Winter Musings


I marvel at the humble blog; people from all around the world check in and leave me kind and pleasant notes. England, Holland, Australia, Texas, Washington, Illinois, California, Alberta, British Columbia, these are the ones I know about. What a wonderful way to be in touch! Some of my 'commenters' are cyber friends I have never met. One has sent me a link to the weather in Oz - Ohhhh, they have it good down under; fully 40 degrees warmer than we are here!

I do, however, love the seasonal changes, and I really love winter. Yesterday there were 16 -18 inches of fresh powder at the ski hill; how can you not love that! We had a blast. I skied very aggressively in order to keep up with my guy friends (silly at my age, I know, but I couldn't help myself). Powder is heavy, and the skiing is strenuous. I fell multiple times, twice at speed. Knowing we would be stiff and sore today, we stopped at friend Bill's hot tub on the way home. At 102 degrees it was divine.






Here is what the road to the ski hill looks like. The road crews have a machine with a vertically whirring saw blade which cuts away the piled up snow and leaves this flat wall of snow. Resembles a giant ice cream cake doesn't it? Too bad I cut off the road. The snow bank is about 3 feet high this year; approx. one half of its usual height.







Here are the views from the hot tub. Water 102 F, Fresh cool air 24F, snow falling lazily...delicious!