Photo of the Day: March 24, 2015

Snow Diamonds over the Bronx River

March 24, 2015

~ photo by iTouch

April Snow Showers, I need May Flowers

 I am not kidding.

 What you can't see in these photos?

Is that it is snowing through the sun rays!

Enough already.

It's LATE April.

Layers of Snow

Temp=single, negative digit. Time to take #crochet blankets off rack & layer on for warmth. #snowflake #grannysquares pic.twitter.com/sgJ4VYxsyI
— AuntieNettie'sAttic (@NettiesAttic) February 20, 2015

I'm getting to the point where these are the only kinds of snowflakes I like.

At least they keep me warm.

Last night it was 0.

ZERO.

I am just grateful it's not in the negatives.

The wind is though.

BRRRR.

Remember that January three years ago when I was kayaking in Utah and it was in the 60s?

 

 I was wearing flipflops in the red sands and walking barefoot down the dock.

 Or hiking in shortsleeves in the sun?

 Even if the edge of the trail was too close for my comfort?

Actually, I'm beginning to forget. 

I think I need to plan a winter trip to southern Utah - for 2016 ...

Sigh. ARGH!

That's TOOOOOOO far away.

Is it spring yet?

Photo of the Day - Snowbunnies

Vineyard Crawl, Hudson Valley, NY, December 2009

presented with this comment:

what is a teetotalling person to do on a vineyard crawl? be the designated driver and the designated documentarian!

NOOOOO SNOOOOOWWW!

As of 10:20 a.m. the first of the major snow systems of the season have finally hit the City, and my reaction is decidedly Scrooge-like. Any other year I would revel in the flakes, go out and play in it, and start singing "Let it snow, Let it snow, etc." I like snow days ... really I do.

This year, however, I have travel plans, from JFK, via JetBlue ... and we all remember the fiascos that happened when JFK + JetBlue + weather have met before ... No? Go here and trigger your memories. Plus, Vegas had snow this week, and the last time hell froze over like that was the last Christmas Auntie and the Grandparents were due to fly west. This time it's just me, so it should have been fine.

ACK! Make it stop! Auntie Nettie has things to do, places to go, people to see.

Global Warming?

Do I live/work in New York or New England? Isn't this the Big Apple and not the Artic North?

There were snow squalls in the City this afternoon We haven't had a FROST yet where I live, and there was SNOW this afternoon.

Ms. Mother Nature, ma'am? Can you hold off for a while. I'm not ready for winter yet. I still haven't gotten my winter coat dry cleaned and repaired from last spring. I haven't put away all my summer clothes. I still use my a/c on occasion at night. I don't have winter boots!

I don't care what date the calendar says. It's too early for snow. While I remember trick-or-treating in snow when I was growing up in northern Utah, that was (ye-goodness) almost 30 years ago and a different climate.

Snow, snow go away.
Come again some other day ...

Say, in January, after I've flown back from Christmas break.

Another reason being a grownup really sucks?

No early dismissals for snow, be it a snow shower, a snow flurry, or a over-hyped snow storm.

Also: People looking at you as if you are strange if you want to go out and play in the snow -- in your business suit in the middle of a work day. What's wrong with letting your inner child out occassionally? Mine is 8.

So -- instead of that, I have to go to a staff meeting. BUMMER.

I will have to do arts-and-crafts therapy later instead aka making paper snowflakes for my door.

For a refresher on how to do this, I recommend this link: http://highhopes.com/snowflakes.html