Just a Gal from Glidden: Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake

They predicted it well in advance, but who thought that Environment Canada would be correct with their forecast last weekend?

Last Friday, I had just finished uploading our Remembrance Day edition and was beat. I then made the executive decision to stay in Kindersley for the weekend instead of travelling to Gull Lake to see my boys. I guess that turned out to be a wise decision.

Thankfully, I have a friend with a truck who was able to give me a ride to work on Sunday so I could label papers and again on Monday to get the papers to the post office. Even with 4x4, she got stuck three times!

I’ve been told that Kindersley hasn’t seen a storm like this since 2007.

It brought back good memories at the farm when Dad used to plow the snow into what seemed like a mountain! I couldn’t wait to use my red snow saucer that my Grandma Drummond had given me at Christmas.

Kudos to the Town of Kindersley crew who have been working ‘round the clock to clear the streets.

Just remember the blizzard doesn’t last forever; it just seems so.

PHOTOS:

The view from my office window on Sunday, Nov. 8.

My sister, Carrie and I proudly manning “Ft. MacFort” after the big snow storm of 1978 at our farm near Glidden.