That Sheila, What a Joker She Is!

Oh, dear. We have been the victims of a cruel joke!
How do you go from this--

To this?



This is what the Avalon woke up to this week, two
days after the first picture was taken at the back of
The Bayside.
Can you believe it?



One morning, I'm serving up three-berry baked oatmeal, cheese omelets, home fries and bacon, and the next, well, now that is a story.





It's not like we didn't know the snow was coming. Dire watches and warnings were broadcast all weekend. All of Newfoundland braced themselves for what was to be the annual Sheila's Brush, a cruel joke that seems to coincide with St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the island. Legend has it, Sheila (or Sheilagh), was a close relative of 'Pat' and she brushes out winter to get things ready for spring. But, she's supposed to appear after March 17th, so she was a little early this year. Or was she? Was she just pulling our leg and we've actually still got a really good storm in the near future or will we be spared and enjoy spring along with the rest of Canada. Only time will tell.
Which leads me to the second part of my tale. At 4:14 a.m., we were awoken with a bang and a ding dong. With all of Newfoundland asleep in their beds while the storm raged outside, and I'm not kidding, raged, Basil got up and found two kids at our front door. It seems that their friend's car could not make it up our hill so they decided to get out and walk. Walk! Needless to say, they didn't get very far and since we were the only house on the road with any lights on, they decided to take a chance and see if anyone was home. We were. Good thing too because they were freezing. When daylight came, Basil got out, cleared a path from the car to the road, and managed to get them home. Poor Basil. He was really hoping for a snow day and a chance to do nothing but vegetate in front of that fire and watch episodes of Alaskan Bush People  (there was a marathon, and yes, he knows it's fake). That's okay honey. Next storm.

If you're interested in some more information of the legend of Sheila's Brush, CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador has a great explanation.

What's behind the legend of Sheila's Brush?

Forecast for the weekend? Sunny and rain on the way.
Come on spring!