Rough day in the west

If it's heading for you now, if you can't stay in the house, at least dress warmly and stay in your vehicle. Please.

Hang on to your hats

The wind began to switch, the house to pitch
And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch

Now just add snow.

Not much sign of an impending blizzard in town just before heading home, 12 minutes away, but oh what a difference those 12 minutes can make. I removed the wind chimes and wreath and brought them in, just in case. Laura closed the garage door for the dog and the cat, so they can keep warm and so that too much snow doesn't blow in.

Fortunately, I had a great big box from BookCloseouts to carry into the basement, which helped me from blowing away.

And it's only the beginning. Oh my stars.

Blizzard a-comin'

All of central Alberta is under a blizzard warning. The snow is supposed to start later this morning, and by midnight "blizzard conditions" are expected -- snow, very high winds, and sharply plunging temperatures, from just under freezing to -30 C. We'll head to town a bit early today in advance of music lessons to make sure we can run all of our errands for the week and be home before the roads are too awful.

Tomorrow afternoon's 4H public speaking workshop and meeting, and the Theater for Kids information meeting later in the evening will likely be canceled. Revamped plans, for us at least, call for Ben Franklin and lots of Lego while I read aloud. Oh yes, and those double chocolate chip mini M&M cookies Laura made for her meeting...