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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Winter Illustrated Carroll taunted me in comments for not having my camera along to document the snow-dusted palm tree, so I did a walkabout today in the few minutes of daylight allotted to us in this arctic latitude. In a park near the house, I was startled to see a pair of golden delicious apple trees bereft of leaves, but with apples intact: Click any photo to enlarge Even though the sun had shone for most of the day, it did little to remedy some dicey driving opportunities on the residential streets: Our local pseudo-Polynesian Trader-Vic clone restaurant, The Luau, seemed to figure, "if life deals you lemons, turn them into Lemon Drops".  The tiki god or whatever looks a little underdressed, and wondering if REI can supply some down hula skirts: And, finally, here's the Christmas palm.  O Tannenpalm, O Tannenpalm: 11:15:37 PM    Speak to me! []  TrackBack  []

Snow Way To Live If you were watching the Seahawks-Packers game on MNF last night, you'll know that the snow referenced in my Sunday post continued on Monday.  Actually, it started just before the evening commute, like 4:30, and the combination of that and the MNF traffic handed me a commute home from Redmond on the east side of Lake Washington that lasted almost 2 1/2 hours. Once home, the aroma of turkey soup suggested persuasively that I skip my trip to the gym and hunker down with some comfort food, even though I'd skipped my scheduled session there Sunday.  A hopeful call to the gym to see if they'd closed early disclosed instead that they would be open as usual, so I bundled up in double-layers and gingerly trotted down there. As I did so, conditions on the streets seemed to be worsening rapidly.  The so-called invisible "black ice" was all over, but especially on the streets.  I was amazed, however, by how many people were riding bicycles.  A gaggle of bikes, in fact, was parked outside the cheery-looking Latona Tavern.  The concept of "designated bicyclist" is hard to get my lobes around.  Another sight that was a little jarring on the way home: a 3-ft palm tree strung with Christmas lights, its fronds weighed down by snow. 1:17:55 PM    Speak to me! []  TrackBack  []