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ann m Oct 11th 2009 4:20 am
So where is autumn ?
 
OK - who stole autumn?

I know Spring can be a bit like "blink and you've missed it" in many parts of Canada, but I wasn't aware that Autumn has succumbed to the same fate.

One week it was 32 degrees in sunny Calgary, and the next it was trying to snow (pathetic attempt admittedly) and now the weather is currently struggling to drag itself above zero degrees.

I saw a few yellowing trees then bang, a winter landscape. Where were my gentle, calm and colourful evenings? where was my Indian summer? Where was that one month window open to plant my spring bulbs before the earth became encrusted with an icy layer?

So who's got autumn? C'mon - who is keeping it to themselves? Give! :frown::p

mandymoochops Oct 11th 2009 4:25 am
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you know I was thinking the same thing - theres still snow on the ground here and on Friday it was -15 with the wind chill. (thats a drop of 49 degrees in a couple of weeks conveniently missing that other season in the middle that someone has deemed uneedable ((is that a word?)) this year).

I'm with you Ann I didn't expect to be hauling water to the cows this early :(

jericho Oct 11th 2009 4:33 am
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I was out in the forest yesterday- it was definitely weird seeing green leaves on top of the snow.

This time last year it was t-shirt weather.

I love the white stuff though, so bring it on! :thumbup:

Steve_P Oct 11th 2009 4:37 am
Re: So where is autumn ?
 
Originally Posted by ann m (Post 8008123)
OK - who stole autumn?

I know Spring can be a bit like "blink and you've missed it" in many parts of Canada, but I wasn't aware that Autumn has succumbed to the same fate.

One week it was 32 degrees in sunny Calgary, and the next it was trying to snow (pathetic attempt admittedly) and now the weather is currently struggling to drag itself above zero degrees.

I saw a few yellowing trees then bang, a winter landscape. Where were my gentle, calm and colourful evenings? where was my Indian summer? Where was that one month window open to plant my spring bulbs before the earth became encrusted with an icy layer?

So who's got autumn? C'mon - who is keeping it to themselves? Give! :frown::p
According to the weather office autumn restarts on Thursday.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/....html#detailsf

Personally I'll believe it when I see it.:sneaky:

Now I'm off out to bring in our two outside hoses which are frozen solid because I didn't take them off the taps and drain them when I should have. :ohmy::(

bananahammock Oct 11th 2009 4:42 am
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Originally Posted by ann m (Post 8008123)
OK - who stole autumn?

So who's got autumn? C'mon - who is keeping it to themselves? Give! :frown::p
:rofl: We've got in on VI & were not giving it up! :p

el_richo Oct 11th 2009 6:52 am
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Autumn has arrived in the UK and is beautiful ;)

rae Oct 11th 2009 9:30 am
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-5 here, light winds and flurries, bit of snow on the ground. far too early for me also.

rae Oct 11th 2009 9:38 am
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Originally Posted by bananahammock (Post 8008155)
:rofl: We've got in on VI & were not giving it up! :p
just had a nosey at your photos, very nice. thoughts of a long cold winter in AB had me thinking the other day of the Island. I spoke to a few people who have lived and worked there and the opinion varied between too quiet to just right. a place to go to retire came up a bit and nanaimo in particular a bit far out with not much there. so just wondering how you found day to day life for shops, schools, drive to victoria and the local cops, as thats what i would end up doing most probably. thanks rae.

dboy Oct 11th 2009 9:52 am
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Originally Posted by rae (Post 8008686)
just had a nosey at your photos, very nice. thoughts of a long cold winter in AB had me thinking the other day of the Island. I spoke to a few people who have lived and worked there and the opinion varied between too quiet to just right. a place to go to retire came up a bit and nanaimo in particular a bit far out with not much there. so just wondering how you found day to day life for shops, schools, drive to victoria and the local cops, as thats what i would end up doing most probably. thanks rae.
Victoria PD and Sanich PD are the local muni forces, other than that its the mounties, including Nanaimo. I much prefer the areas around Victoria, although housing costs would be higher for you coming from Alb, I would actually find it cheaper.

