As reported yesterday, Spring has sprung in Toronto and on the old Icelandic calendar it was officially the first day of summer. Tradition says that if you place a pot of water outside and if it has a layer of ice on the first the morning of Harpa then the summer will be a [...]
All of a sudden in one night the winter broke. Last frost. Very late this year but the timing was perfect.
Today is the first day of Harpa, the summer month in the old Icelandic calendar, which is also officially the first day of summer. Nice article at IcelandReview magazine.
And tonight was a nice [...]
No no, not a shift or lean to the politically right. The climate seasons have seemingly shifted by one month later. December ‘06 was wimpy and warm, April ‘07 is windy, wet, and cold. I expect a snow and cold snap but this year it’s bam bam bam. The month isn’t [...]
Continue reading about The April that ain’t. A Shift to the right
A friend of mine recently made a trip from Toronto to Boston to watch a hockey game. He isn’t a Maple Leafs fan but for this trip he would root for the Canadian team. Beer and hockey mix well but apparently beer’d up hockey fans from opposite sides of the border do not. [...]
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