wild weather

little red fox on her way

wintry bird bath

In keeping with the recent trend to hi lite the work of talented artists here at 29 Black Street (and thus add beauty and colour to a potentially monotone wintry blog) here are three pieces by fabric artist Shellie Mitchell - please check out all of her amazing work at her etsy shop.

Well this early morning we've woken to wind and snow and very wild weather, the snowploughs are all out and roaming up and down the streets of this little village. On the radio Christmas carols are interspersed with long lists of cancellations and plenty of storm chat - road conditions, weather predictions, temperatures, wind speeds, storm surge warnings, road closures, power outages etc... such is the wild winter life here in the coast of Nova Scotia.

Thankfully we have power and it remained on all through the night. That's our biggest fear with these very high wind blizzard condition snowstorms - the loss of power. When I opened my eyes this morning to the smell of just brewed coffee (thank goodness for programmable coffee makers) the first thing I wondered was Is the power still on ? A quick glance to the electric bedside clock/radio and a sigh of relief. And no flashing numbers which of course means that the power stayed on all night. Phew!

So at least inside this old brick house it's business as usual this early morning. Bubbles and scent await, second mugs of steaming coffee have been poured, the sweetest black dog is still curled up on the bed - sleeping in, and that calico cat sits waiting for his first assignment here at the topped desk. Outside however, it's wild with freezing rain beating on our windows and the winds are a howling.


blue blue evening