I’m dreaming of a White Christmas!

[gmbteach]

And here it is! My much wished for snow!



You gotta look carefully, they are the little white splotches on the top of the mountain, where I can’t exactly get to as the funicular railway is out of order!

Oh well, Bilby just has to bring me back again!

 

[Loren Pechtel]

And here it is! My much wished for snow!

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You gotta look carefully, they are the little white splotches on the top of the mountain, where I can’t exactly get to as the funicular railway is out of order!

Oh well, Bilby just has to bring me back again!

If snow on the mountains counts then we have a white Christmas every year, the higher peaks (we have several over 10,000') around get snow every winter. I can even drive to the ski lodge (with a stop at the automotive store, this time of year you are required to have chains if you go up there) without difficulty. I don't think there's enough snow for it to be open but it's above 9,000', I'm sure there snow around.

 

[gmbteach]

And here it is! My much wished for snow!

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You gotta look carefully, they are the little white splotches on the top of the mountain, where I can’t exactly get to as the funicular railway is out of order!

Oh well, Bilby just has to bring me back again!

If snow on the mountains counts then we have a white Christmas every year, the higher peaks (we have several over 10,000') around get snow every winter. I can even drive to the ski lodge (with a stop at the automotive store, this time of year you are required to have chains if you go up there) without difficulty. I don't think there's enough snow for it to be open but it's above 9,000', I'm sure there snow around.

Nope. Doesn’t count! I want to catch a snowflake, play in snow, throw a snowball (at Bilby of course) and THEN I will have said I have seen snow!

 

[Loren Pechtel]

And here it is! My much wished for snow!

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You gotta look carefully, they are the little white splotches on the top of the mountain, where I can’t exactly get to as the funicular railway is out of order!

Oh well, Bilby just has to bring me back again!

If snow on the mountains counts then we have a white Christmas every year, the higher peaks (we have several over 10,000') around get snow every winter. I can even drive to the ski lodge (with a stop at the automotive store, this time of year you are required to have chains if you go up there) without difficulty. I don't think there's enough snow for it to be open but it's above 9,000', I'm sure there snow around.

Nope. Doesn’t count! I want to catch a snowflake, play in snow, throw a snowball (at Bilby of course) and THEN I will have said I have seen snow!

https://mtcharlestonweather.com/webcam/

Note the road in the background, you can drive right to that snow.

 

[Angry Floof]

And here it is! My much wished for snow!

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You gotta look carefully, they are the little white splotches on the top of the mountain, where I can’t exactly get to as the funicular railway is out of order!

Oh well, Bilby just has to bring me back again!

If snow on the mountains counts then we have a white Christmas every year, the higher peaks (we have several over 10,000') around get snow every winter. I can even drive to the ski lodge (with a stop at the automotive store, this time of year you are required to have chains if you go up there) without difficulty. I don't think there's enough snow for it to be open but it's above 9,000', I'm sure there snow around.

Nope. Doesn’t count! I want to catch a snowflake, play in snow, throw a snowball (at Bilby of course) and THEN I will have said I have seen snow!

And make a snow angel, and an igloo, and a snowman! And eat an icicle like a candy cane. And hopefully see someone's dog or cat playing in the snow.

 

[gmbteach]

Nope. Doesn’t count! I want to catch a snowflake, play in snow, throw a snowball (at Bilby of course) and THEN I will have said I have seen snow!

And make a snow angel, and an igloo, and a snowman! And eat an icicle like a candy cane. And hopefully see someone's dog or cat playing in the snow.

Exactly!

 

[DBT]

Hope it hasn't been too cold. Cold weather can be hard on Queenslanders.

 

[gmbteach]

Hope it hasn't been too cold. Cold weather can be hard on Queenslanders.

I have found it refreshing!

 

[gmbteach]

I picked up a hitchhiker.

 

[Angry Floof]

Gayna, you just make friends everywhere you go, don't you?

 

[gmbteach]

Gayna, you just make friends everywhere you go, don't you?

It didn’t want to leave me!

 

[DBT]

I picked up a hitchhiker.

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Just curious, what are buildings in the background?

 

[gmbteach]

I picked up a hitchhiker.

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Just curious, what are buildings in the background?

I think it’s the Treasury Building.

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

I tell you, you will enjoy that one day of snow, and then never want to see it again. Millions of us travel south to get away from the stuff. Its hard for me to imagine anyone wanting to actually go TOWARDS or FOR it. lol

That said, if I lived away from it for too long, I would miss skating, skiing, toboganing and making snowmen. It all does have its charm.

 

[gmbteach]

I tell you, you will enjoy that one day of snow, and then never want to see it again. Millions of us travel south to get away from the stuff. Its hard for me to imagine anyone wanting to actually go TOWARDS or FOR it. lol

That said, if I lived away from it for too long, I would miss skating, skiing, toboganing and making snowmen. It all does have its charm.

I never did get to see snow! According to my SIL, it snowed in Central London 5 days after we left.

 

[Toni]

I tell you, you will enjoy that one day of snow, and then never want to see it again. Millions of us travel south to get away from the stuff. Its hard for me to imagine anyone wanting to actually go TOWARDS or FOR it. lol

That said, if I lived away from it for too long, I would miss skating, skiing, toboganing and making snowmen. It all does have its charm.

