Waiting desperately for snow

Well, here we are -it's almost December and still no decent snow storms!  All thoughts are turning to Tobogganing; Sledding; Skating; Skiing, Snow Forts -anything....we just need snow!!!
In the meantime -it's pretty chilly (often around 1 walking to school -Pete does that job!!) and here's some snaps of a couple of activities that have kept us busy while we await the snow!!  We have been watching quite a bit of ice hockey -a fabulous fast paced game of skill and pace and a fair bit of aggression!!
Here, Dan is with friends Ben, Jake, Trish and Rob -who will be visiting us in Australia in January.  They are watching a Guelph Storm game.

And a few more beautiful shots of late Fall...

The walk to school gets chillier each week!  Halloween night was about 1 degree celcius!  But, when the sun is out it is very pretty.  Leaves galore -almost all on the ground now.

Fall plants with a dusting of frost!!

The Elora Public School yard with the first light covering of (now melted) snow!

 One of the many churches in Downtown Elora with the last of the Fall colours.

Halloween!!

"SO.... let me just check that again -

We dress up as whatever characters we like, put hair and make up on and wait till it's dark.

We put candles inside the pumpkins we've carved and set them outside our house, so kids know we have candy for trick or treating.

Then, we gather some other kids in the street, and run from house to house.
We knock, say Trick or Treat (if we remember) and THEN neighbours and complete strangers give us TRUCKLOADS of candy and maybe even scare the living daylights out of us just for fun.
We only come home when the bag is overflowing, right????"

"SURE that sounds AWESOME!! Why doesn't this happen in Australia?