Purdy Out There

According to the WeeGees we have Light Snow/ Fog/Mist, 26°, Calm winds and 96% humidity going on right now. The expected high for today is 30° and they think the snow will last until about 8 pm, by which time we will have amassed a possible 10 inches total snowfall between last night and today.
Sure is purdy out there.

May a good day be yours, Travelers.

Whadda We Have

So... whadda we have this morning...

15° is what we have. 77% humidity, overcast skies and 5 mph winds to go with those degrees. Today's forecast calls for a mostly cloudy sky with a high of 27.

Ok.

I hit 4 instead of 1 on the microwave. 4 minutes later my coffee is boiling. Probably scorched as well.
Piffle.
Wonder how Baby Baby Sis is doin'.

Posta snow tomorrow.
Dinner was good last night.
What exactly is the grippe?

I guess I'm done. Staring at the monitor for 10 minutes has produced nothing but a Google search for an explanation of "grippe" and the Huey Lewis and the News song "I Want A New Drug." A drug, free from side-effects, that will give me a little energy, would be nice. Caffeine ain't doin' it this morning. On the bright side, I didn't scald my tongue. I patiently waited till my new cup of coffee was ready. But, even with coffee, I wanna go back to bed instead of work. 

*heavy yawn*
Oh, grippe, by the way, for those like me who didn't know, is an old-fashioned term for the flu.
May you always wake refreshed, and sleep well when tired. Te quiero, Travelers

Cold But Beautiful

51% humidity, 6 mph North winds, fair skies and 11°. Our heat wave is over. At least for the next few days. By this weekend we should be back up into the 40's again. For now, we must settle for the high of 19° expected today. I gotta say, the day is beautiful out there. Cold and windy, yes, but beautiful just the same.

May the beauty of the day find you, Travelers.

One Tough Camera

Currently-

9°, 84% humidity, fair skies and calm winds.

Camera was able to take the preceding WIP. Even after a seriously hard drop followed immediately by a rough tumble down the stairs a couple of days ago. One tough Camera.

 Forecast today calls for sunny skies, a high near 22° and 5 mph North winds.

May the forecast in your neighborhood bring much wonderfulness, in it's own way, and may your day be a great day, Travelers.

Weather Happenin'

There's some weather happenin' out on the Front Porch.
54° of Rain/Fog/Mist, 100% humidity and 12 mph South winds with gusts of 21 mph.
Yeah. Weather is definitely happening out there.

Camera Phone And Wallet

Where's Phone? Where's Camera? Feet! I'm tellin' ya, they got feet!

...

Here is a perfect example of how my days have been going lately. Just now I went in search of Phone and Camera, the pranksters, found Camera sitting next to my wallet, came back to my computer and spent several seconds trying to find the On switch on my wallet so I could check the weather. I need Phone for that, not Camera and certainly not my wallet. The seriously delayed reaction between my Brain recognizing the fact that my wallet did not have a power switch, that my wallet wasn't Camera like I originally thought and that neither wallet nor Camera would be able check the weather for me because neither of those things was Phone, is a bit unsettling.

...alrighty then...

Where's Phone?

...

Phone has revealed the current weather conditions, now that the game of hide and seek is over.

43 balmy degrees... balmy. Defined as pleasantly warm or extremely foolish, the latter being a bit archaic. A description quite apropos for this morning temperature. 43° is pleasantly warm after two weeks of subzero weather, but it is a tad foolish to refer to 43° as warm.

Balmy.

:)

It's perfect!

Uhh, where was... ah yes, the current conditions. 43°, 100% humidity, overcast skies and 3 mph winds. Forecast calls for a high of !52°! along with rain and fog today.

Eyes are done for now. Back I will be.

...

Today's WIP. Brought to you by Phone... 

Wonder why Phone and Camera have never revealed their names. Maybe because of the notion that there is something "off" about someone who names everything. But then, that would make the entire worlds population "off" as we have "named" everything. A personal favorite is the dot above the small I or J. Tittle. Of course, tittle means a tiny amount or part of something, so it's not just naming that dot. But that dot IS a "tittle," or a "superscript dot." Now I ask you, which is easier and more fun to say, superscript dot or tittle?

