As springtime blooms, a phenomenon we are all familiar with begins to take hold; the desire to get outside and enjoy the warm weather, after being stuffed in our homes for the past six months. This is just a part of what it means to live in Canada, the warm weather, being something we don’t get to experience all the time, becomes even more valuable for its scarcity. We aren’t totally deprived by our winters for activities, either; there’s hockey, hiking, snowshoeing and curling for us, but summer is different; there’s just something … [Read more...]