Sunday, December 14, 2008

Old Man Winter is here...

I live in a fairly low elevation valley that rarely gets snow.... but we are having a dose of the white stuff falling tonight. It's pretty!

3 comments:

D.K. Raed said...

Stop sending us all that windy snow! Your arctic freeze has descended on us, too. Tonight we are again in white-out, snow, 28-degrees & falling. I feel kind of wimpy complaining about it though, after seeing MT & ND (yikes! MINUS 50 degrees incl wind chill factor? that's not human!).

Fran said...

It's freaking 24 degrees here this morning!
I asked my husband to join me on the patio, but he just laughed. Looks so pretty... it's sparkling in the light! Imagine yourself in a magical beautiful snow globe.... pay no attention to the fact that it's freezing ass cold.
Enjoy the glistening view as you drink something good like spiked hot cocoa. Or maybe a shot of Bailey's Cream in your coffee.

Today is the first day not back to work for the husband. Not having to go dig out, & trudge the 10 mile one way commute- priceless!

I was in Chicago once when their lake effect winter storm yielded a -60 below w wind chill factor temperature.
Brrrr! To the bone cold.
The big city was shut down. Busses did not even run. I remember, because it was my Mom's birthday in January. That is wicked cold.

I saw film footage of Portland Oregon yesterday.... looked like a slip & slide on a bridge overpass! Ironically it was a 4WD truck that was sliding sideways.
Ice is Ice!!!

I have 3 days off.... so this is all just a special treat as far as I am concerned.
Go out... make snow angels, throw snow at each other!!!!

I am going to make a miniature snowman, & put it in the freezer, since my son is missing out on this snowfall while he is in Ohio.

They are calling for Snowshowers this am & a high of 39 for the day. It's a rare treat for us. ... so this is a sacrifice you just have to make.


Maybe it's a good day to watch the Christmas Story movie- are you familiar with it? Ralphie & the Daisy bb gun
You'll shoot your eye out & the fra-gee-lay
(fragile) lamp- that is a woman;s leg in a fishnet stocking as the base?

Fran said...

Correction- 22 degrees!

Brrr!