:)

Phone and Camera just may be dubbed with new monikers!

WIP! It's WIP time!

Never noticed the person walking down the street till I looked at the pictures.

The powers of observation. Mine they are not.

Toodles, Travelers.

And The Heat Goes On

Currently we have 36°, 86% humidity, 13 mph South West winds with 22 mph gusts and... oh, I always love this one when the WeeGees use it, "unknown precip." Forecast calls for a mostly cloudy day with fog and a high temp of 45°. Our heat wave is expected to last until Saturday.
Too early for a WIP. Not enuf light.
...
Okay. C'mon Camera. C'mon Phone. Let's see what kinda light we got out there.

Luna was playing peek-a-boo with the cloud cover.

Camera's feeling very neglected. Can't see in the dark. Although, it is getting lighter and lighter out there as the days go by. Phone, on the other hand, is having no trouble seeing the light.
May a good day be yours, Travelers.

The Heat Wave Continues

14°, 88% humidity, fair skies and calm winds. A predicted high of 33 and sunny is the forecast for today. The heat wave continues...

Luna and the Stars

Ahh, The Fresh Air

Ahh, the fresh air... I woke only once during the night, thanks to my bladder. But, more importantly, I woke this morning with no headache. I must confess, however, getting out of bed was a serious struggle. Toasty warm and snug under the covers, breathing in that cold fresh air, yeah, I wanted very much to stay right where I was. Somehow, I don't know how, I found the will to throw back the covers

This morning the Front Porch is enjoying 24° of crisp, wonderful air and... huh, overcast skies. Really? Won't know for sure till OBACE moseys out the door. What else do the WeeGees say we have? All right then, they claim we currently have calm winds and 91% humidity to go with that overcast sky. And lastly, they are forecasting mostly sunny skies and a high temp of... say WHAT!?

40°

!?!?

You mean, we're gonna have a genuine heat wave of the non-sarcastic persuasion!? 

Wait a second... the WeeGees are wrong an awful lot of the time. Oh, here we go. My hangy down thing is gonna sling it's favorite epithet if the WeeGees are wrong today. And not just once, either. Oh no! I will completely unleash the Kraken that is "the fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate that hangs above the throat" or, as it is otherwise known, the

UVULA!

Should any of you across the country, suddenly experience an unexpected gust of wind today, that may carry with it the essence of garlic and bad teeth, you'll know I have released the Kraken!

Camera, c'mon. We need a WIP.

Poor Camera didn't have enough light. but Phone did. Definitely overcast.

Have a good day, today and always.

And when life makes the ViviRidiAma seem far away, hang in there. 

You'll find them again, if you do.

One more thing-

Yesterday, while it was snowing, I noticed a couple of Mourning Doves in one of the trees our backyard. This first one looked cold, sitting there all fluffed out, trying to warm his feet.

But the second one...

I wanted to go out and throw a blanket around the poor thing!

...

Update-

The high temperature today was 39°. Close enough to the predicted 40° that the hurling of epithets was unfounded. Uvula is mighty disappointed. Tonight's predicted low is 10°. Do I or do I not open my window? That is the question.

Good night, Travelers.

An Open Window

An open window!
It's 29° right now. The expected low is 25°. That means a wide open window!

Fresh air!

I have had to wait approximately 2 weeks for this.

Fresh night air, at last. And allow me to say, that the fresh air coming through that wide open window feels WONDERFUL!!

It's the little things, right? They're HUGE!

Sleep well, Travelers. May your dreams be sweet, and hold dear memories.

No Fresh Air

Good morning. It's a headache morning. The lack of fresh air is probably the culprit. Sinuses and negative temperatures don't mix well. So the window must stay closed. BUT!!! We have a warm air mass moving in sometime this week! Ah yes, an open window will be at the top of the to-do list.

Camera, lets go snap a WIP. 

:)

That sounds so funny when I read it.

Snap a WIP.

:)

C'mom Camera...

This weather illustration picture, aka the WIP, is trying to show the current 17°!!

17 degrees?!

No wonder I was able to stand out there for so long with just my jammies on!!

