Weather-wise, the past few days have been incredible, to say the least. It was bitter cold when snow began falling, then a warm front moved in dropping rain and sleet. With ground temps still frigid the rain sank into the snow and turned it into solid ice. Before it was over, rain turned back to snow dropping several more inches over top of the icy landscape. We were in to stay. No one would be going anywhere. Schools and businesses closed. Motorists on near-by major highways became stranded for DAYS. The National Guard was called out to distribute food and assist them in any way they could. Clearing pathways here at home had to be calculated carefully. We first needed to figure out how to clear a way to the most necessary places with the least possible effort. Chopping, chipping and picking was only the first step. Then came lifting the heavy chunks and finding someplace to put them. After having lived for well over a half a century I cannot recall ever having had to deal with worse conditions during winter. Whether this is yet another freaky weather experience to be chalked up to global warming (or global dimming, as some say) one can only guess. But it does make you wonder. Being stranded in a warm cozy house offers time and opportunity to ponder these things - and to count our blessings. Here we can sit snug as a bug watching myriads of gorgeous songbirds filling our backyard feeder and drinking from the balmy forty-degree water in our little pond. Amazing! Tranquility in the midst of chaos.
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