It’s also zero degrees.
While watching the Olympics on T.V last night, all the girl’s doing Big Air crazy tricks on their snowboards, our temperature dropped to 3 below. It was snowing. The sky was yellow. I slept with the blinds open because it was just so eerie and beautiful.
There’s a mighty blizzard going on outside. It’s a whiteout. The wind is blowing heavy and fast. It is thick with whirling snowflakes, gusting and churning in circles. I look out every window and see bright white. I count 16 inches of snow. Tonight it is expected to turn bitterly cold. Like -12 below. Who likes that?!
The bird feeder is swinging.
I wanted to go to my girlfiriend, NaNá’s Spinning class with Chad but the Y is closed due to the storm. Before we heard that they were not going to be open today, she had sent a notice out for us “Spinners” to either get to class by ski or dog sled. (Or by Subaru).
I feel stranded.
I feel cooped up!
But, I have my cats. I’ve got a couple of letters to write. I can finish reading an amazing Monty Roberts book,
SHY BOY: THE HORSE THAT CAME IN FROM THE WILD.
And look at these vintage SW Art and Arizona Highways magazines. The Friends of the Library staff gave me a huge box full of very, very old Arizona Highway’s that come in their own Native American decorative binder. They knew I would be thrilled. It’s a perfect retirement gift. They know I’m planning a roadtrip to Arizona and New Mexico in May.
While the snowstorm keeps me inside I have time to linger with stories from my beloved Desert. Articles and old colorful photographs of ancient pueblos, mud dwellings and River People. I love to read about basket weavers and pottery makers; I’m fascinated by the Anasazi people of Chaco Canyon.
Today I stare at pictures of New Mexico skies. Arts and crafts women of the desert Southwest wearing turquoise around their necks and silver bracelets up their arms drinking cactus juice with big, big smiles.
And Navajo ponies in red Arizona canyons.
I want to be there now.
Well....it's 57 degrees with 50 mph winds here in New Mexico today. I kid you not. Can't go outside. Wouldn't WANT to go outside. That wind is whipping up an epic dust storm to boot!
ReplyDeleteTrade you the snow for the wind and dust.
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Well crap! I don’t like THAT either!
DeleteI’ll gladly take the 57 degrees. But, Wind and dirt? Nuh-uh. No sir.
I’ve been out to two different wild horse ranges in the past two weeks. Both times ive practically had to stay in the car and shoot photographs from the window due to extremely high winds. No fun! 50-70 mph winds are normal here. I’m not kidding you. Twice I’ve been blown over by the wind while walking to work. Picture that! Hahaha!
Thanks for being here, Julie. I sure hope you are feeling much better (your eye) and getting a little itchy feet for a summer adventure? I sure hope so.
Glad to say there's much less wind today. We even had a snowflake or two last night!!
DeleteThanks for asking about the eye. It's slowly getting better. We'll see what summer brings!
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snowy here as well, but that's to be expected. and, i LOVE it. life just doesn't slow down [or stop] due to snow, here in the last frontier.
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Ouch.
DeleteIt’s not so much the snow putting a halt to outside activity. It’s the 50 or 60 mph winds along with -12°. Or the afternoon high of -3° WITH 50 mph winds at a steady rate. That’s just plain dangerous! (Sutton’s average wind speed might reach 7 mph!! Oh, Wyoming should be so lucky!) We had warnings to not go anywhere. To not travel. Full on blizzard conditions.
THAT’s what I was referring to.
Life HAD to slow down. Life had to stop, temporarily, here on the Wyoming plains. THAT’S what I was venting about.
And, remember, I’ll always be California girl. :) I’m just not as tough as some.
You’re lucky your snowshoe jaunts consist of just snow and maybe a little chill. Hey, even I can handle that! Hehe :)
oops. sorry. didn't mean to be cavalier as i made my comment.
Deletewe do have winds, some days blowing so hard the roof could go flying off of the house.
deep apologies......