Heavy Snow for Twenty Minutes

It snowed heavily starting just before 8:00 yesterday morning. All I could do was hope that it would soon turn to rain, and I got my broom ready to keep the snow from building up on my prized Rhodo and the Fuchsias. I took comfort from the forecast for today and the rest of the week because there is no more snow predicted.

By 8:30, I was feeling better. The snow stopped, the sky brightened and the temperature started slowly rising. I went to meet Regina to walk the Ricki Ave. trail that is brighter and always dry. I was glad for her company and to be giving Her Highness a good morning walk; I knew that she’d be content to rest indoors during the day.

As I left to meet her, I was glad to see that the Japonica’s, Fuchsias and the Rhodo were unencumbered by the light snowfall. I went walking feeling more optimistic about the day’s weather. And I’m glad we walked, but then I always am happy once I get warmly dressed and find myself back in nature. But the best was yet to come. When we got home, there wasn’t a single snowflake left in our yard; all my broad-leafed plants were free to grow.

At 14:00. I Zoomed with Aidan. It’s always a joy to chat with him. I gained clarity on his objectives in creating a database of speech language therapists, and we went over SPACE’s membership bylaws in advance of a second Zoom meeting, this time with SPACE’s pro-bono lawyers to discuss changes to our bylaws so that we can grow our membership.

When that chat was done, Her Highness and I went walking together to bring an end to the business of our day. And then it was time for the couch. I could hardly wait to get back to The Pitt, but it got a little odd in the final episodes when the ER must deal with a crisis. A shooter has gone berserk at a concert and that is topical, but in this series, the hospital must deal with over a hundred people, very many of whom are shot. Talk about ‘overkill.’ It looked more like a 9/11 incident more than a shooter incident. Still, I’ll be watching season two.

Today is predicted to be the last day of this cold spell. It may snow, but if it does, it will be gone as the blessed rains return late tomorrow. I am happy to have SPACE homework to do today.

Tuesday's eclipse photographed close to the South Pole