The weather has been very strange for the past few days. We had snow, blizzard, very strong winds, warmer temperatures, hail, drifting snow and then cold temperatures. This resulted in dirty snow banks and some slush.
Trust me, there is nothing more beautiful than a fresh coat of snow but there is nothing worse than slush. The slurry mixture of ice, water and dirt blocks drains and piles up on sidewalks. It makes walking around an adventure.
I don’t mind walking in the snow, although much like walking on the sand, it can be tiring. But I do hate getting my feet wet or worse, getting splashed by a car!
Reminds me of one my most hilarious incidents. I was walking down this street on a rainy day, talking on the phone. There was a fairly large size puddle coming up on the road which I didn’t notice. A car zipped by splashing all that water, it rose as high as my face and some even went into my mouth 🙁
I kept spitting and washing my mouth that evening!
Oh, poor you! I’ve been splashed before and I hate the feeling 🙁
There’s nothing like a good bit of slush!
That is what I disliked a lot in Canada, plus you cannot wear normal rainboots since it’s usually too cold and my feet used to get very cold!
I know, I tried! And that’s too bad because rainboots are cute.
Not so lovely to trek through now but I remember the delight of splashing in the slush and puddles as a child wearing my rubber boots! My mother was not too thrilled… 😉
Ah, being a child again…!
And that’s why you don’t want to use fancy shoes in spring.
Great pic as usual Zhu!
Let’s face it: Canada is not a country for fancy shoes 😆
Hi Zhu,
It doesn’t snow enough in my part of France to experience slush. But, it is not hard to imagine half melted or all melted snow leftovers.
I like reflexions in puddles like the picture on top :).
The reflection is what caught my eyes, I’m fond of them too 🙂
It’s pretty wet and dirty! The worst is all the melting dog crap that emerges this time of year. Blech!
Oh yeah… frozen dog crap is awful 😆