It snowed today in Victoria. Wet snow that formed a pretty coating on the leaves, still holding on to some of the trees and bushes. But it didn’t
stick to the roads.
In anticipation of the weather the college had sent out
numerous e-mails about snow protocol. Had I not been aware I might have trekked
to work to find no one home!
But it didn’t snow much. I was at the University of Victoria
and heard a couple of students gleefully state that this was only the second
time they’d seen the stuff. One wondered if snowflakes looked the same
everywhere.
As I drove home I saw a mother standing beside some
preschoolers madly trying to create something with the sticky but quickly
melting stuff. Kids here don’t get much chance to play in it. One of my colleagues,
who grew up in eastern Canada, laments that her kids have no idea how to make a
snowman!
Victoria is a nice place for older folks but kids growing up
here are missing out on an essential part of being Canadian – a good snowball
fight!
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| Edmonton Nov. 17 |
