we have finally started getting some of the winter weather we all love…well, that i love. most of the people who live in knoxtropolis want tropical beach weather year round. i have still not figured out why they don’t enjoy seasons.
i took some pictures. check them out.
this is finally a very good snow. this is what winter is all about. the roads are a cold slush underneath a few (several?) inches of snow. and it’s still snowing at this point. this calls for some coffee and breakfast. then work…from mock manor. (if i won’t spend two hours for work lunches, there’s no way i’m wasting time driving with those nuts who creep along in the “first snow they’ve ever seen!”)
the white for christmas came the day after. we finally got a good snow which twenty-four hours earlier would have been the ideal white christmas i keep dreaming we’ll have in knoxtropolis.
our church had planned two services originally for december 26, but weather wasn’t as permitting and the 9:30a was dropped. in the picture, you can see them salting the parking lot for the 11:00a service.
why am i out in this? well, i thought i might catch some untarnished settings for some photographs if i headed out early. my plans had been the 9:30a service anyway. the roads are still sketchy at this point. starbucks is pretty empty, though. cheers!
it’s been a while since we’ve had a decent snow in december. we got about four to five inches overnight. the weather reports indicate more white stuff in the near future too. i’m not sure about it’s stick-ability, but i am still excited. i keep hoping we’ll end up with a white christmas this year. of course, i’ve been hoping for that every year, but our odds are better this time around. and with snow before the official winter season, i hoping for a real winter instead of the cold, rainy versions we’ve been experiencing.
the one thing i miss on days like this is a fireplace. the smell of wood burning and the unparalleled warmth cannot be reproduced by anything artificial. i do, however, have freshly ground coffee. if i had some freshly cooked bacon, i’d be set.
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