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This is it!  The last day of February, the final day of meteorological winter!  Should we celebrate?  Well, Grandma would hold off on the celebrations until she put one of her favourite expressions to the test. After “red sky ...

Do you feed birds in your yard?  I do. I love to watch them flutter around the feeders. Last week, Vic Clark from Summerside, P.E.I., was watching birds at his backyard feeder when, to his surprise, he spotted a couple of robins feeding on ...

With a little spell of mild weather upon us, our thoughts turn to spring and Easter. Alma Duplessis was entertaining those thoughts when she remembered something her French mom told her many years ago: “If Easter is late, spring will be ...

I love winter so I’m not one of those people who count down the days until spring; doing that can be disappointing. How many times have we made it to the end of February relatively unscathed only to have our hearts broken in March? Not only ...

I guess I’m a lot like Grandma: she loved winter and she really liked it to stay cold until spring. Grandma was not a fan of the “January thaw,” which came around almost every year.  She believed the mild spell would bring ...

It’s no secret that I love snow. I always have. When I was young I used to run outside at the first sign of snow and catch snowflakes on my tongue. (OK, in case my neighbour is reading this, I did it last week.) My grandmother used to ...

I don’t know about you, but I was glad to see the tail end of last week.  I can’t remember seeing such a variety of weather. ...

I’m sure by now you realize that Grandma had lots to say about almost everything.  Some of her observations and anecdotes were way out there, but fascinating nonetheless.   When Grandma could see the moon, she had ...

I grew up with a weather journal. It wasn’t fancy, but it allowed me to make daily weather entries, keep track of big rain and snow storms and monitor Grandma’s quirky but always intriguing weather observations. You can find lovely ...

Years ago, almost every household had a woodstove. Today we have electric fireplaces to set the mood and gas fireplaces that we can turn on with a switch. Times have changed, but people do still have wood-burning stoves. If you have one, ...