One day soon after Christmas, my friend Kavita asked me if I would like to see her Winter Village decorations using What’s App. Within a day or two, her husband Prakash sent me a video of the village and other Christmas decorations as well as photos that were closer up.
Their home is in Redmond, Washington. Normally people would come to their home to see the display but Covid has certainly changed our ways of celebrating holidays.
As you watch the video and look at the photos keep in mind the ski slope scene is new this year
While the rest of the country was suffering through devastating winter storms, Seattle’s temperatures were in the high 40’s and low 50’s. It felt like spring. Many of the plants were beginning to bud; some of the leaf buds had even opened.
Last night I was watching the Super Bowl at Al’s. Soon after I arrived, it began to snow. I stayed for the first three quarters but was very distracted. During the 4th quarter, I decided it was time for me to go home.
I don’t like to drive in the snow, plus I live on the side of a hill. It doesn’t take much to make my car slide and I hate that feeling. I have avoided driving in the snow since the year I slid down a steep hill near my house sideways, with a station wagon right behind me. That incident was probably in the late 70’s or early 80’s.
Last night, I made it home without incident. It was not snowing when I went to bed, but it snowed more during the night. This was the scene from inside my warm house this morning.
from the dining room from the bathroom
Later in the day, I decided to walk to the end of my property and take some photos of the Greenbelt.
The snow is really beautiful but I hope it goes away soon… and doesn’t damage all the new buds.
I’ve been working outside. My toes and fingers are ice cold even though I was wearing gloves and boots.
The weather forecasters say to plan for snow for tonight and tomorrow. I don’t think I have seen snow for five years or more, partially because I go to India from the end of November until mid-January.
Maybe I will feel warmer if I think about last summer!
Normal temperature in Seattle for February should be a high of 50 degrees (F) and a low of 37. Yesterday the high was 77 and the low was 51. While I am really enjoying the warm weather and am really glad that we don’t have the snow Boston is getting, the change in normal weather patterns is still a concern.
Today I noticed the rhubarb is up…. and the slugs have already been busy.
After publishing this post, I decided to go to the grocery store. It was nighttime, but I saw this flower as I pulled out of the driveway. When I returned, I used a low light setting to get a photograph I could share with you.
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”-William Shakespeare
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