Dec 24 2008
I’m Dreaming of An Ice Christmas?
Somehow that just doesn’t sound right. For the last week or so we’ve been bombarded with snowfall after snowfall. We’ve had some really high winds and some pretty cold temperatures for our area. So pretty much then we were expecting maybe, just maybe mind you, to have a white christmas this year.Let’s backtrack to last Sunday. This photo shows the view from my balcony. You can hardly see the parking lot. Yes that is as bright as it got.Oh the weather outside is frightful! And when the wind blows in my direction the inside is pretty frightful too! I live in an older apartment building and the windows rattle so hard sometimes I think I will end up in OZ.
Don’t get me wrong. I love winter. I loved it more when I was younger. I love it better when I don’t have to go out and slip and slither my way around in it.
We’ve been spoiled in our little lowland bit of southeastern Ontario in the last few years. Last year I even managed to go without boots most of the time.
Monday was even worse in its way. The snow was still falling. The sidewalks were abominable. The streets were barely plowed but passable.
I had to go out. The radio, the weather station, the traffic advisory people all said, “Don’t go out!” I had to go out. I had a medical appointment. It was near impossible to get my walker through the drifts of snow along the sidewalks. And cold. It was so cold I even had a couple of spots of frostbite on my feet.
Tuesday the snow was still falling. The temperature was warming up though. We actually saw the sun for a bit. But still there was a whole lot of snow out there. There was no escaping it unless you had tickets for a flight bound for sunnier and warmer places. So you’ll have to forgive me if I started to dream of an old-fashioned white Christmas this year.
Today is Wednesday, Christmas eve. Has it stopped snowing? Yes. What is it doing out there? It’s icing. We’re having ice pellets. Ice pellets on top of all that nice fluffy snow. The temperature has risen to just above the freezing mark. So maybe we should with appologies to Irving Berlin change the song to “I’m dreaming about an ice Christmas…”
And then again, the weather channel is predicting rain for tomorrow. Tomorrow is … ta dah …Christmas! Guess maybe we’ll just have to get by with an old new-fashioned green Christmas.
Whatever the case, may you and yours enjoy all the blessings of this yuletide season and have a very happy new year.