It's warm! Well, ok, yer right, not warm, exactly, but, compared to -15, it's much warmer!

Let's see, what are the rest of the current conditions?

Overcast. Yep. It's overcast.

70% humidity. Really? Then why is my bottom lip threatening to split?

Calm winds. Yep. Not a twig was rustling.

Forecast is calling for high temp of 27°, with a 50% chance of snow showers and winds up to 15 mph later today.
Totally doable heat wave.

I need to clean my desk off. It's suffering from flat surface syndrome. A flat empty surface is a prime host for "we'll just set it there for now" disease. 

Got nuttin'. I think I ranted myself empty last night.

Have a good day, a great afternoon, a grand evening and a glorious night.

Te quiero, Travelers.

They Need To Do The Math

Beware!
Rant coming.

Doncha hate... nope. No H-bombs... Doncha highly dislike hearing people complain about the money they don't have by slamming those who do? And inevitably they pop off with some variation of a statement to the effect that "he/she should just share it with me/the rest of us." Usually, it's "ME" and not "the rest of us." People have a tendency to be greedy with other peoples money. So I took 10 minutes with Google and crunched the numbers. We'll take Trump as an example, since he is standing right in the middle of the worlds spotlight at the moment. His net worth is approximately 3.1 Billion. That's a whole lotta greenbacks. Now, let's take the population of the good ole USA. Approximately 323 million. That's a whole lotta breathing humans. If Trump were in a monkish mood to take a vow of poverty, then proceed to give up all his worldly possessions, once he liquefies them into cash, by sharing equally with every man, women and child in the US, how much do you think your palm would be blessed with? 

How bout I show you the numbers?

3.1 Billion divided by 323 million = $9.60

All 323 million of us would get a whopping $9.60. 

That's right, one more time,
NINE DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS.
And that's gonna put Trump in the red because of the "round up." The actual number is 9.59752321981. Well, let's not stop there. (It's okay to assume there are liberal round ups/round downs and approximates from here on.) Let's subtract 78 million under the age of 18. Children wouldn't know what to do with such a windfall. So, 

3.1 Billion divided by 245 million = $12.65

Hey! You can safely buy 2 cups of coffee from Starbucks with that! Wait, we're not done.

Let's say that the 4.7 million criminals (this number includes those incarcerated, those on parole and those on probation) don't qualify for this money.

3.1 Billion divided by 240 million = $12.92

I admit I'm having trouble thinking of what an additional 27 cents might purchase. Perhaps that should go into a savings account. But, wait, there's more. Since we live in a patriarchal society let's eliminate the female gender from the equation. (Please note that this exercise is not gender biased. If this were a matriarchal society, I would be eliminating men.) 

3.1 Billion divided by 115 million =  $26.96

This assures every qualifying man in the USA can step into a 99 Restaurant and have a single dinner. Or skip dinner and share a few celebratory drinks with friends instead. All right, let's be fair and say that our patriarchal society is a caring society, and Trump chooses to split his money equally, but only among those living at poverty level in the USA.

3.1 Billion divided by 43.1 million = $71.93

That's a couple tanks of gas to get to and from work and to the grocery store for a couple of weeks, depending on the car. If there's a car to put the gas in. Did I also hear "All I need is one million. He could spare that easily."

Riiiiight.
There's that greed I mentioned.

Who's gonna decide which 3,100 people out of 323,000,000,000 he should give a million to?

Who among us is worthy to decide?

Good luck winning that lottery.
To those who think it's not "fair" that he have so much, if Trump walked up and handed over 10 bucks right now, would that be good enough? It is, after all, the "fair" share.

Rant done.

2 Seconds Each

We are currently enjoying 4° of fair skies, 42% humidity and 10 mph West winds giving us a wind chill of -11°. Oh, and the forecasted high for today is 12°. Spell check would really prefer I didn't use "forecasted", but sometimes I feel rebellious.

Camera and Phone have been pressing me about today's WIP. I suppose if I want a picture to illustrate the weather I must go let them play. They've got 2 seconds. Each. That's a total of 4 seconds, you guys. Best be at the ready when the door opens.

...

