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| Still life... |
| 02.27.09 (9:05 am) [edit] |
Good morning Boys and Girls.Rained hard yesterday afternoon and part of last night. At some point the temperature dropped significantly and now my back yard looks a bit like an ice rink with greenish-brown whiskers. The other day - Tuesday, I think - I saw a weather phenomenon I've never seen before. It was raining and snowing at the same time - something perhaps not that unusual; I've seen that a few times in my life. This time, though, it was doing it in a very strange manner. First of all, when I say it was raining, I mean it was REALLY coming down; no mere sprinkle, this. Second, the snowflakes the fell at the same time were big and fluffy and as such, fell much more slowly than the rain, creating a truly eye-grabbing visual. It only lasted ten or fifteen minutes, but it was really fun to see and watch. I'd just pulled into a drive-through to get a coffee and since I was a ways back in the line, I didn't have anything else to concentrate on just then. I assume that the snow and rain fell from different altitudes and different cloud systems, but I don't know enough about how that sort of thing might work to do more than guess. Yesterday, SweetLady told me they were getting marble-sized hail at her place. It seems to me I've read that hail starts as snow that, while falling, is blown back into a rain cloud and coated time and time again by the moisture in the cloud. If I remember correctly, it has to be right at 32 degrees (0 degrees for Bawdy) for hail to form, though often the ground temperature is higher. When she told me it was piling up on the ground, I suggested to SweetLady that she tell her brother to go scoop some of it up and throw it in the freezer so her daughter could look at it when she got home from school, but my idea got vetoed. (I can just see the rolled eyes.) I'm probably too easily impressed by nature. I've been known to stare at a grasshopper for twenty minutes just to see if it'll jump. Okay, so maybe I should have known that unless they're dead - which this one turned out to be - grasshoppers don't generally stay in one place that long. Hey, I lead an exciting existence. Be good to everyone. |
posted by: OldSchool (reply)
post date: 02.27.09 (7:09 am)
Be careful if you go out there this morning. Don't go slipping and falling again.
We received the same weather here with heavy rains last night then freezing. It is really, really windy as well.
I am looking forward to the weekend, though I don't have any specific reason to other than I don't have to go to work. Hope you have a great weekend, too.
Also regarding grasshoppers, if you move your foot to step slightly behind them, they will jump right away (unless they're dead of course). Take the time to enjoy anything that brings you happiness. Whether that is watching a grasshopper or whatever. Like Ferris Bueller says, "life moves pretty fast...
posted by: emerging (reply)
post date: 02.27.09 (7:58 am)
Well, that's 20 minutes you'll never get back!
posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 02.27.09 (8:00 am)
Reply to: emerging
Twenty minutes, and my self-esteem.
posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 02.27.09 (8:03 am)
Reply to: OldSchool
You too. I don't have any exciting plans this weekend, so I won't get hurt if I go out today. The only way I'd get hurt by falling or something, is if it would prohibit my doing something fun.
posted by: emerging (reply)
post date: 02.27.09 (11:38 am)
Reply to: surrogate
Oh honey, you're not going to cry now are you?
posted by: bawdy (reply)
post date: 02.27.09 (1:36 pm)
Do you enjoy watching paint dry as well?
posted by: mimi (reply)
post date: 02.27.09 (2:51 pm)
Reply to: bawdy
and grass growing, too! LOL!xoxo
posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 02.28.09 (4:31 am)
Reply to: emerging
Hell yes, I'm going to cry. Big wailing yelps, -with blubbering.
posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 02.28.09 (4:32 am)
Reply to: bawdy
Only if it's flat paint so you can watch the liquid change in appearance from shiny to dull.
posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 02.28.09 (4:33 am)
Reply to: mimi
Of course. -And piles of sand.
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