Very definitely winter...

Visibility is down to about 150 yards as the snow continues to fall relentlessly in our neck of the woods. It wasn't so bad getting Drew's Honda down to the doctor's office this morning, or to The UPS Store afterward, to send Galina some paperwork she had left behind. It was a little bit more of a challenge at midday, when Shannon was kind enough to pick me up to go back to The UPS Store to send off my documents for a Russian visa.

Drew says the weather dweebs predict more than a couple of feet of snow by Wednesday. I am so not looking forward to that, but as long as the firewood holds out, I ought to be okay.

In other news, I thank Providence that kittens are not born with prehensile tails or opposable digits, else this place would be a total disaster area!

Cheers...

UPDATE: From the National Weather Service:

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST TUESDAY.

* A STRONG WINTER STORM HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW... TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

* BY TUESDAY EVENING 16 TO 30 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES RECEIVING ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 FEET. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING WILL OCCUR.

A mighty resource is our 'net!

On a whim, I went looking for Internet references to Eddie Fechter (the subject of my essay for this week's LJ Idol), and was not disappointed. I found a photo of Eddie taken at about the time I knew him. At any rate, it's the way I remember him.


Just looking at this photo brought back a lot of memories, both good ones and the fact that Eddie lost his fight with leukemia in 1979.

Cheers...