Tis the season out here.

[Barry Willis]

While you lucky folks in Ontario are basking in very pleasant temperatures, this is typical Calgary weather, yesterday.

Three years  ago the snow came mid September and stayed. Last winter -56 for a few weeks with blizzard conditions. 

[lew]

Sorry for your lousy luck Barry, down here in the banana belt we're still enjoying shorts & sandals weather. 

[Terry]

you’re lucky 
Come on winter

cant wait, love winter 

Edited October 23 by Terry

[porkpie]

Frost on the roofs for second time this year in my neighbourhood this morning.  Kids were wearing shorts last week lol. 

[Rizzo]

October is such a crazy month. Definitely have shorts days but it is often the month you see the first snowflakes as well (for southern Ontario)

[Barry Willis]

On 10/23/2024 at 5:39 AM, Terry said:

you’re lucky 
Come on winter

cant wait, love winter 

Being so fond of winter, I think you are residing in the wrong province bud, Lol. This came night before last and yesterday. little tiny flakes but they added up. Hundreds of car crashes as very few out here know how to drive. I just bought a new (to me)  SUV last week so I stayed home so no one ran into me.

[Terry]

Maybe I should clarify 

I don’t like the heat and humidity of summer  I like the cold weather that makes ice for fishing 

the snow is a side effect of the cold I can do without 

and if I could convince the wife to move north to Alaska, maybe not that far but  North  I’m gone 

[misfish]

35 minutes ago, Terry said:

I don’t like the heat and humidity of summer  I like the cold weather that makes ice for fishing 

Not a fan of the heat and humidity any longer,but love my heat in the winter LOL

[Barry Willis]

20 hours ago, Terry said:

Maybe I should clarify 

I don’t like the heat and humidity of summer  I like the cold weather that makes ice for fishing 

the snow is a side effect of the cold I can do without 

and if I could convince the wife to move north to Alaska, maybe not that far but  North  I’m gone 

I can certainly relate. I sure don't miss the humidity in Ontario. Lying in bed with nothing on and wide awake at two in the morning sweating profusely.

We get the heat out hear but over the past twenty years or so, I and many others have noticed an incline in the humidity but no where's near as bad as Ontario. Last summer at the beginning of our record hot spell our air conditioner quit working, $7000 for a new one, that aint going to happen on our old age pensions. 

My wife and I years ago thought of moving to the Yukon, some where's south of White Horse. More often than not the weather up there, being so close to the ocean is nicer than here in Calgary.  I would still love to, but I meant a native (a kinda urbanized Eskimo actually if you will)  about twenty five years ago who had his own bush pilot business with six planes He said unless you have some money set aside, as work is scarce, it's very difficult to afford to live there. Just a jug of milk back then was $11:00. 

I, years ago wanted to move to Alaska.  I had a subscription to magazine all about Alaska. Land of the midnight sun. I am very much into gardening and there where pictures of cauliflowers the size of a bushel basket. But the Yukon is very much the same. Incredible hunting and fishing.