Winter Sucks!

It's still 20 degrees (Celsius) but already there is a new smell in the air, a dead smell that comes when the first heavy rains start to mould the maple leaves lying in the gutter along my street.

It can only mean one thing - the warm rain and wind liars - Winter is on the way...

This is a WIP, or Work In Progress, a manipulation of a photo I took last February when the Winter snow had turned dirty from too many sand trucks. I hate that time of year, when slush  hints at the muddy boots and paws in my living room to come.

I am a Summer person, raised on an Island where temperatures below freezing were rare and the average lifespan of a snowfall could be measured in hours not weeks.

But here, in the centre of North America (where they think they are the centre of the Universe!) Winter is long and tedious unless you are one of those hardy type who revel in cross country skiing or snowmobiling.

Me, I sit inside with a hot mugga and chat with people on the net living in places where Winter is something you watch on the evening news or late night renditions of 'It's A Wonderful Life'...

'Winter Sucks' still needs much work, just like the weather...

Peace,

Mark