West Coast Winter

January in Sidney

As I am writing this, Calgary is experiencing another mid-winter summer (or chinook) so some of the shine may be lost, but not much, since mid-winter summer only lasts for a few days but the weather here continues...

    People say the west coast can be dark an dreary and wet in the winter, which is true except I haven't noticed the dreary part. I have however noticed that it is almost always warm here (at least by Canadian winter standards). When the sun does pop out, it is like instant springtime because everything is already green and if you look closely there are even flowers. 

a misty day in the woods...

 To be fair, not all days are bright and sunny, but for the most part they are still quite warm and even when the air is damp i don't find it uncomfortable (nothing a sweater doesn't fix) and it can even be enjoyable!

a slightly under performing Cdn$

It is looking like I"ll have to suffer through this weather for a while longer yet as we have more delays in business. A good amount of headway has been gained but not much has ultimately changed as yet, although a closing date has finally been proposed, so things will all fall into place soon... it's just a little unfortunate the Cdn$ decided to do a swan dive recently.

west coast Arbutus trees

Otherwise the hiking and other outdoor activities -including a little tennis the other day- are quite pleasant and offer some rather interesting atmospheres. 

i have a few more photos, but unfortunately i don't have them here yet!