The fucking weather, man.
We had a few very nice days. Then the wind began to blow. Hard. Like that porn star that did Dallas.
You'll excuse me for talking about the weather. But being back home, and surrounded by farmers, that's a serious topic of conversation. We don't talk about the weather because it's ruining our weekend plans; no we talk about the weather because it's ruining our income.
If there's a cherry crop this year (by the way, Washington grows more sweet cherries than any other state in the Union), they'll be very, very expensive.
The weather's been weird bad. Windy. Cold. Dry. Windy. and Cold.
It's middle April. Last night the low was 28 degrees. That's not supposed to be the case. At all. The pass was closed because of snow storms. Yesterday it snowed. Hailed. And rained.
My uncle has lost a couple of circles of carrots. Rot problems with the onions--and my poor, poor garden is struggling.
I also was fooled by a few 70 degree days and planted annuals in pots that are not frost tolerant.
Damn you mother nature...or jack frost or whomever I need to damn, but damn you anyhow.
It's very strange to be watching a well known movie and recognize someone in it.
One of my high school history teachers (whom was a 'young' teacher therefore a 'cool' teacher) has a brother who's an actor. This brother was in No Country For Old Men (which is very good if you haven't seen it--but if you don't like the gore of McCarthy novels, you won't like the movie either). Weird eh? This is the second time in my life where I've watched tv and thought "I know that guy" and it's been true. The first time was after I met this brother-actor in DC and came home from the trip, turned on the tv and saw an NYPD blue episode or some such thing and there he was.
This time it took until the end of the movie when the credits rolled for me to realize that I really do 'know' him--rather know of him and hung out with him one weekend, many years ago. But you know, kinda cool. Actually really cool for him: imagine being in a Cohen Bros film, period, let alone getting to stand up on stage to receive an oscar as a group, eh?
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Yeah, is it global warming or global cooling? Are we headed for another one of those odd ice age things that happens every so often? Think Washington crossing the Delaware. Those Ice Chunks were REAL!
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I posted that it has been in the 40's here at night, but a quick look at the weather pages led me to realize that it's been cooler than that.
Dude, it's almost May.
Hello? Spring? Hello?
@BlueCollarGoddess - yes. A friend and I were talking about this about a year ago: thinking what if we throw away all of our sweaters thinking the world's going to get hotter,only to find ourselves in another ice-age. It was a joke, but doesn't that actually make more sense though? I'm not someone who's poo-pooing global warming, but I would think that as the ozone hole gets larger, the planet will get colder, not warmer.
Would love to know what part of WA you live in, those bare hills sure look familiar. I was born in Yakima.
We're copping the same thing but at the opposite end of the seasons here. Our summer was short, cold and wet and now autumn and winter are continuing in the same pattern. Not so good when your only source of heat is a slow combustion wood fire!
Can't say I know anyone famous, but I do know people who know famous people. Does that count?
~ Sherri
I do not mind the cold, but the wind?! Gah, the wind can just suck it.
I envisioned you shaking your fist at the sky throughout most of this. you're so cute when you shake your fist at the sky.