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Down here in the swamps, we may moan about the winter but our winters really are pussycats compared to other parts of the country.
During summer's swelter we wait impatiently for the first time the temperatures dip below sauna in the desert level.
As painful as cold is to my hands and feet (i have a weird condition which makes them hypersensitive to cold), i do not complain about the cooler months but try to relish them.
Here it is now, December, and we're back to short sleeve weather, bordering on needed the A/C during the hottest part of the afternoon, and we once again wait for temperatures to fall.
It should happen soon, in fact, if the weather guessers are right, today should be in the sixties and the next few nights in the lower 40's to upper 30's.
As noted, nothing to write home about if you live in the Frozen Nawth, but we swamp creatures will be bundling up and being glad to not sweat or melt for a while.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Dip.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
This week it's a festive fence.
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
Bigger Girl was telling me
of all the things she got to see
when she and a friend drove around
across the country and from town to town.
They'd been to National Reserves and Parks,
places which are real benchmarks
and no trip would be complete
until she was on the edge of her seat.
At one mountain range they were on a track
at a 30 degree angle and no going back,
She said, "We won't end at the bottom in a heap
'cause no way I'm dying in a mojito green Jeep!"
(True story, Bigger Girl and a friend drove from California back to Louisiana, stopping all over at parks and landmarks and at one point, they were on the side of a mountain looking straight down over the edge when she told the friend what I've quoted above.)
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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home - Forever hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful for naproxen, my back has decided to start talking to me in downright forcible language, and the naproxen keeps it in check.
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Today is:
Build a Snowman Day -- occupy your mind, as Christmas seems too far away still; if you have no snow, make snowball cookies
Chocolate Pizza Day -- yes, really
E-Mail Santa Claus Just in Case He Didn't Get Your Letter Day -- send your emails to northpole.com/Mailroom/
Festival for Juventas -- Ancient Roman Calendar (goddess of youth, protector of young soldiers)
Icelandic Yuletide Lad of the Day, Skyrgamur -- Curd-glutton, who loves skyr (milk curd) so that he sneaks in the pantry to try to get it all
I've Got My Big Fat Guy Pants On Day -- someone tired of tight clothes started this, a day to wear whatever you like, so long as it is comfortable -- and roomy
Look for an Evergreen Day -- although if you haven't bought your tree by now, you may have waited too long
National Hard Candy Day -- this time of year, it probably means candy canes
National Heroes and Heroines Day / National Jollification Day -- Anguilla
National Oatmeal Muffin Day
Opalia -- Roman Empire (feast of Ops, goddess of abundance; 3rd day of the Saturnalia)
Robinson Crusoe Rescue Day (1686)
St. Bernard Valeara's Day (Patron of Teramo, Italy)
St. Samthann (Samantha) of Meath's Day (Patron of the spiritual life)
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation -- UN
Anniversary Today:
First radio broadcast from space, a Christmas greeting from President Eisenhower, 1958
Birthdays Today:
Jake Gyllenhall, 1980
Alyssa Milano, 1972
Tyson Beckford, 1971
Amy Locane, 1971
Kristy Swanson, 1969
Criss Angel, 1967
Jessica Steen, 1965
Jennifer Beals, 1963
Kevin Edward McHale, 1957
Janie Fricke, 1952
Robert Urich, 1946
Richard Leakey, 1944
Alvin Lee, 1944
Tim Reid, 1944
Cicely Tyson, 1939
Al Kaline, 1934
David Susskind, 1920
Leonid Brezhnev, 1906
Ralph Richardson, 1902
Carter Godwin Woodson, 1875
Minnie Maddern Fiske, 1865
Mary Ashton Livermore, 1821
William Edward Parry, 1790
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Titanic(Film), 1997
The Man with the Golden Gun(Film), 1974
"Homecoming A Christmas Story"(TV introduction of "The Waltons"), 1971
"The Music Man"(Musical), 1957
"A Christmas Carol"(publication date), 1843
"American Crisis"(publication date of the Thomas Paine essay in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls."), 1776
"Poor Richard's Almanack" (publication of first issue by Benjamin Franklin), 1732
Today in History:
Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor, 324
The Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad, 1055
The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who found, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States, 1606
The Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay, and Connecticut colonies combine forces and attach the Great Swamp Fort of the Narragansetts during King Philip's War, 1675
Benjamin Franklin, under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack", 1732
Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote that "These are the times that try men's souls," 1776
Chinese troops occupy the capital Thang Long Vietnam, 1788
The US state of Kentucky becomes the first to appropriate money for road building, 1795
