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| FTLComm - Gravelbourg - Tuesday, February 24, 2004 images by Matthew Shire |
A story just doesn't get any more Canadian than this
one. For those of us in Western Canada we measure each year by winter which takes
a year out of our lives and sometimes more than a year for prairie winters can be
long cruel and hard on everyone. We all celebrate its arrival as the cold winds of
September bring the autumn leaves of October, snow in November and drilling cold
in December and January. But February, well February is the beginning of the end
of the year's winter, no longer are we trapped in the bleakness of short daylight
and long cold nights for in February the days begin to stretch out a little earlier
each morning and a little later each evening.
This year February brought us the storms that we often see in March and most farm
folk are hoping that they will occur in March as well because this is a dry place
and that snow will melt to fill the sloughs, the creeks, and top up the sagging water
table.
Last Saturday the sun was beaming on the prairie near Gravelbourg and this family
decided to celebrate the sunlight, the warmth and the snow that fills their farm
yard. A mother and father with grown children and two grand children, everyone was
outside to build a snowman, slide on the drifts and build a monster snow fort, so
large that it could hold the whole family.
Matthew took some100 pictures with two cameras, we have 48 on this page that tell
this Saskatchewan story. From sliding in the yard to making snow angels. The obvious
heros of this story are those two little boys, Nolan is wearing a blue outfit and
is three and half while his cheerful sidekick Regan in the Red outfit is only two
and half. But, these pictures really need little explanation as they are displayed
in chronological order.
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| This page is a story posted on Ensign and/or Saskatchewan
News, both of which are daily web sites offering a variety of material from scenic
images, political commentary, information and news. These publications are the work
of Faster Than Light Communications . If you would like to comment on this story or you wish to contact
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Editor : Timothy W. Shire
Faster Than Light Communication
Box 1776, Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada, S0E 1T0
306 873 2004
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