This is a picture of my home town on the Columbia River. This is where I grew up and where my husband grew up. We had two of our kids there. My mom and step-dad still live there. My mother-in-law lives three hours north of there. My husband's grandparents are there. My brother, his sister. Our nieces. A church we love. An awesome Farmer's Market.
Right now it is 48 degrees and overcast there. Here it is snowing at the same time it is -3. I didn't think it was possible to snow at that cold of a temperature.
I'm mopey right now. Tired of snow. I haven't seen the ground since Dec. 1. And I'm afraid that we haven't even reached our snowiest month yet.
I miss the steady, small trickle of rain. They say it rains so much there, but it's not that it's really SO MUCH, but just a little bit, often. It never stopped us from playing outside when we were kids. Not like this frost-bitey weather keeps my kids in.
Snowy weather was always a treat for me. It would snow enough to make a snowman and then be gone in the next day or two.
Now it's too powdery to stick together and is all gray from the sand sprinkler. With frozen dog poops on top of it. Not a magic winter-wonderland at all.
Of course, there are blessings here, too. I'm just missing the other place today. I'm done whining, now.
4 comments:
I'm sorry you're homesick...
It sucks.
The bitter cold...
it sucks too.
I hear you, Amy. It seems as soon as it gets a bit warmer and the snow just starts to melt, that bam! we get some more!
I also understand about being homesick. Most people think Colorado gets more snow than Iowa, but Colorado has much more sunshine, less wind, and the snow melts in a day instead of several months!
Let's go home!
I would be missing that too. I miss Toronto since I moved to another city an hour away. Wow I can relate but your city is much more beautiful and that Farmer's Market...hmmmmm as Rachel Ray says, "Yum-O-."
Bela
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