Yesterday on our walk home from voting in the provincial election I took this really bad phone photo of a beautiful tree covered in white blossoms. What happened to those flowers? At least you can see how green everything is. Or was. I will get to that.
Then I look a VIDEO of some yellow and red tulips. You will have to trust me when I tell you they were lovely. But they just stood there doing nothing, so the video was boring and I deleted it. Stupid phone with its little buttons.
The election results last night were surprising, to say the least, but very, very gratifying for the gazillions of people who have voted ‘other than P.C.’ for years and years with no hope in hell of changing anything. And yeah, that would include me. The Conservatives did not even make official opposition, and the NDP party has a majority. We were so over due for a change. Let’s hope it’s a good one.
Well before Christmas last year W took his truck to a guy who does body work to have his rusted fenders and things worked on. Obviously I’m fuzzy on the details. What I do know is that he was told to take his time, keep it as long as he wanted, there was no hurry to get it done. Six months later we finally have the truck back and W can stop driving my car.
This is our garage yesterday, with a big empty space on the left where the truck parks. W is out driving it somewhere. And there’s my car, barricaded behind many heavy things. It’s so wonderful to have it all to myself again. What the hell??
And this! THIS is this morning, taken from my kitchen window, because I’m not going out in THIS. It started snowing around midnight and hasn’t stopped. Yep, we often get snow in May. It will all be gone in a day or two, but that doesn’t make it any less annoying. I wonder how those tulips are doing.
And W has gone off to his appointment to get the summer tires put on his truck.
Gawd I love this place.
I can only speak of Wyoming tulips–a state somewhat south of you–but when I lived in the Rocky Mountain West, springtime meant tulips and snow. In other words, the tulips prevailed, ultimately. 😉 Great post, as always.
Karen
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I guess we have some pretty hardy plant life here. Today the snow has all melted off the trees and they’re lovely and green again like it was no big deal. It looks rather bizarre with snow still left on the ground.
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Snow in May? Now, that just stinks! Sending some sunshine your way!
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Thanks for the sunshine! It’s turning everything green again. 😄
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How do newly growing things ever stand a chance there with such changes in temperature and seasons 🙂
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Everyone who plants things here knows to wait until after the 24th of May long weekend to do any serious gardening. Mother Nature tries to fool us every spring.
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And here it’s jumped from winter to summer. urrggg
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I would love a sudden jump to summer! And a skip and a hop over winter. 😄
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Craziness in the air, isn’t it! At least the snow will be gone tomorrow!
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Yes, I expect it will be pretty much history by this afternoon. So we will be into spring number….I don’t know, three?? lol
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I’d say three… There was that miserable bout of cold weather a few weeks back, too. I suspect that’s what happens when we declare an “early” spring!
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A fun post. Ah, the travails of weather. It’s one thing that none of us have control over whatsoever. I think that’s why it continues to intrigue, annoy, and excite us. And fortunately, it changes.
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I know if it wasn’t for the weather there would be a lot less to talk about 😄 It’s lovely and sunny today. Yay for this kind of change.
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Go away snow, you jerk!
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Thank you Mer, I think it heard you and is doing as you say 😄
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That’s crazy! But given I slept out in freezing conditions at the weekend I guess I shouldn’t be so surprised. 😀
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The long weekend campers here in May quite often get caught in snow squalls. Not my idea of fun!
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I don’t even want to contemplate May snow as a possibility in science fiction novels, let alone in real places where real people live. So I’m just going to pretend that particular picture up there in your post is actually of the tulips. The serene, prettypretty, no-snow-here-no-siree-bob tulips.
And all is again right with the world…
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I admit I stopped looking out the windows yesterday, it was just too depressing. We needed the moisture, just not in this particular form.
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May six – my forty sixth wedding anniversary.
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Congratulations! It’s our 44th coming up. Are we stuck in a rut or what? lol
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It’s the kind of rut that i don’t mind bein in.
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Ain’t Canada grand, eh?!
Alison
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Well, we are rarely bored. 😄
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NDP wins and hell freezes over. There you go, the explanation. I am delighted, btw, with the election results. A majority, yet. There is hope.
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I’m delighted too! Yay Alberta! We need some shaking up.
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A post full of interest and trees with camera shy blossom, stiff still tulips, weird weather and elections. Sounds just like home even the barge looks kind of familiar. xxxx
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It’s just how my scatterbrained mind works. lol. I hesitated to post the picture of our messy garage, but then I figured that’s probably what everyone else’s looks like. 😄
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Ours certainly does!
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Sorry for the surprise snow…or was it ???? Maggie’s “hell freezes over” comment above ! It will melt soon…the only benefit this time of year. ☺
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Every year I’m hopeful that there will be no snow in May. Foiled again. Yes, it will be gone shortly, and just another bad memory. 😄
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At least your lawn will be pre-watered ! ☺
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Snow in May? That’s sacriligious.
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heard about your election down here. I hope it all works out. Perhaps photography isn’t your thing?
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Hope you have a wonderful and warm Happy Mother’s Day! I am behind in reading posts… so sorry!
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