random thoughts – Day 1,759 – (Thursday) – soup weather

Another day,
another soup.

It was another day of more of the same. Cold. Dry. Windy. 

The sky spit snow most of the morning, but it was probably just the same few random flakes blowing in the wind. The volume increased a bit in the early afternoon, but it was still never an actual, proper snowfall. 

Inside, the menu was also more of the same. Soup. I love soup. As far as I'm concerned, it's always soup season. Ever since I learned how easy it is to make, I enjoy creating it. Some of this, some of that, and it's magic in a pot. The current incarnation has fresh sweet potato, carrots, broccoli, onion, and mixed frozen vegetables in a homemade broth. 

There is a National Weather Service wind advisory in effect until Friday morning, but after that we are expecting to enjoy a heat wave as the temperatures climb into the 30s. I bet it will be crowded at the beach. 

Meanwhile, in my former home of Clarksville, Tennessee, friends are bracing for a snowstorm with school cancelled and Middle Tennessee under a state of emergency. Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore is in the area, always a sign of exciting weather events.  

I kind of wish we were getting the snowstorm in Massachusetts. Just one, to blanket us in a fresh, pretty white coat and make everything stop. It would probably be warmer than the current 22 degrees, the air more humid, and there is the beautiful quiet during a snowfall. I could take the snowshoes out for a spin and then it can proceed directly to spring. I never got to shovel my wat to a beach body last winter and this season's workout isn't looking promising. 

Even with the continued wind and cold and no pretty snow, it could be so much worse. We aren’t dealing with the intense winds and hell fires raging through California in the midst of a drought. Holy crap that looks intense.