Thursday, February 6, 2025

random thoughts – Day 1,787 – (Thursday) – snow season

Sleep has been a bit fretful lately, with several wake-ups during the night. Some of it is stress, but twice in the past several nights there has been a 2:30 a.m. awakening caused by a gawdawful noise outside. There is a sound like two dogs yelping, and at the same time, another sound like a long howl. The noise lasted just long enough to become unnerving, then suddenly stopped. 

Thursday night quiet.
In bed, now wide awake, I wondered what animals were causing the noise and why. Later, I wished I had tried to record it. Many more thoughts happened before I fell asleep again, and when it was time to get up, I was tired.

At 7:00 this morning it was cloudy and gray. At 8:20, lacy, delicate snowflakes fluttered in the air, and by 9:00, it was a steady and intentional flow of tiny flakes that meant business.

At 10:30, the front stairs were swept clear and the walk shoveled for the first time. Less than an hour later, they were covered again and looked untouched. There were sporadic breaks to look out various windows to monitor the state of the world outside.

At noon, at the suggestion of one of the local weather sites, I went back outside to clear off the car before the expected change to freezing rain. There were four brief snow clearing breaks throughout the day, which I thought of as “recess” just like in the elementary school days when we went outside for some air and activity. 

Veggie soup for a snowy day.
Being a snowy day, there was soup on the brain. Luckily, there was also a quart of cabbage, carrot, broccoli soup in the freezer. It was heated in a saucepan and embellished with mixed frozen vegetables, because I like my soup to be full of stuff, like the old Campbell's Chunky soup commercials that declare it is “a soup that eats like a meal.” One bowl turned into two and then there was none left. It’s okay, because I can and will make more, possibly as soon as Saturday.

By mid-afternoon, plows of various sizes had made several passes up and down the street, followed by a salt truck. A neighbor was clearing the driveway next door with a small but very loud snow blower. As predicted, the car was soon encased in a light coating of ice. that will be dealt with in the morning thanks to the magic of remote start and an ice scraper.

The weekend forecast includes more snow for late Saturday into Sunday afternoon. After a slow start, this is turning into a proper snowy season.

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