The Bear Who Came Out of Hibernation Too Early...

...a fitting title for a Kids' Book!

This is our wood-carved welcome bear on the deck. And this is what our May weather looks like today! We had temperatures of 22 degrees C this week. Such drastic changes in temperature, but then we are pretty used to that...

It put me in mind of some of the Alberta humor that is out there (see No. 3):

you know you're from Alberta when..
1."Vacation" means going to Calgary or Edmonton for the weekend.
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You often switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
4. You know several people who hit deer more than once.
5. You use a down comforter in the summer.
6. Your grandperents drive at 100 km/h through four meters of snow during a blizzard,without flinching.
7. You carry jumper cables in your car and your kids know how to use them.
8. You design your kids Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
9. Driving is better in the winter because the pot-holes are filled. (I think above all else Edmontonians will understand this the most).
10. You know both seasons: Winter and Construction
11. You are bundled up in three sweaters, a parka, ski pants,a toque, two pairs of mittens, boots past your knees and 3 feet of snow in a -35(-8000 with windchill) blizzard, yoru eye-lashes are frozen together, your nose is running, you can't feel your toes and you still stop at the 7 Eleven for a Slurpee on the way home from the ski hill.
12. Gopher=Speed bump.
13. You actually understand these jokes