Coast winter

mrmom2

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Hell I haven't been up there in a couple of years 8O I like it up there though nice lake are ya going fishing ?We broke through the ice on one of the lakes up at Jammisen a couple of weeks ago and the creeks up there last week were not totally frozen yet .I would think with this weather of late you might be able to fish Mamit 8) I'll get a report tommorrow for ya some of my buds are going sledding up that way tommorrow .I got to fecking work :evil:
 

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interesting links. Thanks. Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you, Shaw was down for a whole day and I was forced to do all the things I had been putting off for the last month or so. I've started putting pot lights in the kitchen. Soon I'll have to get up in the attic/roofspace and wire the damn things.
 

Jay

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mrmom2 said:
8) Are they 1000watters of 400 juan :? How many plants ?In the kitchen :? :p :p :lol:

Hey Mrmom...not everyone with a light bulb grows you know. :p :)
 

#juan

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I might accept a free toke,

but I'm too lazy to grow my own. I just read about a big house in British Properties that had 1800 plants. Besides, pot lights wouldn't help that much. :wink: :lol: :lol:
 

mrmom2

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Hey Jay juan is the one who said he was putting in (pot lights) :lol: Not me and if somebody in BC says their doing that what am I supposed to think :? :p
 

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Environment Canada predicts brutal winter ahead

A teaser:

TORONTO — Mild weather in recent weeks will soon be forgotten because winter is on its way with a vengeance, according to new Environment Canada forecasts for the months ahead.

All areas of Canada had a warmer than normal November with temperatures two to four degrees milder than normal, particularly from Edmonton through to St. John's, N.L.

But rather than remembering the nice transition from fall to winter, Canadians will look back at the end of the month and recall a brutal December, said David Phillips, Environment Canada's senior climatologist.

"We've had a taste of what's ahead but (winter) hasn't really begun to bite deep and hard across the country. Most Canadians should be pretty happy about the weather so far (but) it looks like it's going to be a dramatic change," he said.

"From southern British Columbia across the southern part of Canada - where most people live - it looks like a colder than normal December," Phillips said.

Goose Bay, N.L., Timmins, Ont., Thunder Bay, Ont., Whitehorse, Yellowknife and the North Pole also rate a 100 per cent chance of snow on Christmas, while Victoria and Vancouver have the smallest chance of a white Christmas with 11 per cent probability.[/teaser]


Brrr Brrrr I am getting cold just thinking about this.


At least the snow did not amount to much yesterday, a little cool but ok.
 

Ocean Breeze

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He could be right. November was rather warm .....for November and hardly any rain. (NOT the norm)

It snowed a bit here too.......and turned COLD. .....

Never thought I would be hoping for rain.. :wink: Looking out the window....... the mountains are COVERED in snow. Very pretty. :) Could be a better ski season this year.
 

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Well its mild mild here in lotusland 8) the sun was even shining for a bit...they keep saying we are gonna get snow...I wish someone would tell that fushia blooming outside :lol: :lol:
 

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I just gotta share our "dead of winter" scenes here ... it truly is paradise! December 17th and aside from a little frost in the mornings, here is our winter:


Note ... the brick building in the upper left is South Park School. I always find that funny!



Not exactly mukluk weather! :)
 

Ocean Breeze

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Cosmo said:
I just gotta share our "dead of winter" scenes here ... it truly is paradise! December 17th and aside from a little frost in the mornings, here is our winter:


Note ... the brick building in the upper left is South Park School. I always find that funny!



Not exactly mukluk weather! :)

nice pics. :!: cosmo. ............a word of caution: have ya heard of Murphy's Laws. ????? :wink: :) (they are MY "commandments" :wink: :wink:

we still have some residual snow.....but plenty of sun today. Further North than you are.
 

Cosmo

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Ocean, I've spent so many winters butt deep in snow and minus digit weather that I just cannot help but do a happy dance every time I look outside and see green grass. It's really not bragging (bringing on the wrath of the fates!) but just pure delight at being where I consider "home". :)
 

Ocean Breeze

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Re: RE: Coast winter

Cosmo said:
Ocean, I've spent so many winters butt deep in snow and minus digit weather that I just cannot help but do a happy dance every time I look outside and see green grass. It's really not bragging (bringing on the wrath of the fates!) but just pure delight at being where I consider "home". :)

a very long time ago (or I make it that way) I lived in Alberta....(YIKES)......and even now do as you describe. Relish in the joy of where I am now. Any coastal region ( lower end) is just fine by me. Totally addicted to the mountains that surround where I live........and the OCEAN :love4: :love7: that is just a mere walking distance.......to the windsurfers area .

There really is a special love one feels for the area ,isn't there?? I look outside my window ( computer room) and see the mountain tops.......and It just does not get any better than this. ( for me) Even the tall commercial buildings cannot take away from the majesty of the mountains.
 

Cosmo

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Ya, Ocean, best of all worlds, isn't it? I do love the towering buildings in Van. I'd been in the interior for a couple years and when I got back to Van and stood on the Pacific Pallisades room balcony, it just felt like I was home and safe. The great outdoors is pretty and all, but I'm a city chick at heart!

We look out over Victoria and the ocean and see Mt. Baker in the background. Can also look over on some days and see the mountains on the mainland. It's pretty.

Mind you I'm freezing my butt off today!! Have the drapes pulled over the wall of windows, the heat amped, armed with sweaters, slippers and eyeing my toque at the moment! I have to go out soon but have been putting it off since I'm such a big baby when I'm cold. If I wasn't running out of day I'd curl in for a wee nap to warm up! Maybe I gotta bust out my fur :)