Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Beware the yellow snow, it is everywhere. However tempting it may seem to kick that mound of ice and snow, just know that dogs own this town. Maybe its (this just in, this keyboard has no apostrophe so don™t think I™m stupid) the fact that there is a 8 inch wall of ice and snow that borders all walkways or maybe its the fact that the owners choose not to walk the dogs through 12 inches of snow - although it is really cute to watch a shrimp dog try to tread through snow that is taller than it - whatever the reason these paths are protected from those monsters that are only deterred by dog pee because there is dog pee everywhere.
Although the pee only appears for a few hours everyday, because that is how long the sun is out. I was told that the darkest day of the year has since passed and that is a good thing, but I have one thing to say to that, prove it. It sure as hell is the same damn dark day outside as it has been the past 6 weeks. Tuesday was an exception. Tuesday was beautiful. The sun was out, but it never really rose high enough to look like it was daytime. It hovered over the horizon creating a perpetual sunset. K and I took a walk to the lake and well onto the lake out to the island that is 100 meters or so out in the water. We followed the ski tracks which comforted me because walking 100 meters or so out in the water can lead one - read me - to have some doubts about the sanity of this action. But stopping to think about it, it has not been above 0° for many weeks now and Tuesday it was -25°C(*9/5+32)= -13°F so there is no way this ice is going to crack. It is a little freaky to clear away the 8cm of snow and see the frozen lake underneath, freaky but beautiful. Hopefully we will get more days like Tuesday because even the smallest amount of sun makes a huge difference in the day to day life.
One thing I would like to add before calling it a night, I love apples and peanut butter, thanks Mom. It might very well be my favorite snack ever, gummy bears coming in a close and unhealthy second place tied with the much more healthy cantelope and cottege cheese. I just bought a huge package of gummy bears from the duty free on the return from Stockholm - in addition to a huge pack of Werthers Originals and a liter of Talisker Single Malt Scotch, and shampoo in case you were wondering.
Although the pee only appears for a few hours everyday, because that is how long the sun is out. I was told that the darkest day of the year has since passed and that is a good thing, but I have one thing to say to that, prove it. It sure as hell is the same damn dark day outside as it has been the past 6 weeks. Tuesday was an exception. Tuesday was beautiful. The sun was out, but it never really rose high enough to look like it was daytime. It hovered over the horizon creating a perpetual sunset. K and I took a walk to the lake and well onto the lake out to the island that is 100 meters or so out in the water. We followed the ski tracks which comforted me because walking 100 meters or so out in the water can lead one - read me - to have some doubts about the sanity of this action. But stopping to think about it, it has not been above 0° for many weeks now and Tuesday it was -25°C(*9/5+32)= -13°F so there is no way this ice is going to crack. It is a little freaky to clear away the 8cm of snow and see the frozen lake underneath, freaky but beautiful. Hopefully we will get more days like Tuesday because even the smallest amount of sun makes a huge difference in the day to day life.
One thing I would like to add before calling it a night, I love apples and peanut butter, thanks Mom. It might very well be my favorite snack ever, gummy bears coming in a close and unhealthy second place tied with the much more healthy cantelope and cottege cheese. I just bought a huge package of gummy bears from the duty free on the return from Stockholm - in addition to a huge pack of Werthers Originals and a liter of Talisker Single Malt Scotch, and shampoo in case you were wondering.
// posted by Howard @ 11:42 PM 
