December 21, 2013 – I just love the snow and was up before the sun to enjoy the peace and quiet that snow brings to the Lower Mainland. In two ways.
One, because snow just does that, it muffles everything.
And two, Vancouverites cower inside in terror when the snow flies.
Winter just isn’t winter for me unless there is snow. And I don’t mean snow on the mountains, I mean snow on the streets, snow on the trees, snow on the rooftops, snow in our yard.
In our yard.
How weird does that seem to type.
And there sits our truck, in our driveway. That looks weird in type too.
And it’s in front of our garage. We have a garage. The truck doesn’t get to live in it since it’s filled with other toys, but at least the truck has its own driveway, it doesn’t have to live on the street, even if it does have to be scraped and brushed off when it snows now.
And those are our Christmas lights on our fence. Our fence….. That fence isn’t going to stay, but still, we have a fence, around a yard, and it will be replaced with a better fence eventually.
We still drive around and see the many places we looked at when we were searching, and of most of them we say, “I thought we’d end up buying in a townhouse complex like that, with little privacy, and neighbours too close for comfort.”
We never thought we’d end up with a yard that contained mature hemlock trees, 60 year old rhododendrons, and so much privacy that window blinds aren’t needed because absolutely no one looks in our windows anywhere.
We still pinch ourselves, and Kirk still asks “It’s real, right? No one is going to take this away from us, right?”
What a wonderful way to end the year. Last year I avoided Christmas almost altogether. I was so devastated by tragic events that I just wanted to do nothing more than turn off the lights and curl up into a ball in the corner and cry. Some of that feeling is still there, but I can fight it back most of the time. It seeps up, particularly when I think about Christmas and all those years, all those conversations, all those wonderful memories. It’s still hard.
But I know she’d be so happy with us being here, and even though she helped us get here, I’d give it all up in a heartbeat to have her back here with us.
So when I look at what an amazing place we managed to buy, she is part and parcel of it all. And although it makes me unbearably sad, it also makes me happy somewhere inside, because I know she’d be proud, and she’d be filled with a thousand ideas on what projects to do. And I’ll try to live up to that.
I’m cheating and using this for a two-fer since I am on a time crunch. (113 in 2013: #64 – Low Key)
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beautiful
Beautiful
Oh Paige, this brought a year to my eye….quite lovely. xx
i meant a “tear”, damn predictive text sometimes!
Wonderfully lovely and touching post Paige. Merry Christmas to you and Kirk.
Yup beautiful…and you know your Mom would have had a million ideas for your place. 🙂 I would also like to mention that you guys have put us to shame. It’s been five years and still no Christmas lights on the house.
Beautiful photo….love the colour.
Beautiful photo….love the colour.
Thank you everyone. And Merry Christmas to you all.
Marne – No Christmas lights? We even had them at the condo every year. This place is just a hodge-podge of lights we strung together from previous years and it took an incredible force to stop Kirk from going moderately insane with lights. If he found a cheap source I think we’d have ten times this….
By the way, where is that sled? Did it make it out to Thunder Bay or is it still with your Mom? I want to see it sanded down and stained by next Christmas.
Still in PG….we haven’t driven out there. Fully expected to for Kira. And who knows where Travis will end up. He didn’t apply to UBC tho.
And no….no Christmas lights….I live with the Grinch….who hates Christmas lights. It’s a battle to have a tree.
Dave needs to hang around with Kirk, some of it might rub off…
On Dave that is…..
It hasn’t rubbed off and he’s been with me for many years. 🙂 And I love Christmas!
Yeah, but maybe it’s a guy thing….
Yet another veiled attempt to get us to move there? 🙂
Not at all….where on earth would you get an idea like that from….?? O:)
LOL!
Beautiful! Merry Christmas Paige…
Thank you Laurel, and Merry Christmas to you. Please pass on my wishes to your parents too.
As for cold Justine B7, not at all. Maybe compared to where you are, but for Canada, they call Vancouver Lotus Land for a reason 😉 The white stuff is rare and we infrequently slip below 0C.
As for cold Justine B7, not at all. Maybe compared to where you are, but for Canada, they call Vancouver Lotus Land for a reason 😉 The white stuff is rare and we infrequently slip below 0C.
@Karen – Thanks, I love the light when the day is starting to think about beginning.
@Mary – Thank you, and a very wonderful season to you as well.
@Karen – Thanks, I love the light when the day is starting to think about beginning.
@Mary – Thank you, and a very wonderful season to you as well.
Beautiful Paige and Kirk – and that’s a lot of snow! Merry Christmas!
Is it Art Deco?
And Merry Christmas to you Albina!