It's bitterly cold here in southern Wisconsin - only 2 degrees. We had to bring our soda in from the enclosed front porch last night to prevent it from freezing. When I went to bed, very late, the mercury had fallen below zero for the first time this year.
This morning the clouds have departed after gracing us with 8 inches of snow yesterday and the sun is shining, causing the ice crystals to dance in the sunlight like little winter fairies. A crust has formed on top of the snow, so my yard looks like a glittering carpet of Swarovski crystals, casting their prisms everywhere.
When we lived up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan I was always cold in the winter and never wanted to go outside if I could help it. (Up there everyone has a fireplace, so that's where I'd be.) Where we live now is only 5 hours south but it may as well be a continent away because it's so much warmer here. We joked about planting palm trees in the yard. I read somewhere yesterday that the cherry trees in Washington, D.C. are blooming because we've had such warm weather. I'm sure it's terrible to disrupt the rhythms of nature, but how can an early spring be anything but wonderful?
It didn't last long though. It doesn't matter to me. Last fall I was really ready for winter for the first time in years.
This morning the clouds have departed after gracing us with 8 inches of snow yesterday and the sun is shining, causing the ice crystals to dance in the sunlight like little winter fairies. A crust has formed on top of the snow, so my yard looks like a glittering carpet of Swarovski crystals, casting their prisms everywhere.
When we lived up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan I was always cold in the winter and never wanted to go outside if I could help it. (Up there everyone has a fireplace, so that's where I'd be.) Where we live now is only 5 hours south but it may as well be a continent away because it's so much warmer here. We joked about planting palm trees in the yard. I read somewhere yesterday that the cherry trees in Washington, D.C. are blooming because we've had such warm weather. I'm sure it's terrible to disrupt the rhythms of nature, but how can an early spring be anything but wonderful?
It didn't last long though. It doesn't matter to me. Last fall I was really ready for winter for the first time in years.
I wrote the foregoing at 8 a.m. It's now 8 p.m. and I'm a-singin' a different tune! We went out for dinner in 6 degree weather. Just getting in the cold car twice was all it took - we've been home over a hour now and I can't warm up.
Variety is the spice of life, right? It was a "curry" morning....
1 comment:
BRRRRRRRRR I can't imagine that cold! But it sure is pretty!
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