We'll weather the weather.....

[gigglesnort]

Whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.

I know, I'm always talking about hte weather.

Less than a week ago it was nearly 60 degrees and sunny. Today, 33 degrees and raining. Go on and drop the damn degree already! Snow beats cold rain in my book, although we'd be more likely to get a big fat ice storm.

[gigglesnort]

Chilly, super overcast. The beau believes spring is right around the corner though, and I adn all the budded-out trees and bushes seem to agree. We are planning hte garden today, placing seed orders! Gonna try a plant called yacon, looks very interesting.

[sparkletarte]

Yeah, my dafs are 1" tall. In the middle of January in the land of snow and winter. This is NOT OKAY.

The weather people say we are supposed to be returning to winter by this weekend.

[gigglesnort]

Hey, chance of snow tonight! WOO HOO! Now THIS seems more like it.

[Ranger Genius]

Going to be 45 today. And with a few exceptions, it's the coldest it's been all year.

[blueniteowl]

Holy cow, it's 37 degrees right now in the cities, Minnesota that is. We're supposed to have record highs of 50 later today. I don't know what I'm gonna do with myself. I'm going to have to figure out some way to get out. Unfortunatly all of the snow and ice sculptures are melting at the St. Paul winter carnival. But who cares when it's 50 degrees!

[gigglesnort]

a huge blanket of fog this morning obscuring downtown little rock; with some distance, the tip top of the big building floated mysteriously from nowhere on a cloud. Bright bright sun rising, blue skies everywhere, the frost is already burned off. High of 58.

The beau planted organic lavender, polyheaded sunflower, and cherry tomato seeds in an egg carton with the good dark composted dirt!!! Mmmm, growing things.

[stickysunset]

Whether the weather be fine

Or whether the weather be not,

Whether the weather be cold

Or whether the weather be hot,

We'll weather the weather

Whatever the weather,

Whether we like it or not.

-Anonymous


(70 degrees here....good harley ridin' weather...yeah)

[bullD]

my allergies agree, spring is around the corner.

[b00m3rang]

It's been between 70 and 80 here, and all the plants have been dropping pollen like crazy. Luckily I went through the trouble of all those years of allergy shots.

[Ranger Genius]

blanket of fog

Very Like a Whale
One thing that literature would be greatly the better for
Would be a more restricted employment by the authors of simile and
metaphor.
Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons or Celts,
Can't seem just to say that anything is the thing it is but have to
go out of their way to say that it is like something else.
What does it mean when we are told
That that Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold?
In the first place, George Gordon Byron had enough experience
To know that it probably wasn't just one Assyrian, it was a lot of
Assyrians.
However, as too many arguments are apt to induce apoplexy and
thus hinder longevity.
We'll let it pass as one Assyrian for the sake of brevity.
Now then, this particular Assyrian, the one whose cohorts were
gleaming in purple and gold,
Just what does the poet mean when he says he came down like a
wold on the fold?
In heaven and earth more than is dreamed of in our philosophy
there are great many things.
But I don't imagine that among them there is a wolf with purple
and gold cohorts or purple and gold anythings.
No, no, Lord Byron, before I'll believe that this Assyrian was
actually like a wolf I must have some kind of proof;
Did he run on all fours and did he have a hairy tail and a big red
mouth and big white teeth and did he say Woof Woof?
Frankly I think it is very unlikely, and all you were entitled to say,
at the very most,
Was that the Assyrian cohorts came down like a lot of Assyrian
cohorts about to destroy the Hebrew host.
But that wasn't fancy enough for Lord Byron, oh dear me no, he
had to invent a lot of figures of speech and then interpolate them,
With the result that whenever you mention Old Testament soldiers
to people they say Oh yes, they're the ones that a lot of
wolves dressed up in gold and purple ate them.
That's the kind of thing that's being done all the time by poets,
from Homer to Tennyson;
They're always comparing ladies to lilies and veal to venison,
And they always say things like that the snow is a white blanket
after a winter storm.
Oh it is, is it, all right then, you sleep under a six-inch blanket of
snow and I'll sleep under a half-inch blanket of unpoetical
blanket material and we'll see which one keeps warm,
And after that maybe you'll begin to comprehend dimly
What I mean by too much metaphor and simile.

