William Shakespeare said in his play, Much Ado About Nothing "He hath indeed better expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how."And so, evidently, were the weather prognosticators of last evening!
I awoke several times during the night and like a child, waiting on Christmas, peaked out the window, waiting to see “the snow.” In the early morning hours, with the house chilled to our lower thermostat setting for sleeping, I gave up and waited snuggly in our bed, for the first gray light of morning.
I am usually awakened by the traffic noise of those who still have to go to work (it’s great being retired)...but not today. As the gray of morning began seeping through the curtains I realize there was no traffic...”great, it snowed!”
Leaping out of bed and rushing to the curtains I was disappointed to see NO SNOW!
In the place of the “forecasted” snow was an ice coated world...cars, trees, patio furniture and streets. Turning on the TV we were able to watch the hearty or foolish slipping and sliding on Houston’s roads. Like “bumper cars” they ricocheted off each other and the guard rails (so that’s what they are for?”).
It’s afternoon now...the temperatures have crept up to where the ice is just beginning to melt...the problem is that the forecast is for it to dip below freezing in the next few hours and start the cycle again.
Not a problem...I have my blog, a good book and a glass of wine, so I will survive this momentary inconvenience...this is Texas after all and hot weather will be her soon enough!
No comments:
Post a Comment