Carpentering for the Carpenter

 
 
 
Winter came with a vengence! We got dumped on, and dumped on, and dumped on. It began with about 10 inches of very wet snow. After shovelling our driveway, steps, and walks, I readily realized why seniors are warned of the dangers of heart attacks from shovelling snow. But that was just the beginning. In a ten day period we got some 24 inches of snow all together. We had missionary friends stay overnight with us one night because the roads were closed in almost every direction. I later learned that near Grand Cache, not to far south of Grande Prairie (and in the mountains) four highway plows had gone into the ditch. Why? Because the show was falling faster than they could handle it. For a while most roads were in very poor diriving conditions. Now most of them are plowed out but there are still lots of places with ice packs and ruts. Fortunately the highways are fairly clear.

On a back street in Grande Prairie the other day, we had a pickup truck go sideways in the icy ruts as it was coming toward us. It came very close to our front fender but Colleen quickly stopped and backed up. After a few futile attempts to pass us the pickup backed into a driveway and went the other way. No fender benders, thankfully!

For the past couple of days we had not had any snow. However, the forecast is for more this weekend. Lately I've been thinking: "Any day I don't have to shovel is a good day."

I must admit that the show adds beauty to the otherwise sterile outdoors at this time of year. It's a reminder of Isaiah 1:18.