IT'S SNOWING DOWN SOUTH!!

Heidy-Ho, Blogging Buddies!!  It has been a while which is my fault.  Somehow, things just got away from me at the beginning of this year.

So... for those of you from the South, what I am about to share is no surprise.  However, some of my faithful readers are NOT from the South and may find the information interesting.

Southern ladies (of a certain age) know exactly what is meant by "It's snowing down south."  Some of you may think I am referring to our southwest Louisiana snow event of Friday, January 24, 2014!!  I do have some photos to share with you... but true snow is NOT the primary meaning of the quote that is the title of this post.  If you are not from a time when ladies wore dresses and skirts with a slip beneath them, let me enlighten you.  When one was dressed in the items just described and another lovely Southern lady sidled up to you and whispered, "It's snowing down south.", you immediately headed toward the nearest ladies room in order to adjust your slip!!!  What she had just discreetly told you was your slip was showing!!  Horrors!!  Completely unacceptable.  Had to be remedied before you could consider anything else!!

Now then... since you have been educated in something that probably doesn't matter any more (do you or anyone you know still wear a slip?), let me share a few shots of the REAL snow we experienced this past Friday.  It started late on Thursday evening.  When I went to bed, I figured it would stop soon and there would be no sign of it Friday morning.  I was completely wrong!!!  (Al?  Remember me?  You have heard from me before about your "global warming/climate change" fallacies and I have to say this is simply further proof you need to SHUT UP!!)  We all awakened to a very lovely quantity of snow on the ground... where it remained until about mid-day on Saturday!

My apologies for the poor photos.  Apparently when I uploaded them from my phone to my computer, I did something incorrectly.  But I think you get the idea.

While I have actually shared a couple of snow events with you previously (2010 and 2009), this one actually put out enough snow for folks to build short snowmen!  The kids were having a blast and I promise you most had never seen anything like this before.  What fun for them.

So... just know that living nearly in the Gulf of Mexico does NOT save you from crazy cold weather... although it won't happen very often.  My sympathies to those friends living in the North/Northeast these days.  You guys are getting hammered with crazy cold... and it looks like it's going to continue for a while.  Stay inside!!

I do hope your weather has been pleasant and your toes remain warm.  :)

Until next post...

HAPPY 2014!!!

Heidy-Ho, Blogging Buddies!!  A Happy, Healthy, & Prosperous New Year to you all!

The holiday season was uneventful here.  That's a good thing!  In fact, I find myself typing to you with nothing to really report.  Hmmmmm.  My apologies!

The spousal-unit & I made a Lake Charles run before he left for Texas on December 23rd.  During our errand-running, we came across the following item which created a need to stop and get some shots!  I think most of you will get a chuckle out of it.

The first shot was nearly facing into the sun... but I wanted to capture the number of "stickers" on the windows.  The second shot was from the other side making the business name easier to read.

*Chuckle*  We just got such a kick out of a stretch Volkswagen Camper Bus!!!  Don't know if it actually goes anywhere or if it just remains parked outside the business.  Either way, it's definitely an eye-catcher!!

As I sit here typing with our temperature at 46 degrees F (where it has dropped since our high of about 62 degrees F early this morning), I remain grateful.  The television meteorologist is telling us the overnight lows in International Falls will be -30 degrees F.  That is before any wind chill factor.  BRRRRRR!!!  Keep it up there, please?  My blood is not thick enough to handle that!  We do have a forecast of overnight lows tonight and the next two nights of 25, 19, and 26 degrees F, respectively.  That might make my early morning walking a little chilly but I do have silk undies to go under about three more layers!  We'll see exactly how brave I am in the morning.  Do you think I should call my friend, Al?  You know... the one who invented the Internet?  Maybe he should know the record lows that are being reached in the lower 48?  Might make him rethink his stance about the planet's climate.  Nah.  Probably not.

At any rate, there is nothing to report to you today but I wanted you to hear from me early in the new year.  I will try to find more interesting things to share next time.

Until next post...