We got as far as Gallipolis before the weather forced us off the road.
If you were wondering about Gallipolis as a holiday destination – do not
give it any thought at all.
We sent most of our time being terrified by the reports on the weather
channel of the next giant storm sweeping across America from Texas – and trying
to work out with Google maps whether or not it was going to annihilate us the
next day.
The snow was pelting down during the night but when we emerged the next
morning the weather was good and the roads were clear.
After and hour or so on the road we got sunshine and had a very good
trip home – apart from a few slow patches due to heavy traffic. I am guessing a
lot of people holed up like we did.
We were glad we had not tried press on when we saw numerous cars that
had skidded off the road and buried themselves in the snow.
The cats were very pleased to see us and I turned the kitchen gas fire
on for them immediately. Our house and garden is covered with snow and we are
sorry we were not here to see it.
It's a quiet Sunday in Inidanapolis, out on the edge of the prairie. Badger's home, tending the cats, Somewhere a snowplower …. oh well, quiet's the word! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat is definitely a different view from your typical duck pictures. Where was it?
ReplyDeleteWe have had only tiny amounts of snow but we did have huge flakes floating down this morning in a rare moment of absolutely no wind, so magicaLLy delightful.
I spent the day teaching the wife how to run the embroidery machines, so she was mongramming tea towels and printing Christmas trees. My lil' elf-ette.
Merisi: It is very quiet. The cats and I are on our own and the squirrels are sleeping.
ReplyDeleteesbboston: The ducks are at the Magnolia plantation in Charleston. I just love the snow - perhaps one day I will get tired of it - but not yet. I would love to see your embroidery machines in action.
Merisi: It is very quiet. The cats and I are on our own and the squirrels are sleeping.
ReplyDeleteesbboston: The ducks are at the Magnolia plantation in Charleston. I just love the snow - perhaps one day I will get tired of it - but not yet. I would love to see your embroidery machines in action.
I was so glad to see esb posting because it seems as if the comment section here is jinxed as soon as I can't hold back from posting the first comment! ;-)
ReplyDeleteMy neighbours in DC have a power generator. Depending on how bad the snow situation is where you live now, you may want one. Before everybody else runs out and buys one, after 3 days of power outage (heating usually stops working when the power's out, so imagine the cats ….).
Merisi: I have a gas stove and a carbon monoxide monitor.
ReplyDeleteI think you usuaLLy get in the first comment now as I am kept too busy by customers now. I guess semi-retirement is over after nearly five years. It is interesting being an artist and actuaLLy making a little money now at it.
There are a few videos on Youtube that show my model of machine in action. It is a ten needle machine called Babylock Enterprise. I learned yesterday that I can have programs that will handle even more than ten colors. It will just stop automatically to let me change thread colors. I was working on a reindeer and accidentally put 11 colors in my design instead of 10.