Happy Advent.

We had snow and blowing snow all yesterday and into this morning, very mild at between -3 to -.03, forecasted to be with us all day with winds to 100 KPH.

It was busy around town yesterday afternoon, advent is a big deal up here, trees put up for some, decorations but not on the scale of Christmas. The stores are packed to the isles literally, hard to squeeze through some of the isles, one way traffic only, hard when you have to back up only to run into another cart up your rear.

I do not remember seeing the amount of goods available at one of the stores before. BigLand has supplies of all types stacked to the roof of its warehouse almost. Everything from food items to dry goods to hardware to furniture. Looks ugly in the store with stuff all over the place. It is good for the consumer though, those that don’t have the luxury of trips out to larger centers that is, they/we have to pay a little more but it is convenient.

The other stores are well stocked too, it’s just that for the last several years the BigLand always looked half empty at this time of year, it is the largest store and warehouse area in town.

Matthew the grandson was up hanging a bit yesterday. As usual he became bored quick, particularly if grandma is occupied and cant pay fullest attention.
So I suggest we take Siutik for a run with the ski doo. Matthew gives the head down eyes up look and takes off home.
Smart kid, he sensed a possible pending disaster. Not to be deterred I geared up, leashed the dog and revved up the Polaris.

There were a couple of false starts as Siutik wanted to run in front of the machine, which was sorted out with a couple of shouts and tugs on the leash.
We settled down quick and got to a steady 14 KPH, she was really enjoying this, snow and wind in the face, people gawking as we passed, she did want to take diversions when we approached places she new other dogs were, a slight tug on the leash and she straightened up.

After about 3 clicks we stopped, I gave her a rest then tried to get her to sit on the seat of the ski doo. Not happy with that idea at all but she did get up with some help from me.
We headed back towards town, but it was obvious this was not her cup of tea, so down she went and off we went for a run through town and back home.
She dived into the fresh snow belly down as soon as we pulled up, she loves to bury her head and lap up the fluffy stuff, she has not been able to do that for several weeks.
So no disaster, this time.

There is a tree lighting ceremony tonight at 7. The tree is out front of the Sportplex this year, I must remember to take a photo of the tree and post it.