Lyn-Jean,
"Chaunte - some education please, a Yank is typically someone from the NE of the USA?"
Though I was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, I have spent most of my years here in the northeast corner of the US. I am a New Yorker, though I do not live anywhere near the city. And, with all due respect to my brothers and sisters who live in NYC, I have no desire to live in the Big Apple. Far too crowded for me. I live in Upstate New York.
Where I live, I see fields of corn and wheat. Apple orchards line my drive to work. Deer running across the highway is a constant problem.
When the snow flies, I can end up with over a half metre before it stops. Clearing upto 10 cm of snow in the driveway three or four times in a day is not uncommon. Sometimes I have to clear the driveway immediately after I am done because it is filling up again. Two years ago, a neighboring community had almost two metres on the ground, and that did not include the snow banks. It has snowed as early as October and as late as mid May. I have had day where it was about 18C in the afternoon and awoken to -10C.
It can be cloudy and miserable for days on end. And then, when the clouds break, the sky a crisp azure blue with the trees and hills a deep forest green. Come Autumn, the reds and golds of the leaves are brilliant explosions of color.
Though I wasn't born here, this is where I call home. I am a Yank.
Chaunte