[theCryptofishist]

blanket of fog

Very Like a Whale
One thing that literature would be greatly the better for
Would be a more restricted employment by the authors of simile and
metaphor.
Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons or Celts,
Can't seem just to say that anything is the thing it is but have to
go out of their way to say that it is like something else.
What does it mean when we are told
That that Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold?
In the first place, George Gordon Byron had enough experience
To know that it probably wasn't just one Assyrian, it was a lot of
Assyrians.
However, as too many arguments are apt to induce apoplexy and
thus hinder longevity.
We'll let it pass as one Assyrian for the sake of brevity.
Now then, this particular Assyrian, the one whose cohorts were
gleaming in purple and gold,
Just what does the poet mean when he says he came down like a
wold on the fold?
In heaven and earth more than is dreamed of in our philosophy
there are great many things.
But I don't imagine that among them there is a wolf with purple
and gold cohorts or purple and gold anythings.
No, no, Lord Byron, before I'll believe that this Assyrian was
actually like a wolf I must have some kind of proof;
Did he run on all fours and did he have a hairy tail and a big red
mouth and big white teeth and did he say Woof Woof?
Frankly I think it is very unlikely, and all you were entitled to say,
at the very most,
Was that the Assyrian cohorts came down like a lot of Assyrian
cohorts about to destroy the Hebrew host.
But that wasn't fancy enough for Lord Byron, oh dear me no, he
had to invent a lot of figures of speech and then interpolate them,
With the result that whenever you mention Old Testament soldiers
to people they say Oh yes, they're the ones that a lot of
wolves dressed up in gold and purple ate them.
That's the kind of thing that's being done all the time by poets,
from Homer to Tennyson;
They're always comparing ladies to lilies and veal to venison,
And they always say things like that the snow is a white blanket
after a winter storm.
Oh it is, is it, all right then, you sleep under a six-inch blanket of
snow and I'll sleep under a half-inch blanket of unpoetical
blanket material and we'll see which one keeps warm,
And after that maybe you'll begin to comprehend dimly
What I mean by too much metaphor and simile.

Stop your fuss, RG. It's the NEB from the bar thread.

some peoples kids i tell you.

[Martiansky]

Giggles sent warmth here and now the snow is melting!! WOOHOO!!
40 above for 3 days in a row now!!

THANK YOU, GIGGLES!!

[robotland]

You can tell a Midwestie from the use of "above"! I'm psyched for a couple days of dome tinkerin' weather, too.

[gigglesnort]

RG is like a lot of hot air sometimes.

[gigglesnort]

And yes, I will single-handedly take all credit for hte weather in minnesota, thankyewverymuch.

[sparkletarte]

We're having a rainstorm right now. It's the middle of winter. I'm not sure how to explain just how wrong this is. It's sooooo wrong. It really should be dumping huge and plentiful flakes of snow right now. This is just bizarre. And bothersome.

[gigglesnort]

High of 66 degrees tomorrow and monday! Ima gonna plant me some flowers and rake some leaves, I believe.

[blueniteowl]

Oh my god! It is the prettiest winter wonderland outside my door right now. It rained all day, which made everything damp. So the snow that started falling after sundown is now stuck to everything. Every little branch, leaf, and tall grass. It's absolutely gorgeous. Too bad it's all going to melt tomorrow when it gets back up in the forties. Man I wish I had the energy to dig out the tripod to take a picture.

[blueniteowl]

Alright, I got off my ass and found the tripod after a lengthy search. Soooo, I've taken some pics. I hope they turn out alright. I'll keep you posted and post them if they are any good.

[diane o'thirst]

Forty-eight hours ago it was a big 34ºF, today it was a high of 49! Almost shirtsleeve weather for this time of year. I even took my poncho off and gave my horse a bath today, something he enjoyed

Some of the mares on the ranch are coming into their first-of-the-year heat and the two stallions, the colt and Tagie are in a tizz over that. I got nipped twice and thrice yesterday...not a mean bone in my boy but sometimes he gets so excited and frustrated.

Checked my windowbox this afternoon and my crocus bulbs have sprouted, no flowers yet though...I'm looking forward to homegrown saffron in a month or so. Believe it or not, the rose bush even survived the winter, still putting out flowers. Seeing robins everywhere I look.

Clear and chilly tonight, might be good for star-gazing but I pulled a long active day clearing out my closets and storage locker and dis Wolf be bushed...lovely waxing half moon out tonight. Go make a wish on it and it'll come true by the next phase!

[gigglesnort]

I saw that loverly moon! Made a wish indeed. I also saw a multitude of tulip flower trees with fat purple buds bursting out all over, some already in full bloom. In February? Daffodils everywhere, and jonquils!

[Martiansky]

Giggles, it's snowing, well flurrying here again......will you send me some more green thoughts please?
Thanks!

[gigglesnort]

Geez I don't know M, do you think I'll be contributing even more to global warming that way???

[Martiansky]

Well, it'd be worth it up here. I think lots of people are sick of winter up here.

[helitack]

This is not Death Valley. It is raining again. We have had over 7.5 inches in the last 6 months. Shit, where is my desert?

[geekster]

You are in store for a BEAUTIFUL April, Heli!

That is one of the things I miss, Springtime in the desert. Just absolutely CARPETED with color in many places. To me it is the Western answer to Fall in New England.

[Martiansky]

Oh, I'd like to see some green-ness around here......*sigh*

[helitack]

Shit, its already blooming. It will be over by April. I want my nekkid desert.

[Martiansky]

Pictures, Heli?