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The Coldest February Since Eighteen-Something

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.

Published February 25, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canadian Winter, coldest February, Food, pancakes, photography, snowmageddon

Point & Shoot: Shopping in a snowstorm

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…

Published January 27, 2014
Categorised as Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Canadian Winter, Expat Experience, Family life, photography, Weather

We Hunkered Down & Pressed On…

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 …

Published January 10, 2014
Categorised as Expat Life Tagged Canadian Winter, Expat Experience, Expat Focus, highs and lows of expatriating, the expat family

Heating A Canadian Home

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…

Published January 9, 2014
Categorised as Expat Life Tagged Canadian homes, Canadian Winter, difficulties faced by expatriates, Expat Info, the expat family

Point & Shoot: Flash Freeze

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…

Published January 6, 2014
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Canadian Winter, Expat Experience, flash freeze, photography, Weather

Point & Shoot: Polar Plunge

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…

Published December 30, 2013
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Canadian Winter, Icestorm, photography, Places to visit, Polar Plunge, Weather, Whitby, Whitby Rotary Sunrise Club Polar Plunge

Point & Shoot: The Icestorm Cometh

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…

Published December 23, 2013
Categorised as Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Canadian Winter, Expat Experience, Icestorm, photography, Weather
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