random thoughts – Day 1,380 – (Wednesday) – weather weirdness

Still some roses
hanging on.

Wednesday of Christmas vacation week was a great day for driving downtown. No trash trucks. No school buses. No students walking into the middle of the street and crossing wherever they please. No heavy traffic volume clogging the intersections. It was a weird, beautiful, and peaceful seven-minute hassle free drive to the garage. 

The walk from the garage takes me past the little garden on John Street tucked between two concrete buildings. Despite the recent erratic weather and last week's storm, in the mostly untended garden and surrounded by discarded bottles and a other litter, there are still a few weary red rose blooms clinging to the thorny vines. Nature somehow endures. 

The day’s weird un-wintery weather featured temperatures in the 40s that climbed up to 50. I was a bit too warm in the office in a cashmere sweater. We were also blessed with more drizzly moisture. Yay. 

Seems warm.

The unseasonable forecast for the rest of the week includes more temps in the mid 40s and a suggestion of more rain Thursday through Saturday. How exciting is that? I’ll tell you. It’s not. Not at all. This is winter, we need something more seasonal, more New England picturesque. Less gray and cloudy London. There should be some snow, at least once. Or, if it's going to be spring-warm, let it be on some days when I can go hiking. 

No wonder it didn’t feel like Christmas with weather in the high 30s and 40s and thoughts of hiking. The weather controllers seem to think it’s closer to spring and it's confusing and weird.