Snow all gone

[susandennis]

By the time I went to bed last night, the foot skaters in the parking lot had been replaced by car skaters.  There were two cars spinning around on the snow for fun.  There were plenty of things they could have hit - light poles, trucks other cars.  It was truly like watching an  accident waiting to happen.  But, if it did it was after I went to bed.

This morning it's all a melted puddle.  Oh well. 

As one anonymous commenter pointed out, at least I could watch it all now that The Tree That I Hate has finally given up all those stupid leaves.  Thank you, tree!

My brother and his wife head out today from Austin, Texas to the mountains of North Carolina for a week of doing not much of anything.  They were hoping for cool weather but I got a quick note from him this morning saying that it was cooler in Austin right now than in Blowing Rock.  

Blowing Rock was a wonderful tiny mountain town where we spent many great summers and lots of winter weekends when we were growing up.  We had a house there that was full of beds so we could bring friends and it was always fun - non-stop Yahtzee tournaments and great food and great fun.  I haven't been back in 35 years.  My brother kind of migrates there every four or five years. 

My wireless webcam is on the UPS truck 'out for delivery'.  I think I'll get some work work done so I'll be free to play with it when it gets here!  Next snow storm, maybe I'll have live shots!

Comments

[lilliane.livejournal.com]

Snow all gone...and so is 3 lbs!

"CBS has canceled its Stanley Tucci medical drama "3 Lbs." after three low-rated airings.

The show most recently drew 8 million viewers.

It marks the second new CBS drama to crash in the Tuesday 10 p.m. slot this fall, following the Ray Liotta crime saga "Smith.""

I tried to watch it, but my Tivo didn't want me to apparently - I'd set it to record it, but it didn't record, and then I sort of watched the second one but couldn't get into it, so I guess this is apropos...

[susandennis]

?? You know, I think that show was killed by TiVo. It didn't record it for me the first time either! (Although I did figure out that it was my fault after the fact.) I thought it could have worked... oh well. Thanks for the info - I had not seen that anywhere else!

I now have the last Justice episode to watch, the last Evidence episode to watch and the last 3 lbs episode to watch... maybe I'll just start a Last Episode restrospective!

[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

Well we still have some up by us, and you are welcome to visit.

[susandennis]

Thanks! Acutally, I can see some on the ground up on Beacon Hill - at the base of Amazon. It was fun.

[photoholic62.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's right about 35 degrees and very windy here just slightly east of Austin. Way too cold for a winter wimp like me. In fact, time to toss more wood in the woodstove...

[nezbitthecat.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Wireless! Such flexibility!

[i-count-crows.livejournal.com]

If you really hate the tree so much as all that, a copper nail in the trunk will cause the tree to die without any fanfare and without poisoning the surrounding soil.

Not that I have ever lived near any trees I hated....

;-)

[susandennis]

Ha... this tree has SIX copper nails in it. 2 a year for the past 3 years PLUS root poison the year before that. I hate this tree AND it will not die. (My neighbor just below me did cut the top off about six years ago but you can't even tell he did it now.)

[i-count-crows.livejournal.com]

Evidently this tree is much more evil than most, and may require drastic action.

Ever considered casoron? I met casoron when my gran's garden was taken over by an evil rhizome, "horse tails", something so resistant to dying that it has been around since the time of the dinosaurs. We couldn't plant vegetables there again, but since we were going to make her raised beds, that was ok. She had just developed a deep and abiding hatred of horse tails, or as she referred to them, "horses patoots", and wanted to see them gone.

It goes to gas instead of the granuals you sprinkle down as soon as water is applied and works rapidly. Amazing stuff.