I Re: [gardeners] Sunday in the Igloo
penny x stamm (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:39:38 -0500
Allen, it got worse... Was 3 degreees above when we woke up this
morning,
and the wind was rattling both the storm windows and all the closed
doors..
Our winds only got to 40 mph, not like what they had on the west coast,
but I
believe that gale force winds start at 35 mph, so you can judge for
yourself.
At least we did not lose power! There is, however, something goofy in
the
house heating system. We have not changed the thermostat, but I am
sitting
here in front of the computer with two hunting shirts and a left knitted
glove on!
There's an impossible iced cold draft bouncing off the back wall, and I'm
frozen!
We have one local garden nursery that has about a dozen bird feeders
hanging near the parking area. The birds pay no attention to the cars
and people....
Interestingly, we have one daughter who is a Kate Smith type in stature,
and she sashayed in here today wearing a sweater.>>! Normally in winter
she wears nothing extra to go back and forth to the car. She just keeps a
sweater inside the car, in case of car breakdown -- and I'll bet she put
it
on today just so I would not rag her -- for at long last, we were
celebrating
Christmas! Jimmie and I seem well enuff now to reenter the human
world. Six weeks was just too much.
Penny, NY
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