Wednesday, December 19, 2012

BRISK

Just in case I hadn't mentioned it before, here in the Central Highlands of Arizona it can get cold.  We get occasional snow.  During our "dusting" the other day I found that Prescott, only 6 to 8 miles away but a thousand feet or more higher than here, had several inches and piles of it were stacked around town alongside the roads where it had been plowed off.

Very early this morning the temperature dipped to 14 degrees and there was a splash of rain and, once again, a very light dusting of snow.

I found just outside my front door today that some fallen leaves had gotten trapped in a wet spot that then froze.  Later when the temperature rose most of the leaves blew away.  But they left behind their footprints and one of their colleagues.


Cool, huh?  Well, actually, it was cold and it still is.  When I went out to retrieve the mail the temperature was only in the 30's and a bit of a brisk wind was making it chillier still.

O.K.  I've had enough winter.  Bring on the warmer temperatures!

p.s.  I can't help remembering a bit of doggerel from some radio program when I was a kid:  "Whether it's cold, or whether it's hot, we're gonna have weather, whether or not!"

5 comments:

  1. Um, I hate to break it to you Bruce, but it's technically still fall :)

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  2. I think I could take your 14 better than I could take your 114.

    S

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  3. Bug/Dana - Why must you bring this dark cloud into my life?

    Lowandslow/Scott - We don't get 114 up here. 'Course, if we move to Phoenix, it will be hotter than that next August.

    Stephen - I think you're cute too.

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  4. Bruce, thanks for letting me post this blurb. Keep warm.

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    The best to everyone over the holidays.

    The Imam of the Cave 21 & 22 December.

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