Well, we are pretty far south so usually we don't get any amount of snow until the absolute end of Nov. maybe mid-Dec. and we have had more green Xmas days than not in the last couple of decades, so the weather is usually pretty mild here in southwestern Ontario. 

Even still, Dan and I live right on shores of Lake Huron (only a two minute walk to the beach) so we do get a fair bit of lake effect snow and a lot of colder winds in the winter but our area on the whole is known for its milder weather (commonly referred to as "The Banana Belt of Ontario" - but really that is a joke of the worst order!).

We already had our dusting of snow in Oct. but this time it was almost "shoveling time" there was so much of it.  Some of it has melted away but more is expected today and tomorrow. 

Winter has a lot going for it  but I do wish it won't start early and end late.  About February I really get tired of it and yet it still insists on hanging around for at least another month... month and a half! 



-Val

Well, we had something interesting happen to us tonight.  We went on a road trip to see our local hockey team in action in a little town called St. Marys and when we got there the team manager called us over and told Dan that there was a film crew from Vancouver working for ABC/Disney Channel working on a segment of a reality show about some American cheerleaders - one of whom was a girlfriend of one of our players!  So the crew was sent out to film this girl visiting her boyfriend in action at one of his hockey games.  I think the name of the show was something like "They're Going to the World's" (but don't quote me on this because I don't watch reality TV).   

After the game was all over and Dan went down to do his interviews with the coach and players (he is the media liason for the team - and team historian) and they were doing some more filming.  They got some of the other players involved in the segment too.  Dan said it was all very scripted - every line was pre-written for both the girlfriend and the player. 

But all the boys were very excited - we won the game, so everyone was in good spirits!  Even though all this filming held up the team bus for a very long time. 

Any way it was something really different.  Has anyone ever heard of this show?  I think Dan said it would be on the ABC Sparks channel and on the Disney Channel???  They were also going by the title "Cheer, Cheer" if that helps.

-Val

Look at this otter - really as cute as Benedict.

I agree with the otter...

SolarSystem wrote:

Otter is probably thinking: Oh hell, not another otter joke, pleeeaaase...!! 

That´s why it is covering its cute face, maybe? It doesn´t want to be photographed for another otter joke.
 

Once upon a time, I saw a painting "Red Fuji" from Katsushika Hokusai:



I had thought that the red colour of the mountain was just the artist´s hyperbole. But now I saw this stunning photo and I noted with surprise, that Fuji-san is actually red:



Check the blogger´s site. It´s beautiful:

http://todayintokyo.tumblr.com/post/134928280880/wonderous-world-yamanakako-village-japan-by
 

Yes. And the second cloud is a typical UFO.

Me too, me too!!!! Must be brilliant... whatever.

Star Trek is actually running right now on Tele 5 on German television...
 

Last edited by SolarSystem (December 16, 2015 3:31 pm)

nakahara wrote:

SolarSystem wrote:

Otter is probably thinking: Oh hell, not another otter joke, pleeeaaase...!! 

That´s why it is covering its cute face, maybe? It doesn´t want to be photographed for another otter joke.
 

 
Don't you mean 'anotter' joke?   *ducks*   

Last edited by Russell (December 16, 2015 4:47 pm)