Showing posts with label winter days. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter days. Show all posts
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Look how the old crushed-up pop bottles glittered happily in the stucco yesterday![/caption]
I'm not complaining. Today's nice, I guess -- yesterday was just better.
By Noon it was crystal clear something special was up. It was as though someone had taken a slice of spring out of the freezer and left it to thaw.
The sun this time of year normally blazes cold light, but yesterday sun seekers were rewarded with a gentle touch of warmth, enough to stir memories of the summer past and to plant a quiet thought:
"Shhh... Spring is coming!"
Of course it didn't last. By the evening all thoughts of spring were back in the freezer -- wouldn't want them to spoil.
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This truck is often a harbinger of snow, but this time just sub-zero cold.[/caption]
I had a late dinner -- things needed charging -- so I didn't leave McDonald's until 11 p.m. By that time the temperature had to be near to, or below, zero. If it wasn't, someone expected it soon would be; I watched as a transit maintenance truck headed west up Broadway Avenue, coating the overhead electric trolley bus wires with de-icing fluid as it went.
I too went -- in search of some black ice and darned it I didn't find some! Click the images to enlarge them.
Look how the old crushed-up pop bottles glittered happily in the stucco yesterday![/caption]I'm not complaining. Today's nice, I guess -- yesterday was just better.
By Noon it was crystal clear something special was up. It was as though someone had taken a slice of spring out of the freezer and left it to thaw.
The sun this time of year normally blazes cold light, but yesterday sun seekers were rewarded with a gentle touch of warmth, enough to stir memories of the summer past and to plant a quiet thought:
"Shhh... Spring is coming!"
Nice while it lasted
Of course it didn't last. By the evening all thoughts of spring were back in the freezer -- wouldn't want them to spoil.
[caption id="attachment_9153" align="alignnone" width="497"]
This truck is often a harbinger of snow, but this time just sub-zero cold.[/caption]I had a late dinner -- things needed charging -- so I didn't leave McDonald's until 11 p.m. By that time the temperature had to be near to, or below, zero. If it wasn't, someone expected it soon would be; I watched as a transit maintenance truck headed west up Broadway Avenue, coating the overhead electric trolley bus wires with de-icing fluid as it went.
I too went -- in search of some black ice and darned it I didn't find some! Click the images to enlarge them.
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