Poor Front Porch. We haven't had a proper visit in weeks. On to the WIP. Phone's picture is up first. I'm amazed at the lack of color. I didn't deliberately set any filters on Phone, so I'm guessing that maybe pointing the lens at the sun triggered an automatic filter. I don't know...

Camera on the other hand

must deal with the sudden onslaught of Sun's light. Good job Camera. Your picture captured what my eyes saw.

I got nuttin' again today, Travelers.

May your journey be a great ride, no matter what must be endured.

A Frosty Storm Door

I pushed the storm door open, let Camera snap one unfocused picture and called it good. I should have snapped the picture thru the storm door but it fogged up so... wonder what that would look like?

Hang on...

Interesting.

But I misspoke. The glass on the storm door wasn't "fogged" up. It was actually frost that I could literally scrape off with my fingernail. I guess we should start keeping an ice scraper just inside the door.

Luna was saying good morning. Luna is always beautiful.

I got nuttin' so I'm off.

Have a good day, Travelers. The best that you can have.

LiveLaughLove

Always
...
I forgot the weather conditions this morning.
At 6:15 am, when Camera took the morning WIP, the Front Porch was enjoying -4°, fair skies, 5 mph winds and 53% humidity.
Right now, at 7:45 pm we have 1°, 46% humidity, overcast skies and 7 mph winds with 23 mph gusts giving us a -12° wind chill.
Goodnight, Travelers

Momentary Heat Wave

19°. We're having a heat wave at the moment. That's going to change in the next moment. Today the temp is going to drop to somewhere around 4, as another cold air mass descends upon us. For now, the 19° made shoveling the Porches quite comfortable. The trees around the house protected us from the 9 mph West winds. And from the gusts up to 16 mph. I didn't feel the wind so much as hear it howling thru the branches above us. The skies are fair and the humidity is 62%.

No time today.

Have a good day. As good as it can be.

ViviRidiAma
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By the way, our official snowfall total for the ridiculously named "bomb cyclone", otherwise known as 2018 Storm Grayson (sounds much more dignified) is 13.3 inches. Pretty impressive, Grayson. But the question begs to be asked, what's wrong with "blizzard"?

Riding On The Winds Of A Storm

Snow/Freezing Fog, 21°, 92% humidity and 3 mph winds.

R, I wish to think of you as traveling today, and peacefully riding on the winds of a storm.

Brain Pain And A Heavy Heart

Papa Whitey's birthday. I cannot remember the year of his birth. Must look that up.
Three days into the New Year and still with the nuttin". Nuttin' but preoccupied brain pain and a heavy heart.

*heavy sigh*

The current weather is such

-7°

fair 

calm

82%  relative humidity

A possible high today of 25°

And a possible blizzard moving in early tomorrow morning.
...

Okay. 10 minutes staring at the screen has produced nothing but the promise of a headache. I'll be back when I can add the WIP for today. To early for one yet.

...
Static electricity. The bane of cold dry winter days. A sudden discharge of this electricity, most especially on the lips, under a fingernail or directly on a tiny injury such as dry cracked skin, is enough to bring about a string of decidedly unsavory and vulgar terminology spewing forth in unrestrained abandon. Even those of us who believe in the "less is best" rule when it comes to profane language, are inclined to overindulge.
owie Owie OWie OWIe OWIE!!
*humphf!*
It's WIP time.
Be right back.
...
Brrr... I gotta go try again. Poor Camera just couldn't get a decent WIP. Maybe Phone will have better luck.
...
It's the fogging of the lens that's the issue. Took a few pics to get a relatively clear WIP.

Bella Luna

A single star is hiding in this picture.

It's off to work I go...

Te quiero, Travelers.

Supermoon, Jack Frost And A Weegee Named Smalls

Anybody see that Supermoon this morning!?

Luna was BEAUTIFUL! Not that she always isn't, or never not is, or always is not isn't... BRAIN PAIN! Too much brain pain. Simplier... right now, I don't care if that's not a word... simplier put, Luna is always beautiful. But she was shining special today.