Victoria is beautiful, right on the water, very english style pubs. Would be a great place to live, although I have often wondered if I would get some sort of island fever. It is a retirement hub so there are a lot of retirees.

lmartin999 Oct 11th 2009 9:57 am
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Lovely autumn day in Toronto. Few pics attached taken a few minutes ago from our balcony). Never realised there were so many trees here :)

ann m Oct 11th 2009 10:09 am
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Originally Posted by rae (Post 8008686)
just had a nosey at your photos, very nice. thoughts of a long cold winter in AB had me thinking the other day of the Island. I spoke to a few people who have lived and worked there and the opinion varied between too quiet to just right. a place to go to retire came up a bit and nanaimo in particular a bit far out with not much there. so just wondering how you found day to day life for shops, schools, drive to victoria and the local cops, as thats what i would end up doing most probably. thanks rae.
OMG - were you listening in to our conversation two nights ago? :eek: :lol:

nikki dreaming Oct 11th 2009 10:24 am
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Lovely fall day here today,:) here are some pics from Windsor NS where we visited the annual pumpkin regatta:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Greenhill Oct 11th 2009 11:27 am
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Some snaps from around the area (taken this weekend).

Manson Oct 11th 2009 11:41 am
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Definitely too early....Haven't even finished sorting the veggie patch out. :(

travelsafe Oct 11th 2009 12:00 pm
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You blinked your eye's, you missed it??

Ben

rae Oct 11th 2009 12:51 pm
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Originally Posted by ann m (Post 8008752)
OMG - were you listening in to our conversation two nights ago? :eek: :lol:
time of the year mate, time of the year. if we move together, it would get rid of one of the negatives of not knowing anyone, again.

rae Oct 11th 2009 12:58 pm
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Originally Posted by dboy (Post 8008713)
Victoria PD and Sanich PD are the local muni forces, other than that its the mounties, including Nanaimo. I much prefer the areas around Victoria, although housing costs would be higher for you coming from Alb, I would actually find it cheaper.

Victoria is beautiful, right on the water, very english style pubs. Would be a great place to live, although I have often wondered if I would get some sort of island fever. It is a retirement hub so there are a lot of retirees.
ahh right thanks, i knew about vic and sanich, but somehow thought nanaimo had its own to. i had heard that about victoria too, the retirement thing, which i find a little surprising. i also specifically asked about the island fever thing, but was greeted with the typical offhand, "well its only an hour on a ferry" AN HOUR!! like crossing the bloody channel.

ann m Oct 11th 2009 1:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 8008148)
Personally I'll believe it when I see it.:sneaky:

Now I'm off out to bring in our two outside hoses which are frozen solid because I didn't take them off the taps and drain them when I should have. :ohmy::(
Mmm, me too Steve.

And - oops ! :p

ann m Oct 11th 2009 1:03 pm
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Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 8008355)
Autumn has arrived in the UK and is beautiful ;)
Originally Posted by lmartin999 (Post 8008726)
Lovely autumn day in Toronto. Few pics attached taken a few minutes ago from our balcony). Never realised there were so many trees here :)
Originally Posted by nikki dreaming (Post 8008767)
Lovely fall day here today,:) here are some pics from Windsor NS where we visited the annual pumpkin regatta:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 8008856)
Some snaps from around the area (taken this weekend).
:p see that smiley? He's blowing long and loud raspberries at you all :D

ann m Oct 11th 2009 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by rae (Post 8009012)
time of the year mate, time of the year. if we move together, it would get rid of one of the negatives of not knowing anyone, again.
You may jest - but actually, just the thought of starting all over again - again - is exhausting :sneaky: but keep us posted :lol:

