Wednesday was one of those magical days, light snow falling, light winds, temperatures in the low to mid single negative digits.
Of course Siutik revels in these conditions, having the time with all the fresh snow, she looks extra purty with her Christmas bow on.

Fran wanted to put reindeer antlers with blinking lights on her head, not a good idea said I, for one how do we attach them securely, and two Siutik would be hauling them off in no time. Even the bow bugged her at first but since I took the bells off she tolerates it.

Any way the magic has disappeared this morning with temperatures around zero and winds from the east up to 57 clicks. Blowing snow with reduced visibility and snow banks starting to form, maybe the NICGovernemnts new snow plow/trail groomer will get its first run?

While dropping into Northern yesterday afternoon I noticed the latest “Big Donor” sheet going up. The sixth big donor is a 5 year old girl who had a sale of old toys and donated 140 bucks.

I see the government finely got around to officially opening the last section of the Trans Labrador Highway yesterday. The announcement was made from St. John’s [well it is the center of the universe].

Straight after the opening was announced they announced its closure due to a winter storm.

Now is the irony, coincidence or has something more spiritual intervened?

Could it be the Sprite of the Torngat is not all that happy, after all in the Torngat region we have had the worst year yet with provincially run marine transport, no movement on a new airstrip for Nain.

I am sure Torngat does not begrudge the people the new road but is maybe saying, “hey you arse holes we are still up here” and in dire need of some attention when it comes to transportation needs.

Later: So guess what the main topic of conversation down town this morning is.

Yep, the amount of snow we had yesterday. As one lady so subtly put it on faceBook, "fnnnn crazy the amount of snow we had".

Lots of people digging and snow blowering out, it's heavy snow too, not like the fluffy stuff.
Northern had a bank half way up there front door, the snow blower they have is next to useless, engine is too small. But they have a contingent of young blokes there who are doing an OK job of moving the stuff.

Hard walking around to, and then there are the brainless ski doo drivers who do not slow down when approaching pedestrians.
One bloke this morning zoomed past me right close, these idiots seem to forget they have large heavy komatiks and boxes behind them , these things do not follow the track of the ski doo, rather they sway from side to side especially under speed.
You would think a guy who claims a special affiliation with god, and who started his own ministry would have better sense, but no. He will need more than special affiliations if he ever hits me, or Fran, or me dog.