I gotta go right this minute. But I'll be back sometime today.
 :)
...
Ok, I'm back, but this isn't the back I meant when I said I'd be back. Trusty's is warming up and I must leave inna a few minutes. Wanted to wait in the house till then. In the meantime, ... meantime?... I got no time for pondering words! Jack Frost painted my windshield again.

Quite the artist, no?
Okay, I'll be back again.
:)
It's 6:56 pm, I'm back and I got nuttin'. I can at least share the weather recipes served up today. This morning at 4:14 am, when Luna was posing for me, we had -4° with 65% humidity, fair skies and 6 mph West winds.
When Jack was painting my windshield at 8:33 am, we had 1 degree, fair skies, 5 mph winds and 51% humidity.
And now we have, well, look at that, we're back down to 1 degree, from a high of 12 somewhere around 3 pm. We cooled down fast when the sun set. Along with the current 1°, we have fair skies, calm winds and 79% humidity.
Tonight we're looking at a low of... say what?... seriously?... a low of 2? I'm thinkin' one of the WeeGees MUST have the last name Smalls, because a quote from the movie Sandlot just flashed thru my head- "Yer killin' me, Smalls!"
They plainly say it's currently 1°, but then stick with their original predicted low of 2°? Have they no dignity!? No shame!?... which is it? Dignity or shame? Brain pain is trying to set back in.
Have a goodnight, Travelers.
Be warm, be safe, be well.
Te quiero

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Today is Grumpy's birthday. Would have been his 86th.

It's also

2018!

It's 2018!

 Not only that but it's

-18°!

As in MINUS, in the negative, below zero!

This is what a -18° morning in 2018 looks like. 

That's MINUS 18 degrees!

As in EIGHTEEN degrees below zero!

Yer right. The picture can't really relay to the viewer -18 degrees.

Yer gonna hafta take my word for it.

It's

BRRRRR!

out there!

Try to stay warm this winter, my Fellow Travelers of this most excellent Universe.

ViviRidiAma!

...

Ok, I gotta share this.

A very short conversation between two strangers washing their hands in a womans public restroom-

Strange woman: My God. Look at you! You are so beautiful!

B: Thank you.

Strange woman: Are you a model?

B: No.

Strange woman: Are you like, Swedish or something?

B: Ma’am, I’m 14 years old. I don’t know what the hell I am.

B’s mother, (inside one of the restroom stalls throughout the conversation):

Bwaahaahahahhahahaha!!!

:)

Oh, my wonderful B, you are, without a doubt, one of the brightest shining and most beautiful rays of light on this planet!!! Like your mother, you probably have no idea how many smiles you give to people, even strangers. Or how good you make them feel.

Happy Birthday L

6° with 45% humidity, 8 mph  West wind with 18 mph gusts and fair skies. A delicious weather recipe served up on a special day.

Happy Birthday L! 

May your day be most awesome!

I love you.

Frozen Nose Hairs

Frozen nose hairs. That ranks way up there as one of the oddest sensations. -15° will freeze those hairs for ya, if ya wanna try it. I have places to be and things to do, so I'm off already. Well, after the weather of course. -15°, 77% humidity, calm winds (thank goodness), and fair skies. And at least another 5 days of this sub zero weather.

Stay warm, Travelers. The body needs it.

Can't Get Out Of My Own Way

Coupla decades ago Baby Sis used a term I had probably heard before but never let register in my head until she said it. It was probably the way she said it that allowed the light to turn on in my brain.

"I can't get out of my own way."

Well, guess what? I can't seem to get out of my own way this morning.

HUMPHF!

At least I managed NOT to spill anything.

Gonna check the weather now.

Whoa.

-15°

And just so it doesn't look like a piece of dust on the screen, that's

-15°

as in MINUS, in the negative, BELOW zero or, to sum it up nicely,

COLD!

Along with that temp we have 86% humidity, calm winds (thank goodness) and fair skies.

I hope Trusty can start this morning. He's having a lot of trouble in that department.

Got nuttin'. Startin' to think 'nuttin' is becoming a permanent state of being.

I'm gonna go pout for a moment and see if I can find something to do while I await the appropriate moment to wake Trusty.

*heavy sigh*

I don't know how he did it, but Trusty started!! What a trusty, Trusty! It was not without a struggle, but he did it!
I only asked Camera to snap one picture while we were out there.