nikki dreaming Oct 11th 2009 1:07 pm
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Originally Posted by ann m (Post 8009045)
:p see that smiley? He's blowing long and loud raspberries at you all :D
sorry ann, sure it wont be around for too much longer !:rofl:

rae Oct 11th 2009 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by ann m (Post 8009051)
You may jest - but actually, just the thought of starting all over again - again - is exhausting :sneaky: but keep us posted :lol:
i know, the thought of yet another application, tests, lie detector, physical, background checks, paying for all that, then the move, house sale, house buy, new schools, uurrghhh. i think as we did the first one, you girls should do the second one and keep us in the manner to which we are accustomed.

bananahammock Oct 11th 2009 1:57 pm
Re: So where is autumn ?
 
Originally Posted by rae (Post 8008686)
just had a nosey at your photos, very nice. thoughts of a long cold winter in AB had me thinking the other day of the Island. I spoke to a few people who have lived and worked there and the opinion varied between too quiet to just right. a place to go to retire came up a bit and nanaimo in particular a bit far out with not much there. so just wondering how you found day to day life for shops, schools, drive to victoria and the local cops, as thats what i would end up doing most probably. thanks rae.

Hi rae :)

I still think Nanaimo is pretty quiet but then I came from Bristol which has give or take 500k ... I think there are 80k(ish) here.

When you say 'far out' do you mean geographically or are you talking hippy? :o
If the latter then yep, it's probably pretty similar to the rest of BC, if you mean the setting then it's not too bad ... from the 2 ferry terminals you get to Van in 90mins (approx) plus there are 3 or 4 seaplane companies serving Van, Vic, Tofino etc.
Any further north than here & it gets slightly more difficult to get to the mainland.
I really like Van & Vic and would love to live in Vancouver but housing costs are high, plus the traffic would do my head in ... it takes my OH about an hour & 20 to reach Victoria in the mornings but then another 30-60mins to travel the last 10mile to work in the traffic! :eek: We are relatively happy with being able to visit Van in an hour & a half or Mt Washington 90mins in the other direction.

Don't know much about the cops here to be honest, apart from the ones that are attached to the high schools I don't know any ... personally I think there should be a lot more of the ones I see downtown occasionally with the cycles & the lycra uniforms :thumbsup:

I think the whole island has more than it's fair share of retirees but Nanaimo is a university city too & my 2 kids at 17 & 20 have plenty of friends their own age.

There are 33 elementary schools, 5 high schools, 1 private & 1 alternate schools so plenty of kids around. There are loads of shops, banks etc, a couple of cinemas (dated but show up to date movies) an Ice Skating rink, 2 pools etc etc

Sooooo ... it's OK, a bit 'yee har' ~ def not as attractive as Van or Vic but friendly & relaxed, the weather is great, less rain than the mainland but still a bit like living in the movie 'The Truman show' :eek:

rae Oct 11th 2009 2:05 pm
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Originally Posted by bananahammock (Post 8009151)
Hi rae :)

I still think Nanaimo is pretty quiet but then I came from Bristol which has give or take 500k ... I think there are 80k(ish) here.

When you say 'far out' do you mean geographically or are you talking hippy? :o
If the latter then yep, it's probably pretty similar to the rest of BC, if you mean the setting then it's not too bad ... the 2 ferry terminals get you to Van in 90mins (approx) plus there are 3 or 4 seaplane companies serving Van, Vic, Tofino etc.
Any further north than here & it gets slightly more difficult to get to the mainland.
I really like Van & Vic and would love to live in Vancouver but housing costs are high, plus the traffic would do my head in ... it takes my OH about an hour & 20 to reach Victoria in the mornings but then another 30-60mins to travel the last 10mile to work in the traffic! :eek: We are relatively happy with being able to visit Van in an hour & a half or Mt Washington 90mins in the other direction.

