Brrr. It’s cold again. It was so nice the last couple of days. I was wearing a summer dress yesterday. Day before too. Now it’s back to BRRRR!
There is a Winter Storm Warning for our area. Should be rain coming later today, and with plummenting temperatures, Ice or Sleet or a Mix, and maybe Snow or Flurries. That should be all mostly on Saturday. Sunday it’s supposed to be in the mid-40’s.
This morning in bed I had the Weather Channel on and the temperature was going lower and lower. It was so warm most of the night, then whomp! It started going down. Other areas around here, to the east, in NC and SC were even lower temperatured, since the dew point was in the single digits there, but by us it was in the 20’s. That’s the difference in how cold or hot some other place may be in comparison to another place.
Currently it’s 34 degrees F. Feels like 27 degrees F. Dew Point is at 1 degree. See, it went down, so did our temps and feel’s like temps. Humidity is at 25. Dry as a bone cold.
Sure it’s colder up North in other places. So what. Dry Cold is still COLD different degrees are more dangerous, sure, but being cold is still being cold.
Living in one’s Freezer is generally not much fun. Living in one’s Refridgerator is cool, but not THAT bad.
Think of it: Refridgerator Door Opens, you look for something, taking your time …
Freezer door opens, Rushing to find what you want, slam the door shut fast.
In the Summer, the Fridge feels good. The Freezer offers instant cool down. In the Winter, the Fridge sends a chill your way, and the Freezer is no fun place to be near.
I speak of a nature regulated house. No Central A/C or Central Heat.
So I need to go find a wool sweater to put on. I’m wearing lesser clothing for this weather. Lots more than I was wearing yesterday, but it’s not good enough!
For now, it’s that my toes are chilly, and my fingers are quite cold. I have a big kitten in my lap keeping THAT warm as I type. If I wasn’t typing I could put my hands under said kitten, and get warmer fast!
So tomorrow will be the day of Ice. Ice probably coating the trees. Trees losing branches, falling down, all over the South tomorrow and the following days. Old trees, weak trees, young trees. 🙁 It’s pretty though when it’s all Icy, it’s beautiful really. But damaging. Our trees will hopefully be alright. Except for dear little Weeping Willow in the back. The other day the two youngest children tried to “climb” it. We don’t have any climbing trees. They know that. So what possessed them to do it? Well it has some young branches broken that we need to take care of. Ice –if it’s thick enough– can damage that poor tree the more in it’s “weakened” state. We’ll see afterwards.