Passing Time.

"February is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March."
-   Dr. J. R. Stockton 

Bracing for Snowmageddon.

I think this may be the second or third big storm of the year labeled that. But we have short memories. It is a first though: many local schools have closed for tomorrow in anticipation of the snowpocalypse. Even Michigan State University, the first time in 30 years it has ever closed for weather. It is 8:06 pm EST here in Central Michigan. No snow falling yet. Stay tuned.

Just wait a few hours.

Just last Thursday, it was foggy and 45. The warm weather had melted the December snow in less than 48 hours. But as we know here in Michigan, just wait a few hours and it can all change again. So, over night and today, we were rewarded with a new blanket of snow. Ahhh... pure Michigan.

December 2010

"May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope;
The spirit of Christmas which is peace;
The heart of Christmas which is love."
-   Ada V. Hendricks

A "mist"ical journey.

 

Sorry. That was a bad play on words. Today's warm air brought the fog and drizzle to Central Michigan. This was a little clearing along the drive this afternoon. I love fog, and all the magical and mystical cliches it brings to mind.

Greetings from tropical Michigan.

It was a balmy 35 degrees today, and the prediction is for warmer weather going into New Year's eve. Upwards of 45 degrees. I've got my sunscreen stored right next to my mittens. It is MICHIGAN after all. Next week, I could need a shovel.

A Frosty Morning. Part 2.

A Frosty Morning.

After The Storm.

Forty-eight hours later, looks like we will get our white Christmas. 
So beautiful!
(Remind me of this enchantment in February and March!)


"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event.  
You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?  
~J.B. Priestley

The Calm Before The Storm.

We've have had only traces of snow so far. I'm not complaining, mind you, because I hear it may be coming all at once this weekend. So, the waiting has begun.

February 2010

Winter lies too long in country towns;

hangs on until it is stale and shabby,

old and sullen.
Willa Cather

January 2010

"January is here, with eyes that keenly glow,
A frost-mailed warrior
striding a shadowy steed of snow."

-Edgar Fawcett