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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2004Texas snow
We are having a white Christmas in Corpus Christi, TX, U.S.A. This morning I took a picture of our house with snow on the palm trees. Overnight we got from 3 to 4 inches (I'll let Hans do his own math). It is a record. It's bad for anyone who needs to go anywhere. All the main roads are closed. This morning we opened the door to let Rosie and Cinder take a look outside. They were not amused. They took one look at the white stuff on the door mat and came back in and settled down for a nap. Jim and I threw a few snow balls and put some in the freezer. I tried to make a snowman, but the snow wouldn't hold together. Jim has a sore throat and went back to bed, where Cinder has taken on the nurse cat responsibility and is doing her best to keep him warm. Merry Christmas to everyone. Annie > We are having a white Christmas in Corpus Christi, TX, U.S.A. > This morning I took a picture of our house with snow on the palm trees. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Merry Christmas to everyone. > Annie In 1959-1960, I spent (subjectively) at least a decade in the sixth grade at San Antonio Military Academy of Texas. For the boarding students, it wasn't just a place with brutal teachers, but with teachers that seemed amused by violence among the students. Most boarding students were, in one way or another, abandoned by parents who could afford to send them to the school [1]. Most also had strong Confederate sympathies, and the other Yankee and I bore an especial burden. So, when it snowed in San Antonio for the first time in decades, it was the Northern revenge. We knew how to make snowballs, iceballs, and nastier things! [1] Actually, the uncle with whom I was living never paid the bill. While it cost me my transcript and some medals for academic performance, it was probably worth losing them to get away from his control. > In 1959-1960, I spent (subjectively) at least a decade in the sixth > grade at San Antonio Military Academy of Texas. ...> So, when it snowed in > San Antonio for the first time in decades, it was > the Northern revenge. We knew how to make snowballs, iceballs, and > nastier things! Howard, I can see how that year seemed to last a decade. Thank goodness you got out of there. I did manage to get a snowman made later this morning. This snow is not as good as what I'm used to (from growing up in the Northwest), but after working with it a while, I got it to make reasonably good size snowman. I don't think it would have been possible to stomp it down and sled on it, but we don't have any hills here, anyway, even though we probably could round up an adequate piece of cardboard to use as a sled. Annie > > In 1959-1960, I spent (subjectively) at least a decade in the sixth > > grade at San Antonio Military Academy of Texas. ...> So, when it snowed [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > out > of there. It did give me a permanent appreciation of unmade beds and unshined shoes. Definitely was an adventure in survival. While I managed to avoid the worst of it, I am not being at all facetious to say that the punishment given to some 10 and 11 year olds who escaped was closer to what we think of as POW camp war crimes than ordinary child abuse. > I did manage to get a snowman made later this morning. This snow is not > as [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > round up an adequate piece of cardboard to use as a sled. > Annie No snow yet in the Washington DC area. I have mixed feelings about it these days -- I do prefer cold weather, but I also have learned that exercising in cold weather is the absolute worst thing one can do with my sort of heart problems, which aren't an issue most of the time. Say what one will about SUVs, but having a vehicle that doesn't need to have a driveway shoveled is a necessity for me. > No snow yet in the Washington DC area. I have mixed feelings about it > these days -- I do prefer cold weather, but I also have learned that > exercising in cold weather is the absolute worst thing one can do with > my sort of heart problems, which aren't an issue most of the time. Say > what one will about SUVs, but having a vehicle that doesn't need to have > a driveway shoveled is a necessity for me. When we lived in cooler climates, I had a series of Subaru station wagons, which had 4 wheel drive at a fraction of the purchase and fuel cost of a SUV. We also had a Suburban, which we first got when my husband was doing helicopter logging and construction and had to haul a travel trailer around on all kinds of remote roads. Later, we lived in an area where our daughters had horses, and we used the Suburban to haul the horse trailer. Then we used it to haul a boat. We kept that vehicle for about 15 years. I'm glad to hear that your heart problems seem to be under control for now and that you are taking care. BTW, it's late afternoon, and the snow is off the streets and driveway. My snowman is still out there, but the head and upper torso has rolled off the body and is on the ground next to it. I guess I should go out and put the poor thing back together. Annie > When we lived in cooler climates, I had a series of Subaru station wagons, > which had 4 wheel drive at a fraction of the purchase and fuel cost of a > SUV. All wheel drive, actually; at least, that's what they all have now. I got a WRX wagon (the turbo version of the Impreza) in March and have been extremely pleased. It has no trouble with altitude and hills, and it is happy to drive to some of the gnarlier ski and mountain bike parking lots. Granted, it guzzles premium gas (especially with the rack installed), and I probably would have been just as happy with the Impreza ... Subarus rule.  Signaturemonique, who is sometimes allowed to pet Oscar, a grey^H^H^H^Hblue-cream DLH with an attitude! My brother in law lives in Texas and has 3 inches of snow on the ground. They had a snow ball fight on Christmas day. Here in Connecticut we had a brown Christmas(no snow) but, we will get some tonight. Ann >> We are having a white Christmas in Corpus Christi, TX, U.S.A. >> This morning I took a picture of our house with snow on the palm trees. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > performance, it was probably worth losing them to get away from > his control. No snow here, but since we get it almost every year, this isn't something to be excited about ;) Lots of purrs and best wishes for Jim's sore throat and lots of gentle scritches to Cinder for being such a great nurse, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > We are having a white Christmas in Corpus Christi, TX, U.S.A. > This morning I took a picture of our house with snow on the palm trees. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Merry Christmas to everyone. > Annie |
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