SNOW Post

Snow-acane... Snow-pocalypse... Snow pics!

The mail got through, and brought me a gorgeous card crafted by the guru of the Devereaux Art Institute.



TV let me down Saturday. Stuck inside, I found some good viewing on the afternoon schedule, in particular college basketball and the annual 90 minute NBC broadcast of the Ironman World Champs. Good stuff to watch while aboard the trainer.

Unfortunately, the local major affiliates opted to go for all-day snow storm coverage. A regular sports white-out. Enough to make one stir crazy, stupid,and silly (a nice combo). Probably not as bad as getting stuck on a dead train under the Channel, but enough to get me out the door. I shoveled out of my cave, twice, and toured the 'hood on foot with camera at 4p and again around 9p.

Final total of roughly 19inches of powder here in R'ville. Nice, light, slightly sugary stuff. Not good for the old school runner-suspended sleds. Even an eight foot toboggan might just disappear down into the white quicksand. But, perfect for saucer sleds and those roll-up sheets of plastic. (Remember those? Like giant beach towel sized fruit roll ups?)

Rookie attempt at creating and blogging a slideshow:

Snow Pics for slideshow

First step toward snow fun: find some boots. Do I still have any that will do? In the last closet searched, score! - some old boots, containing misc stuff that apparently took up hiding in the boots to avoid the garbage bin. A little duct tape over some split seams on the uppers and good to go.

Met a few neighbors for the first time in the course of my walk. "19 inches on my deck at 3p " claimed one. Another predicted that "we won't see a plow for a day or two." All were chipper and smiling. Everyone is friendly when it snows. So far. Maybe grumpy sets in after a second day of being snowed in and a hernia or two.

Gas: $2.67-74.