There goes the neighbourhood I

So the house just behind me, which was a very nice home, was recently sold and the buyer (a developer) just finished tearing it down. He’s going to build two or three units on the lot for student housing. This doesn’t bother me too much, as I’ve noticed that students aren’t the rowdy, noisy types they used to be. They don’t drink or party as much. But it does mean that I’m going to have to listen to the noise of construction all summer, as they want the units ready to rent by September. I’ll keep you up to date.

Today they were just in with chainsaws cutting the last of the trees down. (You an click on the pic to make it bigger.)

Icebox

On days like this you can forget about picking up your mail. Even if you can get your key in the slot the doors are iced shut.

Not that we had any mail delivery anyway!

Brrrrr

Weather updates for yesterday morning and today. It wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t the case that it’s been like this for over a month. It’s that time of year when you start to feel like enough is enough.

Mountain melt

Once the plows have built up these piles of snow in parking lots I always wonder how long they’ll last. We’ve had a fair bit of snow this winter, with more on the way, so I suspect these will hang around a while. I walk past the top one every day so I’ll try and report back. I suspect some of it will still be there well into April.

Number jumble

I was trying to locate a house a few months ago and ran into this bizarre numbering system. It’s a condo townhouse development and I got lost in the little roads that circled around and came out in odd places. But what really got me were the house numbers. How does this work?