Tuesday, December 17, 2019

COLD

Winter doesn't officially begin for 5 more days but the frigid weather has already descended on us.

Now I know that a low temperature overnight in the 20's (Fahrenheit) may not seem "cold" to many of you in other parts of the world.

But here in Arizona I can feel it in my bones.


Those chunks of ice the cat is surrounded by came out of the birdbath yesterday morning.

And as I gaze out the window this morning, 24 hours later, they're still lying there, unmelted.


The metal container I put on the ground with water for visiting cats (and skunks and whatever else stops by in the dark of night) suffered the same fate.

The mercury will be steadily rising throughout the week to reach a high of near 60 by the weekend but then comes another slide into the icy depths.

The furnace ran several times during the night, according to SWMBO, and that or some other irritant kept me awake most of the darkness hours.

Like Ebenezer Scrooge I say, "Bah! Humbug!"

12 comments:

RedPat said...

The cold spell is to hit us tomorrow night with temps down near 0˚F. It is too early for such cold!

Susan Kane said...

My family (who are not as refined as I am) would say either Damn or Dammit.

Keep warm or bundle up. Best solution I can come up with.

Steve Reed said...

I was awake a lot of last night, too! Maybe it's sunspots or something. We're fortunately not getting weather as cold as yours, so I can't blame the furnace. (We also don't have a furnace.)

Jager said...

Got the Hudson Bay blanket out last night in SoCal

The Bug said...

Well I think that's plenty cold! We haven't seen lows like that much yet. Although as you say, winter isn't really here yet. Oh how quickly I've gotten used to the milder NC winters!

Tom Cochrun said...

The only ice I care for is with vodka. It's too cold there for this California weather wimp.

Val said...

I hope those visitors are only drinking, not bathing!

Anonymous said...

So kind of you to put out water for your wild guests. I hope the temps warm up there and everyone has a good un-frozen time.

joeh said...

20's are low in Jersey too!

CheerfulMonk said...

It's getting cold here too! Stay warm.

Sharon said...

I'm not a fan of the cold either and even though it's warmer down here, it's still too cold for me. I can't wait for a bit of a warm up over the weekend.

William Kendall said...

That's temperate for us.