Snowedin

Ok, wind you can chill the f out now..we get it polar vortex, you want us to suffer whenever we dare step outdoors. But you know it’d be really friggin cool if you know, you could just calm it down for an hour, capiche?

Believe me my friend, it has started to cross my mind quite a bit in recent years. Half my family has already made the move and in all honesty, I might just end up doing the same before long. These skinny bones can’t handle the cold like they used to. I still love a good old fashioned powdery snowstorm on the odd occasion but my youthful enthusiasm for long winters has sadly started to wane in recent times. Don’t let my warm bias kill the rejuvenated spirit around these parts. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such well placed enthusiasm for actual winter threats on this humble board!

Can we just stop for a bit and appreciate how nice it felt out there today. I probably had the nicest walk since last September with no wind, a little bit of sun and even a slight trickle of sweat on my forehead after coming back. I know the snow is cool and all but man the vibe is just so different when it’s like this outside. I hope everyone got a chance to enjoy it even for just a little while. It really takes the edge off during the darkest of days!

Pass that bong right over here Jeb. I want a hit of what you’re smoking homie.

This f’ing blows. It’s too cold to do anything out unless you enjoy the feeling of freezing your balls off. It does feel like winter, I’ll give y’all that much. At least the daylight (the part that matters) is slowly swinging in the other direction, thank the lord for that!

Still raining lightly here with a few sleet pellets mixed in. I’m perfectly with an all rain event right now with all the wrapping and cleaning up done around the house today. Let’s save that crap for after Christmas please. Very nice pics from everyone else btw, enjoy the white magic!

That’s not what she said..

Stay safe out there! (For real though)

I tell ya, it felt pretty damn nice walking outside earlier in a light jacket without feeling the sting of the cold and wind in my face. I know its not to be expected this time of year but man I don’t how anyone truly enjoys freezing their balls off in the bitter cold, without the snow to brighten the landscape. I think the little yipper appreciates the brief reprieve too..lots of long sniffs on the side of the road during our walk!

We’ve clearly got the cold, now where’s the friggin snow to go with it! I’ve had this same existential dread since I was a kid this time of year lol.

Glad we don’t have those problems..for now

Stay safe out there!

Wild out there..winds are whipping and rain blowing sideways. On the plus side, it actually feels pretty nice out between downpours. Are we sure it’s not mid April right now?

Where was all this consistent moisture two months ago when I was outside watering nearly everyday trying to salvage the last tumbleweeds on deaths door on the front lawn? It always seems to come when you least expect it or even want it lol. But hey, better late than never I suppose.

Perhaps a little blow torch on the side, just in time for Christmas?

Who turned on the firehose man? It’s friggin pouring out baby! Let’s keep it coming..

We take and bake. Any warm ups are massively appreciated during these cruelly short days. Totally looking forward to a solid soaking around here Thursday as it’s getting a little disturbing seeing literal clouds of dust flying around the backs of peoples mowers in this part of the country.

Considering how low the sun angle is right now, this might as well be Orlando in mid Jan lol. It felt just insanely nice out there yesterday and I’ll take this weather just about any time of year. Maybe we can keep the love train going through t-day and perhaps into the early part of dec when the SAD is just about at its peak.

Funny you mention that. I happened to stumble across a skinny snake as I was trekking the woods earlier and that little dude was staring right up at me. Tried to remember how the late, great Steve Irwin would handle that situation and slowly backed away. It was probably just typical garden snake basking in a sunny opening but it’s def not something you expect to run into this time of year.

Feels like a late summer evening out there. It’s awesome but just a little strange when you remember what the date is. Which begs the question, what is our actual average supposed to be in light of these wild anomalies? Either way, I’m just embracing this surge while it lasts..it makes doing anything outside that much more enjoyable!

63 here..we late august now! I’m really start to like this whole climate change business going on, sans the desert like environment of the Southern California that we’ve turned into lately. A few good soakers in the coming weeks would be fantastic.

Probably chillier now than it’ll be in the middle of the winter season for much of the area. Thank the high heavens for some moisture coming tomorrow too, we need it badly! Starting to see a few dust clouds flying along the sides of the street lol.

Days and days without showers and baths coming up. We may have to learn to embrace our inner stankness in these trying times.

I’m sure we’ll see a few coming out of the woodwork on Christmas Eve, perhaps a few moths mixed in as well.

I’d take weather like this any day right up until the early spring..maybe add on another hour of daylight and some much needed moisture and we’ll be just about perfect! All in due time of course.