And my coat, the poor thing, reached it's warmth stashing capacity. The 2 minutes I spent out there sapped all the body heat retained in my coat. The cold was creeping in to my skin.

Stay warm, Travelers. If you're somewhere warm already, I'm sure I don't need to tell you to enjoy it.

May a good day be yours, my Fellow Travelers of this most wonderful Universe! 

West Wind Chill

Good morning. Brrr. Not as brrr as yesterday but -4 degrees is brrr. Add W winds clocking in at 8 mph and we get a -19° wind chill. Did I say brrr? Wrong. It's more like 

BRRRR!

And I gotta go out there and wake up Trusty. I sure hope he can. Wake up, I mean. The colder it gets the more his engine struggles to turn over.

Aside from the fair skies and 61% humidity to complete the current weather conditions, I got nuttin'.

Nuttin'

Nuttin'

Nuttin'

'Cept a WIP. Maybe. If my gloved but rapidly freezing fingers can find the shutter button. Time to bundle up. Like Christmas Story Randy or Nanook of the North. Take your pick.

Back I'll be.

Trusty started. It was a struggle, but he did it. I love my Trusty steed.

By the way, it's %&@#%$! COLD out there!!!

Have a great day, Travelers.

I need aspirin...

Wait a sec. A picture by Phone using flash when the lens fogs up.
I think that's what happened...

:)

Bye

Out From Under The Influence

Out from under the influence of Benedryl and awake this morning.

My "visit" to the Front Porch will be of the lightning strike persuasion. I plan to flash to Trusty for his morning wake-up and flash back into the house before the storm door finishes its closing swing. Oh, who am I kidding. Maybe in my youth that could have almost happened. The reason I dream about it happening now is the -9° going on out there at the moment. Yes, once again that is a minus sign in front of that 9, not a dust mote. Thank goodness for calm winds. A wind chill this morning would be a compelling reason to sit down and try to work out a budget where a day off is survivable. 82% humidity and fair skies finish the weather breakfast served up by Mama Nature this morning. And lets not forget the promise of a brisk high temperature of 15° for lunch. 

Whoa! Back Porch just let go with a bang!

Yeech, my coffee is cold... 

now, I ask you, why does cold coffee bring the yeech out in me when I'm gonna take the coffee I don't drink right away to work this morning and pour it over ice to finish it. It's the "not as anticipated" factor, right? I anticipated hot and got cold, therefore the yeech?  Hmmm... Humans. We are funny critters.

Doncha hate a heavy heart. It... hurts to have a heavy heart. Everything sounds so false and trite.

I'll be back shortly, with the standard WIP and more trite attempts at wit.

COLD!

Funny. I never noticed how funny the word cold looked until boldly capitalized in blue. Suffered a brief moment of "is that spelled right?" Googled confirmed the spelling. It's a tad disconcerting to question the spelling of such a simple word as cold.
Have a great day with little to no disconcerting moments. BUT! If they do happen, let 'em flee from your mind quickly. Pondering them only leads to more perplexingly negative moments. And we know that no moment should be wasted in such a negative manner.
Te quiero, Travelers!

The Secret To Shut Up

The secret to shut up, you ask. Benedryl. Talk about being under the influence. If my head could have it's pillow I would be off to dreamland in 2 seconds flat. As for a functioning brain, I got nuttin'.

Nuttin' nuttin' nuttin'.

The current weather conditions, according to the ever so reliably wrong WeeGees are thus:

20°

78% humidity

7 mph West winds

and Fair skies.

The WeeGees go on to predict a high of 23° with winds up to 15 mph and a wind chill factor of -1°. Yes, that is MINUS 1. Not a fleck of dust on your monitor. A WIP will be forthcoming. Soon as I get the engines to start up in OBACE. Oh my word, if I thought I wouldn't sleep thru the alarm, I would lay down for a nap right now!

I did it. I took a nap. 20 minutes worth. And, still I want more.

This is gonna be a long day.

Have a good day, Travelers. I hope you're awake for it. It just won't do otherwise.

