Tag: cold
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It’s Snowy Deck & Patio Furniture Season
Christmas is over and back in its box in the attic. The jet stream is blowing hard across the Great Lakes and pummeling us with sub-zero wind chills and lake effect snow, arctic clippers and blowing down across Ohio and, this week, that newest hyperbolic wild weather phenomena–the BOMB CYCLONE (oh how the marketing brahs…
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Welcome, Spring
Forgetting for a minute that the forecast calls for cold overnight temps and 1-3 inches of snow, I’d like to officially welcome Spring. So, “Glad to see you, Spring–sure as hell took you long enough.” Just don’t be too enthusiastic and in a hurry. #firstdayofspring
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Found Winter Photo: Snowman Contest
It’s warming up! I figured that I’d better get the last few found winter photos up–or hold my peace until next year. We’ll have a series from the Indiana Gazette’s recent Snow Creature Contest for the next few days, then end up with a few sundry others. https://www.facebook.com/TheIndianaGazette/photos_stream
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Winter Cedes To Onions
Everyone else has been getting snow days–we’re at what is hopefully the bitter end to an uncharacteristic late winter cold and snow snap. Temperatures have been up and down for weeks, hitting well below 0 degrees Farenheit zero (-18 C) on multiple occasions and, until the past weekend, ascending above freezing for just two days…
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Tunesday Preview: Be Good Tanyas–Light Enough To Travel
I’m starting to work back into the daily post thing–is it too cute to reconstitute the weekly music video as Tunesday…? Seeing as it’s a pretty long stretch to call any business I’m about “cute,” I think I’m going to go for it–starting next week. Since I already wrote the following introduction for today, we’ll…
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Quotes From The Dark Side: Paul Ryan
Because he cares…. ”We’re not going to give up on destroying the health care system for the American people.” —Rep. Paul Ryan, March 12, 2013
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Still Cold As Hell
It’s still cold, cold, cold. At least the latest (guffaw) “Storm of the Century” glanced by us, dropping about an inch of powder, after the regional meteorologists bent over backwards and lost their shit playing Chicken Little and pledging a foot of heavy wet snow. I love wearing sweaters, but this is getting a little…
Old Road Apples 