Further Thoughts on the Robin Snow
So much for "folklore." Since I wrote the post last Wednesday about the lore of the "Robin Snow," we, here in Indiana have had 8-10" of snow, and temps have drifted below the 0'F
mark. As if to add insult to injury, the weatherman is predicting another 6-8" of the white stuff beginning this evening into Tuesday morning.
I'm not giving up hope quite yet ... if the snow on the ground when the Robin sang his greeting
to me through the window was already there, this will be the second snow since his return.
I looked at my blog entry from last year at this time, and we had deep, drifted snow and such
cold temps that the drifts had frozen until they looked like glistening meringue.
The saddest irony of all is that Vancouver, the site of the Winter Olympics which begin this
Friday has temps in the 50s and no snow at all. I love the Winter Olympics and especially
the opening ceremonies ... last year in Turin the ceremonies were wonderful, and the 1994
games in Lillehammer, Norway remain a special favorite ... I'm really hoping that somehow,
in some special way, the Snow Queen will bless Vancouver with an abundance of snow for
their games as well.
In the meantime, those of us here in Indiana who have the opportunity are enjoying the luxury of "hunkering down."
mark. As if to add insult to injury, the weatherman is predicting another 6-8" of the white stuff beginning this evening into Tuesday morning.
I'm not giving up hope quite yet ... if the snow on the ground when the Robin sang his greeting
to me through the window was already there, this will be the second snow since his return.
I looked at my blog entry from last year at this time, and we had deep, drifted snow and such
cold temps that the drifts had frozen until they looked like glistening meringue.
The saddest irony of all is that Vancouver, the site of the Winter Olympics which begin this
Friday has temps in the 50s and no snow at all. I love the Winter Olympics and especially
the opening ceremonies ... last year in Turin the ceremonies were wonderful, and the 1994
games in Lillehammer, Norway remain a special favorite ... I'm really hoping that somehow,
in some special way, the Snow Queen will bless Vancouver with an abundance of snow for
their games as well.
In the meantime, those of us here in Indiana who have the opportunity are enjoying the luxury of "hunkering down."
posted by basicnorth at
12:29 PM
2 Comments:
Mooooove the Olympics to Indiana...that will be so perfect!! The Winter Olympics are so wonderful...and I'm not a huge TV sport fan...but...
Strange how King Winter uses his powers this winter!
LOL! Oh I wish they could do just that - what a wonderful idea!
We'd have to build a couple of mountains to ski down, but that should not be a problem.
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