Oh no!!! SNOW!!!!!

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

You could throw some down here, I haven't seen a good amount of it here in years, but then again we have "mild" winters...

Your shipping address is.......
Sara

[Raphael]

I have that 'Oh now!! Snow!!' On Saturday...

It was a decent day in Vancouver and I decided to rode my motorbike around time. I did a fairly long ride and i rode through lots of places. At one point, I thought that I dressed too warm for the ride. The sun was shinning, the birds were singing and flowers were blooming.

Before I left for home, I went to a music store in Downtown for a CD. After I parked the bike, the weather turned cold and the dark cloud rolled in. I know that I was going to be quick as i knew what CD to get. I was in and out for less than 15 minutes.

As I was existing the store, it started to hail!!! I wasn't sure what that was at first. I didn't think it was a big deal. I would just go to a coffee and wait it out. After an hour, the street looked to be free of the white stuff, so I was back on my bike.

It wasn't too bad for the 10 minutes, but when I hit Burrard Street, It was slippery. The hail/snow/rain turned to slush. I was trying to keep my bike upright as I was going to pull off the street. Then my rear trye spinned and the bike went sideway. I have been in lots of crashes before and I knew that I could only let the bike roll under me.

The bike was down and I was surrounded by lots of traffic. Out of the blue, there was a woman wearing her riding gear showed up and helped me to get the bike off the ground from the slippery stuff. She ran into trouble there as well.

We hung out a little as she was waiting for her tow truck. But I chose to wait until the weather passed.

After 30 minutes, Burrar street turned into a river. I decided to get on my bike and headed home. However, the trek home wasn't done yet.

I wasn't overly wet and my jacket shielded me from the element. I was nice and dry. However, my jeans couldn't anything to shield me from the moisture. I didn't think it was bad, until a minivan drove by me. It splashed enough water on me that I couldn't see for a moment. The jean was soaked through and my wet riding gloves was soaked. My finger got cold and turned stiff. I had to find a laundry mart to dry off my gloves...

After I got home, I jumped into the shower and a nice warm shower was so nice.

[McMurdo]

This is a picture of my niece and her dog looking out at a snow storm this winter.

[Mr. Kilt]

This is a picture of my niece and her dog looking out at a snow storm this winter.

THAT is an adorable picture!

[Kilted_John]

The snow had just begun falling when I took these pics...







They were all taken last Saturday...

-J

[Pleater]

Spoke too soon - this morning there was snow over a lot of Britain - it lasted all of an hour here, but it did snow, and it laid on the walls and on cars - any raised surface, but soon melted away.

I can't ever remember snow so late in the year, even in winters where there was snow around at the right time.

When they say climate change - they mean it.

[Mr. MacDougall]

This is a picture of my niece and her dog looking out at a snow storm this winter.

The great thing about this picture, for me, is that they're both standing right on top of a heater vent. 8)

[Pleater]

It is really cold here - for April - there was more snow this morning, melting away as the sun is warm, but the air is not.

I put on my heavy black cotton kilt to go out this afternoon, but the wind was doing its best to flurry my pleats. I was considering a sporran for a while, but it did calm down a bit on the way home.

I'm really glad that I am taking a virtual cruise at the moment, along with Mister Dove and other characters from X marks - maybe it will keep the chill out of my bones.

The snow melting off the plum blossom was very artistic, but it does not bode well for fruit later in the year, as any bee venturing out today would be lucky to make it back to her hive.