Don't know much about the cops here to be honest, apart from the ones that are attached to the high schools I don't know any ... personally I think there should be a lot more of the ones I see downtown occasionally with the cycles & the lycra uniforms :thumbsup:

I think the whole island has more than it's fair share of retirees but Nanaimo is a university city too & my 2 kids at 17 & 20 have plenty of friends their own age.

There are 33 elementary schools, 5 high schools, 1 private & 1 alternate schools so plenty of kids around. There are loads of shops, banks etc, a couple of cinemas (dated but show up to date movies) an Ice Skating rink, 2 pools etc etc

Sooooo ... it's OK, a bit 'yee har' ~ def not as attractive as Van or Vic but friendly & relaxed, the weather is great, less rain than the mainland but still a bit like living in the movie 'The Truman show' :eek:
most kind of you to give me such detailed info, thanks.
more the geography than anything, not too fussed at this lotus rep BC has, i'm not that right wing, yet, age seems to be sending me that way though.
with regard to the 'yee har' thing, seems like thats pretty much all of canada small town wise, or we cannot adjust, one or the other.
anyway thanks again.

bananahammock Oct 11th 2009 2:10 pm
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Originally Posted by rae (Post 8009165)
most kind of you to give me such detailed info, thanks.
more the geography than anything, not too fussed at this lotus rep BC has, i'm not that right wing, yet, age seems to be sending me that way though.
with regard to the 'yee har' thing, seems like thats pretty much all of canada small town wise, or we cannot adjust, one or the other.
anyway thanks again.
Oops, just read your comment about an hour on the ferry :eek: & there's me saying it's only 90mins!!

You can tell the locals from the tourists on the bloody thing, the tourists are taking photos & pointing whilst the locals are led across 3 seats, snoring & drooling, counting the minutes till the journey is over :lol:

Eastbound Oct 11th 2009 2:19 pm
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You can tell the locals from the tourists on the bloody thing, the tourists are taking photos & pointing whilst the locals are led across 3 seats, snoring & drooling

oh Im so glad it isnt only me then, I loved the ferry trip the first couple of times but yep the last time I could be found sleeping the whole trip back in the car guess im now officially a local ;)

bananahammock Oct 11th 2009 2:39 pm
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Originally Posted by Eastbound (Post 8009191)
You can tell the locals from the tourists on the bloody thing, the tourists are taking photos & pointing whilst the locals are led across 3 seats, snoring & drooling

oh Im so glad it isnt only me then, I loved the ferry trip the first couple of times but yep the last time I could be found sleeping the whole trip back in the car guess im now officially a local ;)
Sounds like you're fitting right in! :D

We're taking 63 grade sevens :eek: on the ferry to Science World later this month ... they've already been warned about playing the Whale game :rolleyes: ~ one of them shouts 'WHALE' & then they run from one side of the ferry to the other seeing how many tourists they can fool :rofl:

The4BellsLondon Oct 11th 2009 5:15 pm
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Originally Posted by bananahammock (Post 8009224)
Sounds like you're fitting right in! :D

We're taking 63 grade sevens :eek: on the ferry to Science World later this month ... they've already been warned about playing the Whale game :rolleyes: ~ one of them shouts 'WHALE' & then they run from one side of the ferry to the other seeing how many tourists they can fool :rofl:
ha ha = brilliant!! :thumbsup:

val50 Oct 12th 2009 12:36 am
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great autumn day here today - best time of year to be in NS

Steve_P Oct 12th 2009 5:07 am
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Originally Posted by ann m (Post 8008123)
One week it was 32 degrees in sunny Calgary, and the next it was trying to snow (pathetic attempt admittedly) and now the weather is currently struggling to drag itself above zero degrees.
From the sublime to the ridiculous.:ohmy:

As you said Ann one week we are basking in record setting highs in the 30's a couple of weeks later we are setting records in the other direction.:eek:

This mornings overnight low of -16°C beats all to hell the old record of -13.3°C set way back in 1928.:frown:

val50 Oct 12th 2009 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 8010733)
From the sublime to the ridiculous.:ohmy:

