Shared Experience
I just went out for tea with a guy from the Yukon territory. He is the first Yukonite (Yukonian?) I have ever met, and spoke with a vaguely French Canadian accent. Perhaps his father was in the military? Or perhaps all Yukonites talk that way.
Anyway, the conversation gradually drifted (as it eventually must and shall in conversations between two Canadians who barely know each other) to the weather. I must admit, I was a little surprised by just how similar winters in Yukon sound to winters in Manitoba (even to the extent that school is never cancelled, regardless of the temperature). We both admitted that, even though a respite from the cold was nice, we both found winters in Victoria to be way more depressing than winters in our respective homes.
Indeed, I find the seasons here to be very uncanny. I say this because...well...I've just noticed that it's the middle of August and there's still not really been a summer. That is to say, we've never really achieved the sorts of uncomfortable levels of heat and humidity to which I am so used. It is often remarked that Winnipeg has only two seasons, summer and winter. I would add that Victoria has only two seasons: spring (the good part of spring, that is, around late May in Winnipeg) and Fall (the bad part of fall that is, around the middle of November).
Anyway, the conversation gradually drifted (as it eventually must and shall in conversations between two Canadians who barely know each other) to the weather. I must admit, I was a little surprised by just how similar winters in Yukon sound to winters in Manitoba (even to the extent that school is never cancelled, regardless of the temperature). We both admitted that, even though a respite from the cold was nice, we both found winters in Victoria to be way more depressing than winters in our respective homes.
Indeed, I find the seasons here to be very uncanny. I say this because...well...I've just noticed that it's the middle of August and there's still not really been a summer. That is to say, we've never really achieved the sorts of uncomfortable levels of heat and humidity to which I am so used. It is often remarked that Winnipeg has only two seasons, summer and winter. I would add that Victoria has only two seasons: spring (the good part of spring, that is, around late May in Winnipeg) and Fall (the bad part of fall that is, around the middle of November).