A day of wild weather to close out the year. Not so unusual for late December as my 'Memories' feed on Facebook pops up my record of rain and wind ushering in the New Year. Was it last year--or the year before--that January rolled in with a deep freeze and snow?
I stayed up late on Monday, sewing until 11 and then reading in bed til nearly 2 A.M. I slept through the beginning of what Jim describes as brief bouts of heavy rain.
This morning the sky was blue for a few minutes--clouds billowing and scudding before a north-west wind that grew colder by the hour. A few rumbles of distant thunder had the cats skittering with storm nerves.
From within the house the sound of wind could be heard, the sort of wind that shrieks through the tree tops. Wet leaves, long fallen, were whisked up to sail soddenly before lodging in the winter-faded grass. Standing outside with my old camera I watched the tops of trees sway, bare branches etching a constantly changing pattern against the sky.
Squalls of icy rain banished the sun. Gone before noon it left us with a grey afternoon.
I considered walking to the mailbox, but the sudden showers and the buffeting wind convinced me to retreat to my sewing project.
Wind throbbing through the trees, a moaning crescendo of sound.
Tattered seed heads of clematis, bobbing in the wind.
The wood stacked in the shed caught my attention this morning, the varying shapes and sizes.
If the restless storms take out the power we will still be warm!
I am in admiration of your wood pile. I have to say without the likes of the Hergom stove in our old kitchen, and any wood burning stove here, I feel vulnerable should we have a power outage for any length of time. Only one old fireplace and that has a section turned into a cupboard, complete with window! Not much good for putting a wood burner in NOW!
ReplyDeleteGales here yesterday and overnight, with the younger trees bending at the waist and the older ones taking a battering. Today, heavy rain as predicted.
I am a morning person and evenings are for sitting down with some hand stitching. If I machine stitched in the evening, I would find sleep evasive I think.
Happy New Year anyway.
But what would we be without the weather Sharon? It brings change all the time. Wishing you and your family a Happy New Year and also a Peaceful one. May this year have a brighter edge to it.
ReplyDeleteYou've been having some rough weather this year, that's for sure. See there's more coming your way. It's been very dark here. When it isn't snowing it's raining. Must be a special quilt that you are working on so late into the night!
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Jane
It’s a bleak morning here in southwestern most Vermont. Low clouds obstruct our view of Mts Greylock and Williams. The cold has settled in in earnest while the past week of mild temps is just a memory. Yesterday, midafternoon ‘lake effects’ snow squalls blanketed us with 4” of fresh snow. The sheets, hung out in early morning, were lugged in, freeze dried and draped over the clothes rack near the kitchen range to finish drying. There is nothing like the smell of laundry when it comes in off the line! Sending you New Year’s greetings for a peaceful and healthy new year!
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