civilized ku # 143 ~ coming home to roost
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 11:01AM 
Which came first? • click to embiggen'Round these here parts you can never be sure until you're sure regarding the idea of a white Xmas. Snow can come and go with amazing speed at this time of the year. It's not uncommon to get a 8-10 snowfall followed by 2 days of rain that manages to wash it all away.
That said, unless we have a rainfall of biblical proportions, a white Xmas seems very assured - by the time this weekend draws to an end, we will have accumulated about 2 feet of new snow from 2 distinctly different storms. It's truly a beautiful Winter Wonderland outside.
But the unusual thing about this weather event is the bone-chilling temperatures that have accompanied the snowfall. It has been single digital numbers since Friday and last night it was -9F at our house. Even during the bright sunny day yesterday it hovered around 9F - which was the the temperature in which the wife and I went out for a brisk 5km XC ski workout at the Olympic Sports Complex - we did a modified Three Trails Loop. We skied during the break between the 2 storms.
This morning we awoke to the start of the 2nd storm which is forecast to be the more severe of the 2 storms. It's snowing quite heavily and there is a travel advisory in effect. So I thought it was a good day to just hang out and count my chickens before they hatch.
Reader Comments (2)
Very funny. I love things that make me smile, and this image definitely does :)
Between storms, Jill, Beckett, and I did some Christmas tree hunting at Moody Farms...Beckett (strapped to the front of Jill) slept through the entire event. As I write this, I am enjoying the smell of our 6-foot fraser fir...well chosen by Jill who has a keen eye for such things.
Having grown up in the Western NY snowbelt, I am always impressed by the extreme cold here in the north country...yet amazed at how much more comfortable it feels to me, in spite of lower temps, due to the existence of mountains and trees providing us shelter from the wind...at least that's my theory. Ski out onto a frozen lake, and there is plenty of bone chilling wind for anyone who misses it...I do not.
Enjoy the snow Mark...and happy holidays...
...and nice c-scape behind your rooting/hatching chickens...