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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Outlandish Weather

I have so wanted to respond to everyone's post from last Friday and have not succeeded. We are coming out of a very unusual  bad weather turn, and I was feeling really out of sorts for a while. No illness, but a sheer lack of will.

We had 8 inches of wet snow on Sunday night, with very cold temps and gusty north winds before and after. Wild weather, and we're grateful we did not lose electricity, though a huge fir tree fell near our house and just barely missed the power lines. Sandy and I trooped through the woods on Monday, through all the snow, which was loads of fun for her, and watching her, I must admit I enjoyed it, but it was raining and the chill and damp went deep into my bones and I could not get warm afterwards. And out with my body heat went my mood, I'm very sorry to say. My body does mind going from 62 degrees on Friday to 30 degrees on Sunday.

I'm enjoying what I'm reading now and hope I can post tomorrow.
I'm listening to a wonderful audiobook while knitting, Epic of Solitude by Katherine Keith, about a young woman who seeks wilderness in very edgy places, the most notable of which is Alaska, where she eventually becomes deeply involved in sled-dog racing, including the Iditarod. There  is so much to this book--adventures galore.




8 comments:

  1. Strange times at the moment and our moods vary tremendously, far more than usual. You take care, Judith. Our days of endless sunshine are at an end and we now have rain. I'm not complaining, the garden *really* needed it.

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    1. Thank you, Cath. It's helpful to know that other people may be experiencing difficulties with mood these days.
      I imagine that after working along in the garden during your string of sunny days, that a rainy day might feel quite welcome. A day that after house chores, you can just settle into a good book.

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  2. We have had some weird weather here recently, a very very hot day and then it cooled down a bit, and now more cool. But not the extremes you have had. I have also been out of sorts all this week starting with Monday.

    Previously I meant to comment on your nice spring header photo, don't know if I did that or not.

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    1. Hi Tracy,
      I did hear about your unusually hot weather in California there for a bit. And thank you so much for mentioning that you've felt out of sorts, too. It's so helpful to know that others sometimes experience this new era of ours as difficult.
      And yes, you did say you liked the spring header. It's not the Adirondacks, although with a few fir trees and hemlocks on the shores of that lake, it could be.

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  3. Sorry to hear you were/are under the weather. The cold has just gone on too long! Even a few hours of sunshine is so precious. Not sure I'll get my next bookshelf post done in time for this week but we'll see.

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    1. You're so right about sunny days being so precious. I hear that we will get a sunny day on Sunday. I will enjoy that.
      And don't worry about being late with a bookshelf post or even skipping a week. We'll enjoy whenever and whatever you do!

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  4. I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling under the weather, Judith (excuse the pun!). I'm so enjoying spring (even though it's been a chillier spring than normal) that I can't imagine snow now. Yikes! Even the book you're reading has snow in it! I vote for a summery book that transports you to a warm climate even if you have to come back to snow when you close the pages. Can you think of anything?

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    1. Hi Cleo,
      Definitely under the weather, and yesterday and today we're under a deluge of rain. At least that's an improvement!
      Yes about summery books. We must have ESP, because yesterday I made a list trying to brainstorm activities for a COVID summer. And summery books were top on the list--so am already searching. Would be a great topic for a blog post--to encourage everyone to look over their booklists for the past 10 years (30) and select their favorite summery reads. Will think on that one. Thank you for the compassionate nudge!

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