As you said Ann one week we are basking in record setting highs in the 30's a couple of weeks later we are setting records in the other direction.:eek:

This mornings overnight low of -16°C beats all to hell the old record of -13.3°C set way back in 1928.:frown:


I should have kept my mouth shut - we've got snow forecast for NS tomorrow night:eek:

MrsDV Oct 13th 2009 9:45 am
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http://www.skinakiska.com/conditions/mountain-cam.aspx

On a positive note: Could mean a good start to the ski season - they're already making snow at Nakiska and COP :thumbup:

gryphea Oct 13th 2009 10:36 am
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Originally Posted by MrsDV (Post 8014028)
http://www.skinakiska.com/conditions/mountain-cam.aspx

On a positive note: Could mean a good start to the ski season - they're already making snow at Nakiska and COP :thumbup:
So its not just me checking then!!!!

Are your guys doing any ski-clubs out there this year?

Nakiska are optomistically hoping for opening on 7th Nov.

MrsDV Oct 13th 2009 1:42 pm
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Ha ha, yes we've been checking regularly. Went to pick up our passes last weekend and the girl told us about the planned opening, I have been getting a tad over excited since then. Lake Louise also planning a Nov. 6th opening. Keep that snow coming.

Haven't thought too much about the ski clubs - we're at Lake Louise between Christmas and New Year and thought we'd put the kids into the three day block lessons they do there (they did that last year and really liked it).

Would you recommend the Nakiska ski clubs?

gryphea Oct 13th 2009 3:15 pm
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Originally Posted by MrsDV (Post 8014446)
Ha ha, yes we've been checking regularly. Went to pick up our passes last weekend and the girl told us about the planned opening, I have been getting a tad over excited since then. Lake Louise also planning a Nov. 6th opening. Keep that snow coming.

Haven't thought too much about the ski clubs - we're at Lake Louise between Christmas and New Year and thought we'd put the kids into the three day block lessons they do there (they did that last year and really liked it).

Would you recommend the Nakiska ski clubs?
Don't know whether I recommend them- we are umming and erring about putting C in one this year. He has now decided he wants to join one- but its 14 weeks at Nakiska plus a new helmet as his nearly brand new one isn't race regulation.

What is good and worth doing are the six week (one 2hr session per weekend) lessons for the kiddies at Nakiska

We are revving up for the season , Sun Peaks for New Year, Fernie for family day and we can't quite decide about spring break- considering back to Silver Star or Big White, or down to Whitefish or Silver mountain in US. Will probably fit a weekend at Panorama and Kicking Horse. Can really really recommend Emerald Lake Lodge booked through RCR. This has a very high rack rate and we got rooms for $110 last season. It was a really special place to stay.

Gryph

iaink Oct 14th 2009 1:34 am
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Some pics from the weekend...Its beautiful here this time of year.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...k/035Large.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...k/068Large.jpg

This is my drive home;)
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...k/069Large.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...k/071Large.jpg

This is what I find there:)

http://britishexpats.com/photopost/data/500/0212.JPG

http://britishexpats.com/photopost/d...074_Large_.JPG


Heading to TO tomorrow to check out the skis at the ski show...getting excited about winter now:)

el_richo Oct 14th 2009 1:37 am
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Originally Posted by iaink (Post 8015844)
Some pics from the weekend...Its beautiful here this time of year.
That last picture's brilliant. She looks very releafed to see you.

Souvy Oct 14th 2009 2:16 am
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Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 8015854)
That last pictures brilliant. She looks very releafed to see you.
Go stand in the corner.

iaink Oct 14th 2009 2:40 am
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Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 8015929)
Go stand in the corner.
For the pun or the punctuation?:p

Souvy Oct 14th 2009 2:45 am
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Originally Posted by iaink (Post 8015975)
For the pun or the punctuation?:p
And you go with him.


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