The US state of Georgia becomes the first to pass a birth registration law, 1823
Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents a sewing machine that can sew a curved seam, 1854
Albert L. Jones patents corrugated cardboard, 1871
The first black US Catholic priest, Charles Uncles, is ordained in Baltimore, 1891
The first city ordinance requiring separate neighborhoods for blacks and whites is passed, in Baltimore, 1910
Robert Ripley begins his "Believe It Or Not" column in the NY Globe, 1918
The British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas, 1932
The US Earth satellite Atlas transmitted the first radio voice broadcast from space, 1958
The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, returns to earth, 1972
The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that the People's Republic of China, in 1997, would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, is signed, 1984
Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from internal exile in Gorky, 1986
A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia, 2001
The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-07M is launched in Kazakhstan, with cosmonauts Roman Romanenko, Chris Hadfield and Thomas Marshburn aboard for the ISS Expedition 34 and 35 crews, 2012
The journal Current Biology publishes a study of the earliest fossilized trees ever found, dated to be 386 million years old, discovered at a quarry in Cairo, New York, 2019
Former student activist Gabriel Boric wins Chile's Presidential election, to become the country's youngest president at 35, 2021
The journal "Science" names anti-obesity medications that mimic the hormone GLP-1 as the breakthrough of the year, 2023
I don't live in a swamp, but we currently have sweaty melting temperatures here and I start adding layers of clothing when it dips down below 59F which is 15C and I have the heaters handy for when it gets colder.
ReplyDeleteThat jeep on the side of the hill looks like a scary ride.
I hope your back stops talking loudly to you.
ReplyDeleteLove that Bigger Girl quote and am glad she lived up to her words.
What a lineup of deer that is in front of that fence. We've had rain and then bitter cold and then rain and bitter cold. Now we're headed back to the bitter cold and it looks like it's ducking down your way. Put on a sweater, LOL.
ReplyDeleteHo ho, it's summer here for me😎 but stay warm in the North for you✨
ReplyDeleteNone of us, including our mom, like heat or humidity which makes the south a problem for us, and summer our least favorite season. We are enjoying cold and some fresh snow this morning and it makes us happy. Hope it doesn't get too cold for you there in the south.
ReplyDeleteoh aye-yah*
ReplyDeleteguess you will not be as excited as we are about there being less than a week until Summer**
Fun Six
*technically a 'down East (aka Maine) expression but seeing how, of late, temperatures are the same down here in Southern New England as up north what the hay
** 12/22/24 when the days begin to get longer
Do hope your back feels better soon ~ that is quite the photo where Bigger Girl was ~ Wow! ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your day,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
ther is no way in hell that I would even want to be on that road. my post is up it's all over the place,what can I say it's one of those days.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet some blogging buddies up Narth would trade you some cool for some warm! Oh my, I wouldn't go on that mountain path either. That's a nice thankful, I hope your back cooperates and gets better. Thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteI could never live there, I love it cold. Nice poem/story. XO
ReplyDeleteWe have had a coupe of nice days, but tomorrow will be bitter cold. My fingers get very cold too, so when I walk the dogs I have to use heat warmers inside mittens. Hope your back is better. Try not to work so hard.
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Ayyy, here in Southern California, people start putting on parkas and coats when it gets down to 70! In fact, our Dada is wearing a TARDIS blanket over his shoulders right now!"
ReplyDeletenice write up...enjoyed reading it....i don't like either too hot or too cold places.
ReplyDeleteWe've had weird winter weather so far - come to think of it - we had weird weather almost all this year....drought, higher than usual winds, etc. Mother Nature is confused!! Your poem for the "road to nowhere" photo was wonderful as was the story of Bigger Girl and friend....EEEK. Thanks for playing along with us on Poetry Thursday! Hope your back is better REAL SOON......happy holidays.
ReplyDeletePam and Teddy too
EWveryone here is moaning about how cold it is - they'd should have experieced what I did above the Arctic Circle a couple of weeks ago!
ReplyDeleteThat's my kinda holiday too, Bigger Girl!
Ah the changes of weather. Reminds us that all things must change. I do so love the humidity, but I remember one year going to NOLA and that humid weather was heat from h#LL! 😂
ReplyDeleteTrade offs for sure for the rare and negligible snows. Fingers crossed you have a mild winter.
ReplyDeleteBigger Girl's trip sounds fantastic. Except for the 30 degree angle on the side of a mountain!
May your back feel better soon.