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Sunday March 1
Snow in our front yard
Looking back in the archive to this time last year, I see that the winter aconites were already blooming in our back yard. Not this year! It has been well over a month since we have significant rain or a thaw. Meanwhile we have had several storms including one this past Monday. The result has been large snow banks all over the city including this one in our front yard. At the moment, spring seems a distant prospect. Of course, all the snow has been good for the ski hills; we took advantage on Wednesday by going to Wentworth. All the runs were open and the conditions were great though there was enough snow that it took extra effort to turn, so we both got tired fairly early.
Our friend Glen is a member of Collegium Cantorum, an auditioned community choir based out of Dalhousie University. This afternoon they teamed up with Nova Sinfonia to perform Brahms' German Requiem at St. Andrew's Church in Halifax. Ann and I went with Anne, Judy and Kim. Afterwards we all went for coffee at the Glitter Bean Café.
We also went to see Symphony Nova Scotia on Friday playing music from Star Wars and Star Trek. There was a fair amount of talking between numbers by the conductor and an actor from Star Trek: The Next Generation who had been brought in or that purpose. They also chatted with one of the bass players who had worked with John Williams.