Where, oh where...

...has our blue box gone? Oh where, oh where can it be?

This question has plagued us the last few days, as it has our neighbours and several of our friends and family living in the vicinity who also recently lost their blue boxes. Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning we were visited by 95km/hour winds. Trucks on highways were overturned, Christmas trees left abandoned on the kerbside reportedly became dangerous projectiles, air travellers experienced hither-to unknown air turbulence, fallen trees flattened cars, and pedestrians had trouble crossing city streets. It was wild!

Obviously we got off easily.

Especially as our blue box turned up today.

Holiday photos

It's back to work. Sigh. While the holiday season is still fresh in my mind, I'm posting a few of my favourite holiday photos.

These first three are from my mother's farm near Lake Huron where we spent the days surrounding Christmas Day. As you can see, this year she had snow for the holidays (speaking generously, of course)...

...but not nearly as much as we received.

Unlike New Year's Day last year, which delivered little more than frost and ice (much like at my mother's this Christmas), this year at our friends' cottage on Lac Louisa, we actually managed some fine tobogganing.

Let's hope January brings snow rather than rain, mist and frost. (And let today be an exception.)

Happy new year!