mother Nature showed her winter mood with a modest sprinkling of snow. We look forward to the white stuff coming  to cover up the baron land and put a warm blanket over the resting vegetation. Our temperatures have stayed around the freezing point for a week or so and nearby London was hammered with 70+ c

ms of snow. We seem to miss much of the snowfall as it is mostly lake affect snow and can deliver huge amounts of the white stuff if you live in the snow belt.

With winter conditions comes a flurry of accidents , mostly fender benders but often much more severe. We welcome the snow as it gives us a opportunity to see just what animals frequent our back yard. During the winter we usually have many rabbits but this year the coyotes seem to put an end to their numbers. The rabbits come up to eat the green shoots of the late vegetation and sometimes do great damage to our fruit trees. Strawberry plants have greenery all year and the rabbits eat some of the leaves but don't appear to hurt the plants long term.

Cleaning the car windows, clearing the driveway and other chores related to snow will keep us busy this winter as we intend to stay at home and enjoy a real Ontario winter for a change.