Springtime in Alberta
You know what I like best about living in Northern Alberta? The unpredictability of the weather. Three days ago, the weather was warm, the grass was starting to green, trees were budding, and today, blizzard. We literaly have two feet of snow on the ground right now. But, in all honesty, I love it. I've been listening to people moan and complain about the weather around here, but really people, it is Alberta, not Jamaica, and the moisture the snow is brining is going to clean away the grime and dust from winter and bring water levels up to where they should be. This is what nature does.It got me thinking this morning about how far removed from nature we've become. Humanity, around here at least, has become like the spoiled child who looks for any reason to have a tantrum and break his toys. It's snowing. Sure it's alot of snow, but it's not washing away our crops, our houses aren't collapsing, and it's actually not even cold out. In fact, it's getting warmer as we speak. Frankly, weather fascinates me, and there aren't very many places like this, where you'd get such extreme weather patterns.
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So, thats there. My husband and I have only been as far north as Niagra Falls. (Typical Americans, eh?) We call your neck of the woods "Canadia" , lovingly so, for the little boys in the bar who traded their folding money for "twoies" for a game machine. Canadia, seems like a nice place at which to migrate.
I'm planning on seeing the Yukon, likely next year. I moved from Alberta when I was 17 to milder climes, but missed the sky too much. The weather does some pretty wicked things with the colour and texture of the sky around here, especially in the summer.
Welcome to the neighbourhood, by the way :)
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