Weather report

So our last couple days in Toronto were spent doing various errands, one of the most important of which was buying Chris some serious winter boots.

Having discussed it with me, confirmed it with my sister and having had previous Christmas-visit glimpses, he knew that Saskatchewan farming meant nose-hair-freezing-lung-burning-why-does-anyone-live-here COLD.

He researched and chose his boots in Toronto and then reserved and picked them up in Winnipeg. Take that Centre of the Universe!

They are called Baffin Antarctic, good to -100C...serious cold. Serious trekkers/researches/people-more-accomplished-than-me take them to the South Pole. He's set!

So, what the hell?!?! There is not one flake of snow on the ground here. The biggest 'weather' Chris hit driving over was a bit of rain and fog. Where is winter?!?!

Judging from glimpses on the national news, it's looking pretty sparse all over Canada. We are in serious jeopardy of losing our bragging rights about being SO tough with cold weather.

What is with this? Oh....right...Armageddon approacheth. As Mayans predicted and Hollywood is reminding us (with the last big theatre movie we went to in Toronto - Chris' choice NOT mine), the end is near - winter solstice 2012.

Is the lack of winter a sign of the End of Time? Will Chris' Uber Boots go to waste? Or is this just a pleasant, gentle entry into a regular, cold winter that is a little late to arrive?

I guess time will tell. In fact, just a little over three years to go...