Six Months!

It was six months today that I moved to Boston. I wonder what the next six months have in store...

Ice Storm

This isn't my photo. It was submitted to boston.com, but I just love it and wanted to share.
The ice storm affected much of New England, but not Boston. We're expecting rain and snow tomorrow and the day after, and freezing rain on Saturday, but I don't think it will really snow again before I go to San Diego for the holidays. There's supposed to be snow on Christmas Eve, but by then I'll be safely away from it (drat).

Good Morning

I hope you're enjoying the holiday season.
The weather is crazy here. Snow last weekend, and then flood warnings this week. There was what looked like a clogged drain on my walk to work yesterday. (I always have my camera handy, you may have noticed.) The cars had to drive through pretty deep water.

There was also a lot of water in the greenway I walk across each day. I was wearing my galoshes, so I could wade through the deep puddles, but I saw a girl start out and have to go back the way she came; she was only wearing sneakers. Amateur.

Billy and the Catnip

Usually when I come home, Billy wants my attention. But the other day, he was more interested in my stuff, and especially an envelope from my friend Sunshine. I thought perhaps Billy was smelling her cat and dog, but a second later I realized: Sunshine had sent Billy catnip. She has a plant of it and sent some of Lulu's secret stash.
If Billy could have been inside the envelope, he would have.

Do you see him licking the card?

Billy was trying to catch a bug, so he's really just in between positions here, but it looks like he's a kung fu master, doesn't it?
Billy is a little over a year old. He sure has come a long way from this scruffy little flea bag!

Home for the Holidays

I'm going to be in San Diego December 23 - January 3. I hope I'll get to see everyone. Let me know if you have time and we can get together. I'm hoping to visit the Museum, maybe December 29 or 30 (I think you all have holiday days for the rest of the time).

Someone is messing with the thermostat! It's 64 degrees right now and tomorrow it's supposed to be 37 degrees. This place is weird...but I love it.

Sunny and cold

The snow is gone for the time being, and as often happens when the skies clear, it's colder. It's currently 15 degrees and feels like (wind chill) zero. My walk to work was hurt-your-face cold. All four cheeks were numb!

SNOW!

Apparently, most of Boston wasn't impressed with the amount and quality of the snow today. It was the first snowfall, so you better believe I was excited, but not everyone was. You can feel sorry for them if you want - I do! I thought it was fantastic. I woke up and it was snowing. I opened my blinds and lay in bed watching it snow - where I live. So cool.

The snowflakes' size changed over the morning. Sometimes they were tiny like these guys (above), and other times they clumped together. You know how a star is really just a point of light to the unaided eye, but when you draw a star, you can get much more elaborate? And you know what a plastic snowflake Christmas tree ornament looks like? Well, for those of you who aren't familiar with snow, unlike with stars, the portrayals of snowflakes aren't exaggerations. They're really that ornate. (For those of you who are familiar with snow, I'm sure you're having a good chuckle; go ahead. I was staring at my gloves almost as much as I was staring ahead today.)

This is my happy-to-be-in-the-snow grin.

The snow was really light and flaky, but wet. This rose is putting up a good fight. And the grass is still green. I wonder when it turns brown...

Just a dusting, really. It seemed like a lot of snow to me, but it wasn't sticking to the pavement, only to the earthen ground.

I love this photo (below). If you look closely, there's a snowflake on the leftmost berry. There's also some snow, or at least slush, on the lowest berry.

You know how water slides off a duck's back? Not so with snow. It just sits there.

The geese here don't migrate. It's unfortunate that we've altered their patterns, but I'm glad we get to keep them all year.

What a wonderful day. I'm so glad the first snowfall was on a Sunday so I could go out and enjoy it.