Thursday, December 20, 2012

Snowmageddon

After 279 days of no snow in Iowa, Mother Nature is making up for lost time.

Two days ago I started seeing this on the local TV station.




Yesterday I started seeing this


And this




This morning I woke up to this - more than 10 inches of snow.



And this






I did not take these two snow pictures.  They are from Google images.  But what I am looking at this morning looks just like these pictures.

Once the wind dies down I will get around and start the snow blower and clean off my driveway and sidewalks.

I hope to take some pictures, too.  One of my favorite images is a red cardinal with a snow background.



I especially like this photo -- again both of these cardinal images were taken off Google images.


But for now I am going to sit down and just read for a while.  And I will not be reading off a computer or a Kindle or a Kobo or a tablet or a smart phone -- I will be reading a real, honest to goodness, hold it in your hands and turn the pages book.

Hopefully books will not go the way of the typewriter.  Then again I still have my IBM Selectric in my office.

5 comments:

Hilary said...

It looks lovely, I'm sure but for now, I'm still happy with my snowless streets and especially the driveway.

Enjoy the book. I haven't made the leap to electronic reading either.. except for blogs, of course.

Leslie: said...

In my humble opinion, snow is beautiful to look at but a real nuisance to get around in. Good for you reading a real book - you should see the pile by my bed! One more and I'll be finished the Henning Manckel books about the crime inspector Kurt Wallander. I highly recommend them if you enjoy the genre.

Happy Christmas, Russell, and don't get lost in the snow!

Dianne said...

I love real books as well, I adore my stacks and stacks of them

take it easy on the shoveling and stay warm

thanks so much for your visit

A Lady's Life said...

I prefer books too.
The snow looks wonderful We had some beautiful snow flakes about 4 inches of them but then it turned into rain and today it's all gone and back to green.
C'est la vie.
:(

Rose said...

That does look like a lot of digging out to do.

I love my kindle...I seem to read longer without it straining my eyes. However, I still like books, too...hold in your hand books. I would not want to be without either one.

And some of my books, I wish I had kindle editions...cause I want both. The ones I read over again through the years. And I have several of those.