Carrick to Calgary

I'm worried about the rabbits because they are white and the ground is still rather disconcertingly not white. This is absolutely not a complaint on my part, but it just seems weird! There they are, jumping around on green lawns, with their pure white fur that's designed to blend in with white snow and ice, and there just isn't any snow or ice - nor is there forecast to be for another day or two.

Actually the weather forecast for this week is probably better than we have seen during most of the rest of the year (including the dismal summer). Here is a screen shot of Environment Canada's weather forecast for Calgary yesterday...



Its just a pity that it gets dark before we're due to leave work these evenings - with these temperatures, it feels like summer rather than the start of winter. However, I'm reassured that this won't last, and we should just enjoy it while it does.

Anyway, Canada Olympic Park opened for skiing and snowboarding last Friday, but we're not sure that they will manage to sustain a snow base for much longer. They did say on Friday that they had a snow base of 50cm, but over the last couple of days, the base has started to look very very patchy.

However, the sunrises and sunsets are something else at the moment...






Of course, the pictures can't really do the colours full justice...

By the way, the pumpkins have now been migrated into the bin - we figured that if we left them much longer, that they would turn to complete mush and would be very unpleasant to lift... so here they are, just before being trashed!