Time for Sunday Salon, hosted by Readerbuzz.
The weather has been in the news this week, for sure! I have friends all over the area hit by the storm, and am waiting to find that they are all okay. Here in Florida, we dodged that nasty storm. It does get cold here in northeast Florida, and I've seen snow several times in the 70 years I've lived here.
We had an ice storm when I was in high school, in 1962. My best friend's family were all from New York, so it was not so much a surprise when she called me and said her mom was going to take us bowling. Yes, there was a bowling alley open, though there weren't many people there. We had a great time. The results of the storm were pretty spectacular, with ice hanging from tree branches in crystalline beauty.
In 1979 or thereabouts, we had a snowfall that left our daughters' swing set sprinkled with sparkling white. In 1956 we had one in which we made a snowball. Mom put it in the freezer, where it turned into an iceball.
In 1989, we had another very cold experience, where my car, a Plymouth station wagon, ended up encased in ice! Our grass was also sheathed in ice, and when our poor dog had to go out, he would take a step, stop, and pick up a paw and inspect it to see if he'd been stabbed by an icy blade of grass. Poor Diamond. He had never experienced anything like that.
Tonight it's getting down to 22 here in northeast Florida. The faucets are dripping, a light bulb is switched on under the cover of our well pump, so we still have running water.
It's a good night to curl up with a blanket and the cat, a cup of tea, and a book.
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