Wednesday January 20, 2016
Today I am well aware that
the winter months have finally gotten here. After only a few days of
bone chilling weather so far earlier this fall we have had nothing to
rival what we are experiencing today. It is bone shivery cold and the
wind is brisk and continues to sweep up the valley like a polar
express. The arctic weather I do not mind as long as the power is on,
heaters are functioning well and can keep the house warm and toasty
inside. We are blessed to have two very high functioning masonry
fireplaces and as long as the firewood holds out we are fine. Not
that our house is ever toasty but I really do not like it to be so
cold inside that I can thing of nothing else. A few short hours ago I
started to walk over to the mailbox to see whether or not the mail
had come. When I got to the bridge that stretches across the creek I
turned around and returned to the house with my teeth almost
chattering. Linda will be headed back home from Blairsville in an
hour or two and she can stop by the mailbox and pick up the small
clutch of mail if there is any. My favorite thing to get in the
mailbox are the beautiful multicolored catalogs from the many seed
companies. They are so plentiful this time of year when I am at an
extremely low ebb for beautiful growing colorful things.
The first night we ever
spent in this location long ago (40 plus years) the temperature
dropped to a frigid eighteen degrees outside and we almost froze to
death. Luckily we had three dogs to cuddle up and contribute some
warmth to the otherwise glacial temperatures inside the abode. Of
course we survived despite the cold and loved it beyond all our
wildest expectations. We were quite young and considerably hardier
that we are now however. The weather forecast for today is predicting
snow for this the twentieth of January and I do not doubt it for a
minute. The national championship game for the number one spot for
college football 2016 season was only on the eleventh and we really
enjoyed it a lot. We were lucky that the satellite service was
working and in good order for the entire game but up here one never
knows for sure. After all we know that anything can happen,
unannounced and unexpected weather, wind, snow, falling trees, floods
and almost anything else. We always take it no matter what happens
seeing as how we can in no way alter or adjust it in even any of the
tiniest of ways. We always keep our fingers crossed anyway that's for
sure! I love our satellite TV service and so far the service they
provide is exemplary. I do so hope it continues as it has for the
last 22 years since we moved up here full time.
Happy new year and a
wonderful 2016!
tbd
