Category: Winter

Between December 21st and March 22nd, most years.

An Angel Appeared

Yes, an angel appeared in our front yard.

angel

Thanks to a great sale at our local K-Mart, we snagged the angel at half-price, along with some LED net lighting which we will install later this week over our bushes.

Sadly, it got up to nearly 60 degrees here in Kansas today, so the snow we had this past weekend melted completely.  At least I managed to burn most of the wood that had been languishing in our wood pile during our extreme cold spell last week.

second snowNo snow forecast for the next ten days, outside of some freezing rain/drizzle this weekend.  Our Christmas forecast does not look like a white one.

Decorations Making Me Cringe

My building continues its tradition of untraditional completely politically correct unholiday decorations.  I came back from a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday vacation to this … whatever you might call it … ‘greeting’ me at the elevators:

unholiday traditionI’ll have to see this ‘festive’ accretion for at least another thirty days.

My consolation though is my twice daily ‘fix’ of proper Christmas decorations when I drop off riders at Crown Center, headquarters of Hallmark.

Hallmark headquarters lobby

To see what my building accosted us with last year, follow this link.

Sunrise (Singular) for Groundhog Day

No repeats.  No snoozing to ‘You Got Me Babe’ from the alarm clock.  Just one single solitary sunrise to greet the groundhog last Saturday morning:

Groundhog Day Sunrise
Groundhog Day Sunrise (click on image for the other 58 photos in the album)

I almost gave up on this sunrise. The clouds stayed a dismal grey until the last ten minutes or so before sunrise. At least I had a cub of fresh made Irish Blend tea to keep me warm while I waited for the drab to transform to gilded.