Taking notes along the way
Even though NE Illinois was under a Winter Weather Advisory, I hoped that they had overestimated the expected snow totals as they had on previous occasions. Sadly, no. I awoke to the back-up *beep-beep* of the city snow plows, and knew we had probably received the 3-5″. Dragged on boots and coat BEFORE COFFEE and Read More …
It’s cold and grey and the sun sets too soon. But the days are getting longer here in the Northern Hemisphere. Looking forward to the hellebores and the first peeks of crocuses pushing up through the snow. I know it will be a while, probably sometime in late March, but still. Something to look forward Read More …
Oh, look–it’s the 5th already. Winter here in NE Illinois took a while to make its presence known, but it’s here now by golly. We’re under Winter Weather Advisory thanks to the wind-driven snows–0°F wind chills and gusts of 25+mph. Gaby and I still took a walk, weather-shortened though it was. We had to stop Read More …