Chilly Weather

Yesterday, Monday, January 24, 2010, the day started out with the temperature somewhere less than 30 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.  Possibly there may be a few Eskimos somewhere that would enjoy that, but I doubt it seriously.  It never got above zero during the remainder of the day.  The good part of a day when the digits get that low is that it is extremely unlikely to snow, and if it does it will be more like a frozen fog than actual snow.  I’m not sure of Mother Nature’s snow making process, but extreme cold weather does not seem to be a requirement.

Therefore it was rather a surprise to wake this morning with a new layer of snow on the ground, and more falling as the hours passed.  The temperature had risen during the night.  Not to say it was balmy, but it had returned to the plus side of zero.  Our high today was under twenty degrees, but the forecast is for closer to thirty tomorrow.  In the meantime our son stopped by with his Jeep to plow out the six inches or so that was on the ground so far in case more decided to drop.  After completion of the job he visited for a few minutes while he sipped a cup of coffee which is always on and hot in our home.  I went outside and snapped a few photos of “The Bumblebee” so folks from more southern climes can see what a plow looks like.

In the first photo there is a rose bush near the back end of the Jeep with about six inches or so of snow visible around it.  The snow bank in the background is about three feet tall.  The second photo shows the Jeep sitting in the very same place, but from a different angle.  That, of course, is our home, with the rear of  my daughter’s home peeking out behind the jeep.