Blizzard

Welcome to February. After January's eerily warm temperatures, winter definitely came back last night. Started snowing and blowing around suppertime...continued all night...still howling out there now. Hard to tell until we can can get the doors open and go outside, but we seem to have had about 30 cm down. And with the wind, there's a lot of drifting.

Needless to say, there's no work for me today. All schools, universities and government offices are shut this morning, as well as shopping malls, etc. City buses have been suspended and police are advising everyone to stay off the roads until mid-afternoon (when the snow is supposed to stop falling). Even A. isn't venturing to work until later, and then only if the roads are passable (there are animals to look after, after all).

But first, he's got shovelling to do. So we're having a big cooked breakfast before either of us venture outside.