crows to burnaby

Things that are good about the current weather situation

• Snow on branches looks beautiful
• Snow on mountains looks amazing
• The way the snow softly dampens all sound and makes people walk thoughtfully
• Watching the dog bound joyfully through snowdrifts like a rabbit
• The amusement value of hearing Vancouverites respond to snow with confusion and disgust: "This isn't Vancouver - this is Whitehorse!"

Things that aren't

• Yeah, the snowplows are out, but too late to prevent the three solid inches of ice coating the street
• Rediscovering that your winter boots leak, something you noticed towards the end of last season when it was too late to care, and then forgot about
• Having to stand in the cold while the dog searches in vain for a patch of grass
• Mind-boggling bus lineups, to which the only alternative is driving, which would be worse (do they even sell snow-tires here?!)
• The horror of hat hair
• Having the same conversation with every other East Coast import about how this is nothing compared to what we grew up with
• No longer having bragging rights about how mild the winters are here