Koshka Thinks Again

My friend, SDSue, posted some photos taken during their recent blizzard. I really like this one. Koshka (Russian for 'female cat') was bored inside and decided to go visit the neighbors. She changed her mind.

Cats are so funny. :)

Thanks for sharing, Sue. We got down to the low 30's last night, but it did not frost, at least on our balcony. My petunias are still blooming - swaying in the stiff cold breeze today, but still blooming. Not sure about other places around town. The flowers have been so pretty the last few weeks - I hope they made it through another day.

I'm curious to see when the latest storm in the US makes it over here. I've noticed that we usually have a similar weather happening about 24 to 48 hours after Colorado or South Dakata have it.

We always call that cold air coming down out of Canada and hitting the plains of Colorado the "Siberian Express." Makes me wonder just where the cold weather does originate. Probably is Siberia - but it often has to circle the globe before it actually gets here.

On my previous post, Olga B. responded. By the way - hello, Olga!! It is good to hear from you! Next time you are back in Ukraine be sure to come see us again. :)

Her response set me to thinking last night about being cold, really, really cold, and having small kids when it is really cold. I went to sleep thinking about that. I'll soon post about some of my memories - because having babies in Alaska and young children on the blizzard-prone prairies of Colorado meant that we, too, had our share of very, very cold moments. Some were good, some were scary.

But more about that later. For now - we got boxes from home today with reading material in them and I am feeling so much better that I just really want to sit down and read some more in the Prevention magazines that Mom sent. hahahahaha (Well, I found that funny...but I've been told I have a strange sense of humor.)