Tag Archives: storm
April Fifth; Coming
Its coming. Last night the weather prognosticators and this morning across the task bar of my computer it is warning me, rain is coming. According to the weather predictors, that rain is going to be heavy at times. It will … Continue reading
March Ninth; When All Is Said and Done
Gentle can be deceiving. I went to bed last night around midnight. It was raining a gentle spring shower type rain, not one of those pounding down summer torrents that always worries me about that drain pipe that runs under … Continue reading
February Eighteenth; When We Realize Where Calm Resides.
There she blows. We knew it was coming as the weather folks had been warning us of the storm’s approach. I made all the preparations that I could just in case. All the while I was hoping that it wouldn’t … Continue reading
Day Twenty-one; Footnotes of Its Snowing Again
Well, its snowing again. The thing that concerns me, is that they, the all knowing weather prognosticators, said it appears that we would get a ‘trace to an inch’. The way it is falling out there now, it better stop … Continue reading
January Sixteenth; There are Two Sides to Everything But One Truth
Well, it sure looks different out there this morning. I don’t know what time the storm arrived, but the ground outside is covered with a nice white blanket. Snow and sleet is still falling outside and its anyone’s guess how … Continue reading
Day Fourteen; Footnotes Important Things
My son doesn’t know. My mother needed to make a run to the grocery store for fruit for the incoming storm. Good daughter that I am, I took her over to the big box store. As we pulled in the … Continue reading
January Fourteenth; Stay Home, Stay Safe, For Yourself and Your Loved Ones
The sky is an amazing clear blue. The temperature outside is warmer this morning than yesterday. It is difficult to believe we are moving closer to the arrival of a winter storm predicted to be bad. I’ve seen articles, I’ve … Continue reading
Day Thirteen; Footnotes Just Another Day of Odds, Ends and Maybe Bad
Its all in the simple things. I had told my dad yesterday that I would help him cut up kindling today. After falling though, I really didn’t want to attempt moving his saw into place. Early today he called me … Continue reading
Day Eleven; Footnotes of Be Ready
Is it coming? Is it going to snow? Will it be ice or sleet or simply rain? Which ever it will be, something is coming. And the excitement is building. Here it is, not even nine at night yet, and … Continue reading
Day Six; Footnotes How It Should Be
Let the cat fights begin…or not. I brought the dogs inside because they kept barking. They kept barking because the cats were wandering around in their line of sight and hearing. The dogs had not been in the house ten … Continue reading
Words from The Dirt Road 