Day one in Canada

well, i'm posting this early in the morning on day two - cause last night i was just toooooo tired to post.....

day one was amazing. woke up about 8 to wander down for breakfast with ray and lily. lovely sunny morning so we took blade (the dog - little cutie) for a walk around the neighbourhood. it was a bit cool but i had one of ray's jackets to keep me warm.

every here and there were old snow drifts that were melting. and on the footpaths that means that there is every chance of ice as well - i nearly slipped but fortunately for my pride (ray woulda loved a photo of THAT) i didn't. it was a nice nippy 6 degree forecast for the day so my face felt it a bit but unfortunately, ray was sure there was no chance of snow :(

then went with lily to do some shopping and have a girly afternoon. i am now sporting nicely manicured hands and some pretty pink toenails - and this image of what it would be like to turn up at such a place on a bike and complete with leathers......

while i was being 'done' lily went off for a bit and came back to say that it was snowing....but by the time we got back outside it had stopped. oh well.

then she offered to take me to a harley shop to look at some bike boots, and on the way there, there was a nice little flurry of soft little white things falling from the sky - yep, snow - very lite but i could say i'd seen it.

so i was feeling good, because not only had i been pampered, but i also found my new boots (YAY - thanks to the awesome guys at the harley shop. shame i couldn't take them up on their offer of a trade-in for a new harley - but i guess it would be a long ride back to canada on the virago hey?), and i had seen some snow....

but like the guy with the 'but wait there's more' steak knives - there's more!!!!!!

we got home to even more snow flurries.........and more.......so i took a little video (will post it when i can).....and then some more........enough snow now for it to be lying on the ground - so i made a little snow-man (6 centimetres tall with a body and a head DOES make a snowman ray......!)

we took blade for another walk and this time not only did i need the jacket but also some gloves and a scarf. my nose was dripping with the cold this time.......

and then it snowed some more.......ray and lily are absolutely sick of snow by this time of the year, but for me this is just like the photos ray had been sending me of his house for years........just like a christmas scene..........

so the day had a great mix of holiday experiences for me and it was only day 1........

bring on day 2 - going to meet another friend of ray's who has organised a sleigh ride and sugar bush......and with snow it looks like the sleigh will be a sleigh and not a wagon. WOO HOOO

:)