December 1, 2008
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Snowstorm is Over
It snowed Saturday and Sunday. The weather guessers said we would get from six to twelve inches of new snow, and I guess they were right. The posts in my yard are wearing big puffy white caps.
Maybe, later when the light is better, I’ll get out there and capture some photos. The sunrise (not really up yet, just the sky color) is pastel coral, orangey pink, but with a dirty gray cast. It doesn’t look all that great to my eyes, and I know from experience that the camera will catch even less of the color.
The weekend was warm, as usual when it’s snowing. Temps ranged from mid teens to high twenties. Now it is below zero again. I glanced at the thermometer several times while making my breakfast: -7.8, -9.4, -5.6. I just walked over there to look again. I sorta wish I hadn’t: -10.3.
Yesterday, I wrapped a string of holiday lights around a hanging plant in my front window. It is ivy, Hedera helix, twined around a long macrame hanger.
From the street, it almost looks like a xmas tree. The cats were showing lots of interest in it while I was working. When I was done, I sprayed bitter apple on the parts nearest to the cushion where they lie in the window, and they are no longer interested.
Later. Love you.
Comments (8)
That does look like a Christmas tree. I’m impressed by the bright glow of those lights. Looks cozy
Peace and joy.
Bitter apple works great. I sometimes keeps parrots from chewing things they shouldn’t.
Your lights look great!
Hi sweety–the librarian gave me an extra 45 minutes, woo hoo!
Xgram–please go to my private page and edit and layout the poster I started–I like the cipy but my layout sucks–and I wanted to change it all to the sans serif type in the header, tried three times and failed every time.
FYI, I posted a link in totse Politics forum to your last blog, but you may well already know that by now–talk at ya in a while!
How much daylight do you get now?
Wow, -10ยบ! Wait, you ARE in Alaska after all. I am glad it is not cold here yet because my gas wall furnace is a pita…have to hit the ignition button about 200 times before it will catch. I turned it off, wincingly, as I know I will eventually have to turn it back on again and go through all the button pushing.
..sometimes it’s the little things…
Way to melt my cold and bitter heart with your parting sentiment.
It might snow here tomorrow. Accumilating snow, anyway. Not much (1″ or a little more), but that’s more than I need! It snowed the other day, too. Little glittery, dry snowflakes. Didn’t stick anywhere, though, except the windshields.
Stay warm! (The lights do look like a Christmas tree!)