The Telegram

On Monday, Rhonda Macdonald posted this lovely photo of a flock of robins in her yard.  She was wondering if winter was over in Little Dover, N.S. Well Rhonda, contrary to popular belief, it is not.  I explained this to Grandma many ...

On Saturday, I wrote about ENSO, the El Nino/La Nina Southern Oscillation and how its position can help predict the kind of winter we can expect.  As you might already know, I love to combine the science of meteorology with some good ...

Winter doesn’t officially start until very early, the morning on Dec. 22 but we had our dress rehearsal yesterday. I love winter, but I know not everyone shares my enthusiasm for the frozen season. With fingers crossed – and perhaps in ...

At 3 p.m. Tuesday, it was 20 degrees on McNabbs Island in the Halifax Harbour; that was good enough for Canadian Hot Spot honours. Yesterday, daytime highs across Atlantic Canada were slightly above normal and the heat from the mid-October sun was ...

Yesterday, I left you hanging at the end of my “Grandma Says” column. ...

Weather lore has been around for a very long time and you’ll find fine examples scattered right across the calendar.  But in Grandma’s books, at least, fall was the most prolific season when it came to receiving signals from ...

August… it sure got off to a lovely start. I hesitate to mention this, but it is the last month of meteorological summer. Grandma has a few things to say about August, as you can imagine. The first is true for every month – and that ...

We are very fortunate to have access to so much water.  Some of us fish those waters, many of us play in them, while others simply admire their beauty.  It’s fairly safe to say almost everyone knows someone with a boat. I ...

I was watching TV last evening when a commercial came on. It was promoting the June themed movies on the W Network. The announcer  - in his lovely, sultry voice -  read the script: “June is wedding month.”  I stand to be ...

I was at my local farmers’ market on Saturday when a neighbour walked over to me and blurted out, “Thank God for sunshine this weekend…it’s about time; it’s June 8th you know.”   June 8 …I almost ...