winter advisory
i think the chaos of the season has finally gotten to me. today, i proclaim is a "snow day" at the beach. i am officially, 'stilling' myself. i'm going to drive slowly as if it were snowing {i may even pump my brakes at stop signs} work minimally
stomp up to the market and pretend to shake something off of my head and tshirt as I walk through the doors into the a.c. maybe cook something savory that requires a full day on the stove top {of course the house will get stifling hot and all the windows will have to be open} i may sit at the kitchen table, addressing christmas cards while listening to road conditions on a transitor {which, in los angeles translates to, sig alerts on the 405} later, i'll drag the 'living tree' that was just delivered inside and begin untangling lights. and tonight we'll listen to christmas music, dress the tree and then maybe take a quiet walk through the neighborhood as a family.
if you live someplace warm, like me, come join me in my festive delusions:
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Your vicarious thrills would be fulfilled to peek into Wisconsin for a 1/2 minute.......minus 10 wind chill, 6 MORE inches of snow in Tuesday's spill, evergreen tops are droopy & heavy with snow (a fantasy vision from our upstairs windows), icy blue crackled cast on the shores of Lk Michigan.......
And only 4 months of this to go.........(!!!!!)
Love it for the holidays, snowsports, wearing favorite wool threads, and picture snapping, but by Jan 1, POOF, be GONE!!!
Cheers!
Alison
If you receive a big cooler of snow (water by the time it reaches you)... it's NOT FROM ME!
I love this, and want to play along. I'm south of you, at the beach also, so any snow here will have to be imagined, too!
Enjoy your slow day, and your soup!
Isa
When you live in a place that snows, nature requires you to get quiet with your world during the holidays. stop and enjoy. Here,it's business as usual.
(yesterday we had one of those wet, cold mornings that turn into flooky, Indonesian-like warm temps by the afternoon with the rain and wind....I smelled SO GOOD with my wet wool coat. Mmmmmmm, just like George when he gets out of the ocean)
Of course, we had the AC on but whatever. :)
Great idea!
Ok, before you go to the store you have to go out and start your car and leave it running in the driveway to "warm up". You scraped the ice off the windshield, right?
Any potential snowday I would be in agony waiting for my town to be called because it began with a W and wouldn't come 'til the end.
When you come home from the store you gotta take those cold, wet mittens and place them on the clanking radiator to fill the room with the smell of wet wool.
Check to see if the ice on the pond is thick enough for skating yet.
I hope you have one of those Yule Log DVDs (remember Jim Gabbert, KTVU, SF?).
I could go on & on....
Thanks for the fun of thinking about it. I'm with you.
wet wool! yes! radiators that clank and spit and burn the hell out of you if they're not covered.
who knew that one day i'd seriously miss all of this.
I know, that when february strikes, and it's sunny and warm here~ I'll be ok with it all.
ENJOY your fantasy snow day!
Fifi
i forgot the static hair thing. my skin always seemed to get better in cold dry air though. another bonus.
I really need to hear this right now.
xo
Brooke
Kirsten in MN (We have fabulous plows and salting rigs that enable us to keep calm and carry on working through any old arctic bursts---sorry to disappoint)