So the winter of 2011-2012 started with a wimper. It looked like it was going to be one of those 'blink and you'll miss it' kind of winters, where ski hills will work all night to make snow only to have it wash away by rain the next day. One of those winters where your tulip leaves will poke up next to the south facing wall of the house. A winter where you hardly think to wear a hat because it's just not worth the effort. Just days before Christmas we were lamenting that it was going to be a 'green' holiday. But then something happened. Winter!! An old fashioned, freezing cold then snowy then freezing cold then snowy kind of winter! Let me pass along one tip, if you are a shoveller: get one of these contraptions pictured here. It's called a husband. Ha, just kidding. It's called a 'wovel'. It looks ridiculous but it really works. The 'wheel' part of the wovel makes shovelling a breeze. Do yourself a favour and get a wovel, OR try to win a trip south with 'Bob Get Me Outta Here' from our friends at Nolitours and transat holidays. As I write this, yet another winter storm warning is in effect. And yes, you will have to wovel it.
