SNOW!!

 After living on Vancouver Island since 2004, we have realized that snow typically arrives for a week or two in January or February. It is magical when it happens, mainly because it isn't a 'given'. And growing up in Ontario, I miss the snow (or at least I think I do!)


One time I took advantage of the snow and took a 'snow day'. I promptly set off on foot, and walked downtown for breakfast, finding a graffiti covered van on the way down (I felt like I was in NYC, not Nanaimo!)




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