Salmon River, Digby County, NS
Ice, ice baby!
It’s been an averagely cold January this year and we’re seeing that now continue into February as well. That means it’s been a bit cooler than the last 8 or 10 years or so on average, in other words a more normal Nova Scotia winter. This fools some who think how can you have this cold and talk about climate change, but climate change is not linear, there are ups and downs, and it is global – January, despite our temperatures, was the warmest on record for the planet as a whole!
For us, though, the return of a colder set of weeks has meant we see ice, like this in Salmon River estuary, where we haven’t had that much in recent years. We also have lots of birds ate the feeders, here because their food supply is frozen up quite nicely. Even our own Sandyland Pond is quite well frozen over despite its salt-water intrusion on every high tide.
Norma and I have skied a couple of times, have had to be plowed out a couple of times and Sam has rediscovered his love of rolling in snowbanks! All great fun, but thoughts are now turning to warmer activities like fishing and family fun to come. Always something hopeful to think about if we choose to!
