Oops'nstuff

When we bought this house that is our home 26 years ago it held all the features that my husband wanted in a retirement home which goes a lo...

In an unusual winter such as this is proving to be, when it seems infinitely more sensible to admire the out-of-doors  through the window...

We remember certain things that we experienced throughout our lives; certainly as we get older those memories recede and become part of the ...

The accumulated snow on rooftops, including our two garden sheds in the backyard stood pretty high, as did several feet of tamped-down snow ...

What a difference a day makes. In winter. In Ottawa. Just several days ago, brittle, icy temperature had us convinced the marrow in our v...

Sometimes the professionals who track and prognosticate weather get it spectacularly wrong because simply, weather is so unpredictable and e...

By the thermometer it's colder than it was yesterday by only -3C degrees. But there's a ice-sharp cutting edge to the wind, so it se...