Dandelions archived - 22 and 20 Jan 05

22 January 2005: Snow

I managed to avoid most of the disaster that was January 20th but, in doing so, I missed the weather prediction of seven inches of snow. Luckily Ricky didn't, so we've got plenty 'nuff stuff to last us 'til they clear the roads and my winter coat got back from cleaning and repair in the nick of time.

All today the prediction was for blizzard!

I grant you it's snowing as I write this but I'll believe the blizzard when I see it. I've seen two---no, three!---blizzards in my lifetime. (I almost forgot the one when I was a kid, when my brothers and my cousins and I tunneled all the way across the street under the crusted snow. Wow! was that ever fun!) No, I'm not going outside anyway, even with my winter coat back.

Under that coat, I made it through a winter night when we had no power and no heat, so having that coat home makes me feel safer.

(Hmm. We didn't think to make a book-run. I can't find a thing on the to-read stack but sequels. Guess I'll have to reread some old favorites Yeeaaah!)

Off-site On Snow:

Edited 17 Mar 05, to add these two very cool (pun intended for the Lake Geneva) links:

  • Faux Snow - early photographers fake snow
  • Lake Geneva, where it was so cold that spray from the lake froze as if it were tinsel in the surrounding trees - extra special thanks to David P. for this chill-enducing but jaw-droppingly gorgeous link

20 January 2005: Zero Tolerance

News off again.

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