Wednesday 29 October 2008

A White Blanket

I woke up some time in the early dark hours this morning to hear that scraping along the road that we haven't heard for many months. A snowplow? No, impossible. It was snowing last night when we came home, but it was surely just wet snow. I fall back asleep. When I wake up again, I turn over to look at my alarm clock, wondering why it hadn't gone off yet, only to find it dark. I check my lamp. No electricity. I drag myself out of the comfort of my bed and it was cold. Time to turn on the heat. Oh, yeah, I can't. It was still dark outside but not too dark to see the snow out of the hallway window and I could vaguely make out a fallen tree branch. I found a flashlight downstairs and pointed it at the dining room clock. 7:15. Time to climb back under the warm blankets. I couldn't read my Bible in the dark anyway. Half an hour later, the power went back on.

After having my devotions, I look out the window to some strange scenery. One large maple is almost completely bare, but the smaller one next to it is still almost all green, it's branches hanging heavy on the ground under the weight of the snow. I turn away to get up and going for the day and Christmas tunes start popping into my head. I turn back to the green maple. This is not right! It's only the last week of October.

But isn't it great that we serve a God who is in charge and when I remember that I can say "Amen! It's beautiful!" For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. (Job 37:6)

When I came downstairs and looked out of the kitchen, I saw another almost frightening sight to what the snow had done to another half red, half green maple. This definitely was worthy of a few pictures.

God bless and have a great week.

14 comments:

  1. Wow, no snow here other than a bit of icing sugar which disappeared quickly. I heard London had quite a bit though....

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  2. Margaret,

    I couldn't tell by the pictures, but how deep was it?

    Nick

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  3. It wasn't very deep...maybe 2 inches, if that.

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  4. Being from AR I have lost the ability to tell how deep it is. :) That won't be much longer though! I went hunting with some friends a week ago and saw some large moose tracks in the snow...

    Nick

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  5. looks like you had more then we did!

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  6. Hey Margaret!

    We had about an inch a little while ago, but it melted off. Last year we had a foot on Oct. 15, melted for a GREEN Christmas, and then returned until the end of April!! Arggh!
    Phylicia

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  7. Hi Margaret, Thanks for visiting my blog. Yes, the snow was a shocker to us as well. The kids built two snow men. And then they wanted to listen to Christmas music. Thats where I had to draw the line...lol.

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  8. You know what's shocking to me? The Canadian girl who's shocked to see snow.

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  9. A Canadian girl shocked to see snow?!! I'm sorry, but it just isn't typical October weather in this part of Ontario. Thanks Joshua.

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  10. Wow. I would think Canada would be seeing more snow than this during this time. I guess it depends where you live? Here in the West at Jackson, Wyoming, we are supposed to get 4-8 inches of snow by the end of Teusday (tomorrow)!

    Nick

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  11. This is just more proof against the Canadian stereotype.

    Regarding Nick's comment: There are many factors that come into play concerning regional weather. One of them is... mountains. And you, Nick, are in a place with a lot of mountains.

    Margaret, now that we know that it doesn't snow in Canada all the time, what is the temperature like during the summer?

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  12. Summer gets pretty warm in our area, Joshua, can get very warm, often easily around 90 Fahrenheit and very humid.

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  13. We had a few snowflakes a week or two ago, but it has warmed up again... Then again, Ontario is a bit north of Minnesota.

    Winter is always so finicky here. It is always bitterly cold and windy, but sometimes the snow doesn't come until January and then it stays way into April.

    Have a blessed week, Margaret. It seems like most bloggers, myself included, have been posting more sparsely. I wonder why...

    -Maria

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  14. I'm incredibly busy this week, so I'm not sure when I'll get a post in.

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