Christmas Morning Snow Storm

We're having a Christmas morning snowstorm. BEAUTIFUL!! I really hope no one loses their power.

WeeGees say we are enjoying Light Snow/Freezing Fog, 88% humidity and 5 mph winds that are giving the current temp of 15° a wind chill of 7°. Yeah. It's chilly. But soooo pretty!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
...

Ok, the Weegees have me confused. Oh, by the way, it's no longer morning, it's my bedtime. But I just have to add to this mornings post before I go find my pillow. The low temp forecast tonight, which I always check so I know if I can open my window, is 15°. But the current temp, listed on the very same page, is 7°. Say what? The expected low is 15 but it's currently 7!!!??? Maybe they forgot a digit? Like a 1 or a 2 in front of the 7?
I... They... What?... But... Well, I guess I just have no words.
I did have a very Merry Christmas, tho!
Good night, Travelers.
and sweet dreams.

Mama Nature's Christmas Gift

Good Morning and Happy Christmas Eve.

We had an Ice Storm.

It's looking more and more likely that I will not be traveling anywhere tonight or tomorrow. 

I'm not gonna ask Trusty to drive in what I know his short little legs can't handle. A snowstorm is supposed to be moving in tonight sometime and we are in for a 3 to 7 inch accumulation tomorrow. What a great Christmas gift from 

Mama Nature, right?!? I'm gonna love it!

Have a great day today, Travelers.

Most Valid Reason

It's beautiful out there!

19°. Fog/Mist? Ok, they ain't saying it so I will, it's overcast and I can feel... what is the difference between freezing rain and sleet? Hang on, it's Google time.

...

Aha. Sleet is snow that melted as it passed thru a high thin layer of warm air. Then, upon hitting cold air again, it refreezes into pellets of ice as it falls to the ground. In the same way, freezing rain is snow that melts into rain then refreezes just before or immediately after hitting the ground, because the warm air layer it passes through extends almost all the way to the ground. Gotcha. That explains why the weather forecast predicts both today. Sleet. It accumulates much like snow. Freezing rain. It forms "puddles", if you will, of ice on the roads. Therefore, it is the bringer of black ice. Cars and black ice are not friends.

Back to the weather. 

19°, Fog/Mist, although I didn't see either of those, just an overcast sky, 96% humidity and 5 mph NE winds. I could feel sleet when I thrust Camera and Phone out the door for a WIP. Phone was not happy. It's not used to being abused in such a manner. Camera has come to expect exposure to the elements. Anyway, sleet is a definite happening for today, as it happened all over Camera, Phone and my arm. My arm being the only part of OBACE that made it out on the Front Porch. OBACE will be out shoveling soon enuf. It's appendages are good for more than just climate evaluation.

...

Snoveling show is done!

Now, I must ready my self for a coffee date with my WONDERFUL daughter! The MOST valid reason to be driving on icy roads.

A Puma, huh?

Have a great day, and be careful out there if you need to be on the roads. Many crazy drivers will be on the same roads, no matter where you live or what the weather.

...

I just have to say that S knows how to make a FABULOUS Eggs Benedict.

THANK YOU, S!!!! Awesome doesn't adequately describe how delicious it was.

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Whoopsie

Forgot to hit post.

Hey! How about that rocket launch in California last night? I've seen several, but never one quite that spectacular.

Cold As In

chilly, nippy, gelid (that one always catches me off-guard), freezing, icy, snowy, wintry, frosty, frigid, bitter, biting, raw and bone chilling! I say again, I love a thesaurus!

It's 11° of cold. Trusty's gonna whine a lot when I wake him up. Served up with that 11° is 64% humidity, calm winds and partly cloudy skies. Didn't notice any stars so I'm inclined to believe the WeeGees on all points this morning.

Nuttin'.

I got nuttin'.

Well, I know I got sumpin'. We do everyday. But my head and senses can't focus on any of it. It's there. I just can't see it lately.

*heavy sigh*

Phone has a WIP for the Front Porch Report, doncha Phone.

Trusty looks so cute sitting there with his short little legs.

Time for me to go wake him up.

Have a grand day today, my Fellow Travelers of this most glorious Universe.

Te Quiero!

