Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
The best part of Friday is when Linda G. Hill publishes the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. That is, unless it’s a hard one… “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘cele-.’ Find a word that starts with or contains ‘cele’ and use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!” If we were having... Continue Reading →
Monday was cold – we enjoyed a high of 5°f (-15°c) which lasted for about 8 minutes before dropping back to 4 and then heading south of the zero. Tuesday started out above zero, but not by much. Maddie was having a difficult time conducting “business” in the yard. Sunday’s storm ended by depositing a... Continue Reading →
We had our first snowstorm of the season this past Saturday. During the night, after about five inches (12.7cm) of light puffy snow fell, the storm changed to freezing rain. The result was a compressed pile of heavy wet snow with a nice crunchy top. Since we had to leave the house at 8:00am on... Continue Reading →
Saving me from myself would seem to be your mission, if we were having a beer. “Do you have a trailer?” “I do, but I won’t help you move.” “Ha! No, I thought I saw your car, but it was pulling a trailer.” “Maybe, I picked up a new storm door at Lowe’s.” “No, this... Continue Reading →
Travel, work and weather kept me from writing much during the past week. Most of the posts that you read last week had been written and scheduled before I left for Florida. Days full of meetings and meals left little time for writing. I figured that I could catch up by the weekend, but 16"... Continue Reading →
No one in New England likes seeing it snow more than Maddie. There might be a few didn’t-study-for-the-algebra-test high school students who look forward to being able to procrastinate for an extra day, but their excitement at seeing snow doesn’t match this pup. And, their anticipation of that announcement being made pales in comparison to... Continue Reading →
New England is known for being the land of four seasons, but what isn’t often mentioned, is the degree to which those seasons overlap. People will be fertilizing their lawns, repairing and preparing their pools and preparing flower beds in April and May while still living under the threat of frost and possibly snow. This... Continue Reading →
I don’t like long titles, but if I did, I would continue this one with “and we need access to firewood, and the snow at the fence can’t be so tall that the dog can walk into the neighbor’s yard and people our age should never lift snow over their heads and the dog needs... Continue Reading →
Remember when you were a kid and schools would be closed because of snow? Wasn’t that one of the best feelings ever? Snow days in the work-a-day world aren’t quite so much fun, but it’s still nice not to have to get up at dark-o’clock and clear the driveway and then drive to the office... Continue Reading →
