Winter Snows, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada

Winter Arrives, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada

After a spring-like December, Winter has arrived on the Sunshine Coast. The car is parked, and we take this opportunity for longer (and much colder!) walks. All the roads are either free, or at least much freer, of traffic, and it is quite lovely to walk through the nearly silent white landscape, flakes of snow covering our shoulders.

For me, too, it is a reminder of why the wind chime orders normally fall off a bit through the winter. It is easy here on the Sunshine Coast to forget what most people in North America are dealing with through these winter months. These current days are a reminder!

A customer who custom ordered two very long blue glass and copper rain chains just sent pictures of what they look like in a Nebraska winter: Wow! I actually never had this sort of weight of ice in mind when I designed them, and I am very happy to see that they were able to withstand this winter extreme. The picture is below.

Coast Chimes Rain Chain in Nebraska Ice

Winter Finally Arrives on the Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada

Cold Beach Combing!

What a change! It felt like spring through most of our 2018-1019 winter here on the Sunshine Coast, walking with a light coat while reading about extreme cold back east. Now while what just arrived could never be described as extreme cold, it is definitely winter!

The picture above was taken while the snow was still lightly falling. Now there are blue skies, and below freezing temperature: very beautiful. The cold will be hanging around apparently, and perhaps a bit more snow to fall. It's very enjoyable, but I am hoping that a thaw comes before too long, as I can not take pictures of my creations with snow on the ground, and new works are pilling up.

Aside from long treks in the snow, it's wonderful to be snug in my workshop making all sorts of wonderful new works. Pictures soon (I hope!).