My sister took these pictures quite a few years ago and it pretty well sums up Saskatchewan winters.
While it can be viewed as 'pretty', it's quite another thing to deal with our temps. here; we can always count on the thermometer going down and down, icy cold winds and too much snow.
I suppose there are some, snowmobilers, snowboarders, skiiers and similar fools who like it and wait with bated breath for that first signal of winter, but I am not one of them. Never have been and never going to be.
I feel about the same about ice-fishermen. Who, in their right mind, goes out on the frozen lake and sits there waiting for a fish to bite? By the way, I don't eat a lot of fish, either, lol.
Now, Spring, that is a different matter! I love the Spring. Full of promise, everything warming up and the trees budding and grass turning green. I always watch the fields and ditchs for the wild crocuses to pop up and then I know everything is as it should be.
Sure it brings lots of yard work, cleaning up the old dried and dead leaves, grass and weeds, but after a long winter it is a joy to be outside in the warming sun.
So, I am looking forward to the next 2 months getting out of the way and April arriving with a warm afternoon sun and a few showers to freshen everything up and make the flowers grow.