Flapdoodling Rubbish

16°, 67% humidity, 6 mph winds and fair skies.

All of the above is suspect until OBACE meanders out onto the Front Porch and takes first hand observations. But not yet. You know, the two birds one stone thing. My rant yesterday about not waking to the alarm (I'm such a hypocrite) must have hurt Alarm's feelings. It sounded so pathetic this morning. Either that or I froze the poor thing, sitting only a scant few inches from my open window. I best be looking for a new clock. Just in case. Speaking of froze, it was almost impossible for me to throw my covers off this morning. So snug and warm in bed, a scant couple of feet from the open window. My face was the only thing expose to the cold air wafting into the room. That wonderful cold FRESH air. Normally, I don't open my window wide when it's below 20 degrees. The WeeGees lied. They forecast a low of 22 last night. Not 16. Can't complain however. I've learned something. Seems my sinuses aren't opposed to 16° air. 20° might not be my cut-off temp when it comes to opening my window.

Oh my word, I need to SHUT UP. What a bunch of drivel.

Moving on.

...

Moving on to what?

I got nuttin'.

Nuttin' but more codswallop, poppycock, mumbo jumbo, balderdash, twaddle, tommyrot, flapdoodling rubbish.

:)

I absolutely LOVE a thesaurus! I hope none of those are exceeding vulgar.

WIP time is fast approaching. Time to bundle up, like "A Christmas Story's"  adorable Randy (except for the adorable part, the color red and not being able to put my arms down) and waddle out to wake up Trusty. Good ole, Trusty. He's not too fond of alarms either. Actually, it could be the cold mornings he's not fond of. Probably is the cold mornings. OK OK, it IS the cold mornings.
I gotta be done. Even I can't take anymore of this. Camera, WAKE UP! It's time for a WIP. And bring Phone with ya!
Wow, Noche' really stinks this morning. It's creeping down the stairs.
WHOA! Nothing like the popping and creaking of the decks boards to get the blood running. When we first moved here, that first winter sounded like we were under a full scale mortar attack. When the boards pop in the cold it's like a small explosion going off. We were ducking for cover and checking for structural damage. Now, I hardly register the noise except when it's right under my feet or next to my head through the wall. Definitely gets the ticker ticking then.
I feel sorry for the people at work. This is gonna be a verbal diarrhea kinda day.
WIP! TRUSTY! MUSTN'T BE LATE!

Have a good day Travelers.

A Visit From Jack Frost

Good morning. And a fine morning it is. I woke before the alarm. It's always a good thing to wake before the alarm. A nice, natural awakening has no annoyance or irritation with it. Waking to an alarm on the other hand, the Irritated Meter gets plugged in and running before any thing else. I ask you, is that ANY way to start a morning!? Well, I feel compelled to tell you, it is NOT any good way to start a morning! Um... would you look at that. I'm ranting about not being irritated by the alarm waking me up this morning. Almost like I'm irritated that it didn't. We humans are funny critters.

Time to move on. 

Weather. Yes, we have some. Weather that is. We have some weather. WeeGees claim a 23° morning with fair skies, 5 mph West winds and 100% humidity. Sounds rather chilly. OBACE has not started engines for launch yet. Perhaps it's time... Nope. Not yet. It's too early to wake Trusty. OBACE figures to kill two birds, as they say. A rather morbid term, "kill two birds with one stone." And then there's the "they" in as they say. I know I've said this a hundred times, but just who the hell are "they" and why do we choose to listen to them!? Why do we trust in what "they" say so blindly? Piffle. I've worked the Irritated Meter up to the morning alarm level. We are creatures of habit. I guess I just had to or the morning isn't right. Funny how we get comfortable with the uncomfortable. I'm gonna hafta work on that.

It's OBACE time!

BeRightBack.

...

Jack Frost paid a visit last night!! Camera and Phone tried to capture Jack's art work left on Trusty's windshield.

Phone:

Camera:

Jack's quite the artist. Phone and Camera tried, but really, it looked a whole lot purdier in person.

Two WIP's today.

Phone:

Camera:

Taken only seconds apart. What a difference between them, right?

Vivi Ridi Ama, Travelers!