36 years I've lived in this city and I will never, ever get used to the overnight season changes. Here's the view from my upstairs office window right now:
10 years I have lived south of I-90 -- in the "snow belt" -- and today is the first time I have ever not made it to work because of the weather. The roads are simply horrendous here and I have YET to see a snowplow come down my road -- and it's noon. Kelly's bus got stuck this A.M. so she was picked up about 90 minutes late.
I took two trips down the road sideways and spun out twice (and I have four-wheel drive) before I decided that getting to work was not worth my life (and my kid's life). Luckily, my job is of the nature that I can do 80% of it at home -- thanks to technology that allows my co-worker to e-mail me all the files I need.
Wasn't it just fall yesterday?
This poor pine tree in my front yard is bowing under the pressure of all the wet snow. It lost several branches to a late March snow in 2006.
