That's beautiful! Living in a suburb of Chicago, we got around 7 inches of lovely snow yesterday! It has since stopped, but I was once again thinking how nice it was to have winter weather in December. Maybe we won't have it in April this year!
I showed my son this picture - I shouldn't have, he decided we should go back to MI for the snow there, so we could play at grandma and grandpa's house. At least we can drive up to the snow here - I got chains and the emergency kit, we go sledding this weekend. . .We went through the Columbia River Gorge last weekend and got within 100' of the snow elevation - he thought it was great but then decided we should hike up to it - that would not have worked very well where we were, oh the fit he had about that. But now we have chains. . .It was 47 degrees and sunny today in Portland. . .
You bring back the day after Christmas 2002 when I came home to my mansion upstate and found 31 inches against the front door. Another 25 inches after New Years and we did not see the ground again until April.
All we got here in Texas was ice. And car accidents. Lots of car accidents.
To be precise, 2 square inches of ice on some overpass, and approximately 5,892,305 accidents. Or maybe that was just San Antonio.
What a gorgeous picture, Lance! I've lived in south Texas for 15 years now, and in general, I don't miss cold winters...but that makes me think about it for a quick second.
Ah, the monotone of a snowy day, the muffled silence, but for the wind. You would think this was a black and white photo but for the red of the stop sign. Snow growing deeper, good enough reason to enjoy the wonders of home.
Nice snowfall...I didn't realize how much I'd missed snow the last few years until I moved up to DC and we got about 3 inches the other night. It really is kind of nice.
It was time for him to set out on his journey to the 7-11 for some milk and TP. Yes, it looked like those chuckleheads over 't WRSN finally got it right: Snow was general all over New England. It was falling all over the consarned place. Snow, snow, snow. Falling. Everywhere. (Put something foofy in here about the dark mutinous Nova Scotia waves or something.) The danged stuff was falling, too, on the garage where his Plymouth Fury was in for repair, probably never see it again. He belched softly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead. And the squirrels. Don't forget the squirrels.
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It generally doesn't snow in coastal Oregon, and the closest we usually get to snow is usually a round of freezing rain. I am green with envy.
Posted by: David Parsons | Friday, December 09, 2005 at 10:35 AM
That's beautiful! Living in a suburb of Chicago, we got around 7 inches of lovely snow yesterday! It has since stopped, but I was once again thinking how nice it was to have winter weather in December. Maybe we won't have it in April this year!
Posted by: Jennifer | Friday, December 09, 2005 at 10:49 AM
Your snow is a lot prettier than the sleet and slush we're getting here this morning. Wish I was there!
Posted by: Chrys | Friday, December 09, 2005 at 11:10 AM
That's the kind of scene that makes me want to live where it snows. Not enough to leave Hawai'i, but nonetheless...
Posted by: Linkmeister | Friday, December 09, 2005 at 01:42 PM
*sigh*
All we got here in Texas was ice. And car accidents. Lots of car accidents.
Posted by: SAP | Friday, December 09, 2005 at 03:32 PM
You'd think that having grown up in New England I'd be used to and enjoy - if not LOVE - the snow.
You'd be wrong. Especially if you had my commute home tonight (mostly on foot).
Posted by: Kevin Wolf | Friday, December 09, 2005 at 07:53 PM
I showed my son this picture - I shouldn't have, he decided we should go back to MI for the snow there, so we could play at grandma and grandpa's house. At least we can drive up to the snow here - I got chains and the emergency kit, we go sledding this weekend. . .We went through the Columbia River Gorge last weekend and got within 100' of the snow elevation - he thought it was great but then decided we should hike up to it - that would not have worked very well where we were, oh the fit he had about that. But now we have chains. . .It was 47 degrees and sunny today in Portland. . .
Posted by: DuWayne | Saturday, December 10, 2005 at 12:33 AM
You bring back the day after Christmas 2002 when I came home to my mansion upstate and found 31 inches against the front door. Another 25 inches after New Years and we did not see the ground again until April.
Posted by: Exiled in NJ | Saturday, December 10, 2005 at 08:43 AM
That's beautiful. I thought you were in the Bay area?
Posted by: djw | Saturday, December 10, 2005 at 07:22 PM
All we got here in Texas was ice. And car accidents. Lots of car accidents.
To be precise, 2 square inches of ice on some overpass, and approximately 5,892,305 accidents. Or maybe that was just San Antonio.
What a gorgeous picture, Lance! I've lived in south Texas for 15 years now, and in general, I don't miss cold winters...but that makes me think about it for a quick second.
Posted by: res publica | Saturday, December 10, 2005 at 07:37 PM
Ah, the monotone of a snowy day, the muffled silence, but for the wind. You would think this was a black and white photo but for the red of the stop sign. Snow growing deeper, good enough reason to enjoy the wonders of home.
Posted by: The Heretik | Saturday, December 10, 2005 at 11:21 PM
Wow. And we gripe if it rains two days in a row....(I live near San Francisco)
Posted by: Kim | Sunday, December 11, 2005 at 07:00 PM
Nice snowfall...I didn't realize how much I'd missed snow the last few years until I moved up to DC and we got about 3 inches the other night. It really is kind of nice.
Posted by: Chuck | Sunday, December 11, 2005 at 09:12 PM
It was time for him to set out on his journey to the 7-11 for some milk and TP. Yes, it looked like those chuckleheads over 't WRSN finally got it right: Snow was general all over New England. It was falling all over the consarned place. Snow, snow, snow. Falling. Everywhere. (Put something foofy in here about the dark mutinous Nova Scotia waves or something.) The danged stuff was falling, too, on the garage where his Plymouth Fury was in for repair, probably never see it again. He belched softly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead. And the squirrels. Don't forget the squirrels.
Posted by: NeddieJingo | Monday, December 12, 2005 at 11:09 AM