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    The Coldest February Since Eighteen-Something

    February 25, 2015 /
    Yonge Street, downtown Toronto

    They said on the radio today this was the coldest February since eighteen-something. After a certain point cold is cold is cold.

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    June 22, 2015
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    February 28, 2012
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Shopping in a snowstorm

    January 27, 2014 /
    Navigating Snowdrifts

    Our weekends generally follow a familiar pattern: breakfast like kings, lounge around in PJ's until the afternoon, then get out and do something with the remainder of the day...

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    May 14, 2013
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    February 23, 2012
  • Expat Life

    We Hunkered Down & Pressed On…

    January 10, 2014 /
    Tractor-trailer powers through blizzard

    This current freeze reminded me of our first Canadian winter, four years ago. UK southern softies fresh from London life, we had none of the protective, insulating clothing most Canadians take for granted ...

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    May 6, 2012
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    August 6, 2014
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    March 29, 2013
  • Expat Life

    Heating A Canadian Home

    January 9, 2014 /
    Hiding from the cold indoors

    Being cosy warm indoors while the weather hurls all the winter it can lay its hands on at you is a wonderful feeling, but it doesn't come without a downside...

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    November 25, 2011
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    September 2, 2013
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    August 6, 2014
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Flash Freeze

    January 6, 2014 /
    flash freeze in Ontario, Canada

    I'm starting to think I should get my own map and ten minute slot as everything I post recently revolves around the weather, but it's unavoidably the big story here in Canada right now. After a couple of years of unseasonably warm winters, this 'mutha' has left us reeling...

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    February 7, 2012

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    November 21, 2011
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    August 27, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Polar Plunge

    December 30, 2013 /

    I skipped breakfast, grabbed my camera and jumped in the jeep. The Polar Plunge started at 11am and I knew from past experience a couple of minutes delay would mean missing the whole thing...

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    February 8, 2012
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    April 26, 2012
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    June 14, 2012
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: The Icestorm Cometh

    December 23, 2013 /

    I fell asleep to the sound of ice pellets tapping the window while blue-white flashes from exploding transformers and arcing power lines lit up the sky. In the early hours of the morning the power finally failed...

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