Storm Skyviews

Just as a record, THIS is what the East Coast looked like the last few days:

Widespread winter storm as seen from space http://t.co/PJzwivTGl3 pic.twitter.com/MYqDjAMyhW
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) March 5, 2015

Winter storm sweeps over US East Coast, bringing snow, sleet & freezing rain: http://t.co/kk7jE8XYpg @NOAASatellites pic.twitter.com/ULUiawiQrC
— NASA (@NASA) March 5, 2015

THIS pretty much sums it up. And probably the best way to deal with it.

@News12WC my budda is buried pic.twitter.com/h0DZdVn3ma
— Harmonay (@Harmonay1) March 5, 2015

4 Out of 5 March Days = Snow

This March Madness is a "hare" crazy. This latest storm is pretty, at least, but out of the last 5 days? It's snowed, sleeted, and/or rained 4 of them. On top of what we already have on the ground or in piles? It's making everyone a bit ... GRRRRR.

Caramoor is a winter wonderland, and I'm sure the back woods are gorgeous. It's unfortunately over waist-high in some spots though, and I don't have enough winter-gear to break paths just to go exploring.

 Fifty shades of grey on the north commute

 Even the Caramoor gargoyles are saying:

NOOOOOOOOOO MOOOOOOOOOORE SNOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW! 

This storm did add a pretty outline to everything though -- and future rust.

 You have to look for the pops of color:

 

  Yo Mother Nature? Saints perserve us! Don't ice us out!

 The poor gardens are just completely buried.

All of our stucco is buckling and concrete finials are really suffering. This one looks okay, but other are starting to erode. (As is our patience....)

At least this mural is holding up - and reminds us of what spring/summer is like.

   But ENOUGH already. I want to walk away.

 ~photos by iTouch

Marching Forth: Trudging for the Train

 ~photos by iTouch

New Year's Resolutions: Write More ... Well, Edit More

One of my very unofficial resolutions, both personal and professional, was to write more this year.

Maybe I should have been more specific. BLOGGING, per se, didn't end up being part of the resolution.

However, I do have some photographic evidence that I have been in editorial/publishing mode.

Behold, evidence of the 60 page departmental "annual report" that I helped compile, lay-out, edit, print, collate, and assemble for internal use. It was a team effort, definitely, but ... I helped. Yes, we went old-school spiral binding on the 50 copies I did last week, but ... old-school was leaps and bounds ahead of what last year's looked like.

AND ... I was 3 days ahead of production deadlines.

 And I have a new appreciation for the publishing process and our in-house program compiler.

Rub it in, Scottsdale!

Another March day, Another Snowy commute.

This was the view on the train platform home:

This was the HUGE advertisement from Scottsdale, Arizona. Rub it in, why don't cha?

~photos iTouch

Love and Longing In The Lift

for Gdawg, where/whenever he may be

It happened again the other day

Taking the lift, as I normally do.

I swear I felt your presence there,

Beside me,

Almost like you were really there ...

Like we could just smile, and reach out take each other's hand.

Then, in the exact moment that feeling resonated,

Realization followed,

Sorrow was swallowed,

and I arrived at my floor.

I took a deep (steadying) breath,

Opened the lift door,

and stepped out (determinedly)

Out to my reality.

As alone as when I was before that tantalizingly tangible tic of time.

Where are you?

Has our "lift" door closed?

March = More Snow

The calendar may say March, but as I look out my window, all I can see is that: 

It's snowing. 

Again. 

It's been a LONG few months. 

Focus on the beauty where you can. 

Caramoor Rosen House, 2/25/2015

In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb

by Lorie Hill

March roars in like a lion
So fierce,
The wind so cold,
It seems to pierce.

The month rolls on
And Spring draws near,
And March goes out
Like a lamb so dear.

Read more at http://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/694.html#zYWXhgVOel2H1GkR.99