Salut! Files

Khalidiya

Here are some more photos of the flat I have found after a deeply frustrating five-month wait. The delay was lengthened by the fact that I stopped looking after being told the apartment I had initially chosen, back in early November, would be ready "before the end of next month". Then, in turn, "by Jan 1", "Feb 1", "March 1". An English lady in property tells me there is no malice or dishonesty in the false completion dates. People just say what they think will please you. Suffice it to say that the colleague who has taken my original flat visited the site a few days ago and thinks the latest promise-to-please - April 1 - is looking seriously optimistic.

December in Toronto, 2007

Picture 1: Toronto getting back to normal. Pictures 2-4: Bill Taylor's street in Toronto in mid-blizzard

NB Click on each photo for best effect........Bill sent them with sad news for romantics: "Given the vagaries of climate change, the meteorologists at Environment Canada (who are usually pretty much on the money) are telling us that after all that, we may not have a white Christmas. Temperatures should be up to plus-5 (with rain) by Friday."

For more Canadian snow, go to this link, a blog called Mantramine, or to this which has a montage from a blizzard earlier in the year and comes courtesy of Rob, another Canadian blogger whose main site can be found here