Snow Quoted

"It's champagne Thursday."
"But today is Friday."
Champagne Thursday came twice this week."
"Ah, for the third week in a row."
"Yeah, they're thinking of making it permanent."
"Like daylight savings time?"

- Zoe Deschanel to Sarah Jessica Parker
in the mess that was Failure To Launch

The past couple of weeks have been a little tougher than usual for us poor, temperate forest, coffee-quaffing Vancouverites. We've had bad rains & snow, we've had water advisories, we've had problems getting quality coffee. All of this has been A Very Big Deal.

How big? Try front-page of the paper big:

For anyone not from here, you probably think we've been making a ski mountain out of a (bunny) hill. Probably. But snow is a big deal around here, and to get it in November when we expect it in January is a shock to the system.

When I wasn't cursing the black ice beneath my feet, I tried to make the best of it, as only a devoted amateur photographer could.

By capturing some of my favourite locales:

Getting a kick out of the doggie fashions:

And recording how the animals were faring.

Yes, there's more on my flickr site.

Happy Friday everyone. I'm going home this afternoon and kicking off the weekend by celebrating Champagne Thursday!