Update 2: At left taken 12:10pm. Fog is right down, a goodly part of the road system has been sanded/graveled but not our section as yet.

The school is closed for the afternoon, it would take many kids about 1/2 an hour to walk home to the newer homes up the 'Quebec' end of town, then the same walking back.

We went to the shop this morning, curtailed going to the shops because it is too treacherous.

Update: Picture at right shows people doing it tough on the way to work and school. Some doing the skating thing, some doing the sliding thing, some picking the route from snow at the side then sliding on the road and one had one grip on one foot until they could get to the store and buy a pair.

Yeeew; its 2 degrees and light rain, not good at all.

Last year same day temps went from -13 to -3 and it snowed all day. In 2001 -6 to -3 and we had blowing snow all day.

Yesterday was cloudy overcast and up to +2, not bad enough to stop the planes getting in.

I missed the second of the seniors Christmas lunches, this one put on by the NG department of health. Fran went and brought home the goodies, some real practical stuff like warm mitts and a small tarp for me, Fran had some good stuff too. Thank you to all those involved in putting these events on.

The reason I missed the lunch was an urgent call for bread, had to mull it over hard before deciding to spend a good part of the day close to the oven.