I never did get to see snow! According to my SIL, it snowed in Central London 5 days after we left.

I'm sorry you missed the nice, white fluffy stuff.

One of my friends came to visit in early December from her slightly warmer part of the US to where I live in the Great Frozen North. I specifically ordered up 3-5 inches of fluffy white snow for her and by gosh! I delivered! She used to live in Alaska when she was a kid (army brat) and misses snow when she doesn't get it where she lives now. We were able to give her the whole Northern Winter experience, trudging through snow to find just the right Christmas tree, cutting it down (tree farm so that was expected), lots of soup, etc. Plus, it had snowed the day before they arrived so the roads were cleared. And it wasn't horribly cold. All in all, it was perfect.


However, now that we are caught in a polar vortex, she does not miss the weather at all. They're on the edge and getting some of it but they are reliably 10-20 degrees air temp warmer than we are.

 

[gmbteach]

I tell you, you will enjoy that one day of snow, and then never want to see it again. Millions of us travel south to get away from the stuff. Its hard for me to imagine anyone wanting to actually go TOWARDS or FOR it. lol

That said, if I lived away from it for too long, I would miss skating, skiing, toboganing and making snowmen. It all does have its charm.

I never did get to see snow! According to my SIL, it snowed in Central London 5 days after we left.

I'm sorry you missed the nice, white fluffy stuff.

One of my friends came to visit in early December from her slightly warmer part of the US to where I live in the Great Frozen North. I specifically ordered up 3-5 inches of fluffy white snow for her and by gosh! I delivered! She used to live in Alaska when she was a kid (army brat) and misses snow when she doesn't get it where she lives now. We were able to give her the whole Northern Winter experience, trudging through snow to find just the right Christmas tree, cutting it down (tree farm so that was expected), lots of soup, etc. Plus, it had snowed the day before they arrived so the roads were cleared. And it wasn't horribly cold. All in all, it was perfect.


However, now that we are caught in a polar vortex, she does not miss the weather at all. They're on the edge and getting some of it but they are reliably 10-20 degrees air temp warmer than we are.

I was hoping for all of that, and oh Well!

Maybe another year!

Your Christmas sounds delightful.

And, I hope you are coping with your cold weather ok.

 

[Toni]

I'm sorry you missed the nice, white fluffy stuff.

One of my friends came to visit in early December from her slightly warmer part of the US to where I live in the Great Frozen North. I specifically ordered up 3-5 inches of fluffy white snow for her and by gosh! I delivered! She used to live in Alaska when she was a kid (army brat) and misses snow when she doesn't get it where she lives now. We were able to give her the whole Northern Winter experience, trudging through snow to find just the right Christmas tree, cutting it down (tree farm so that was expected), lots of soup, etc. Plus, it had snowed the day before they arrived so the roads were cleared. And it wasn't horribly cold. All in all, it was perfect.


However, now that we are caught in a polar vortex, she does not miss the weather at all. They're on the edge and getting some of it but they are reliably 10-20 degrees air temp warmer than we are.

I was hoping for all of that, and oh Well!

Maybe another year!

Your Christmas sounds delightful.

And, I hope you are coping with your cold weather ok.

It was lovely having friends come help us find our tree and decorating. We got to celebrate my friend's birthday, as well. So wonderful times together.

The worst of the cold is over for us. Tomorrow, temps are predicted to be 40 degrees higher than they are today which is about 25-30 degrees warmer than they were a few days ago. Then it will get cold again and we'll have more snow. But this really severe polar blast is unlikely to return this year.

I'm used to it--or 'used to it' after 30 years of living here. I am more worried about our elderly dog than I am about how we humans are coping. And our heating bill. Not looking forward to that one next month...

 

[gmbteach]

I'm sorry you missed the nice, white fluffy stuff.

One of my friends came to visit in early December from her slightly warmer part of the US to where I live in the Great Frozen North. I specifically ordered up 3-5 inches of fluffy white snow for her and by gosh! I delivered! She used to live in Alaska when she was a kid (army brat) and misses snow when she doesn't get it where she lives now. We were able to give her the whole Northern Winter experience, trudging through snow to find just the right Christmas tree, cutting it down (tree farm so that was expected), lots of soup, etc. Plus, it had snowed the day before they arrived so the roads were cleared. And it wasn't horribly cold. All in all, it was perfect.


However, now that we are caught in a polar vortex, she does not miss the weather at all. They're on the edge and getting some of it but they are reliably 10-20 degrees air temp warmer than we are.

I was hoping for all of that, and oh Well!

Maybe another year!

Your Christmas sounds delightful.

And, I hope you are coping with your cold weather ok.

It was lovely having friends come help us find our tree and decorating. We got to celebrate my friend's birthday, as well. So wonderful times together.

The worst of the cold is over for us. Tomorrow, temps are predicted to be 40 degrees higher than they are today which is about 25-30 degrees warmer than they were a few days ago. Then it will get cold again and we'll have more snow. But this really severe polar blast is unlikely to return this year.

I'm used to it--or 'used to it' after 30 years of living here. I am more worried about our elderly dog than I am about how we humans are coping. And our heating bill. Not looking forward to that one next month...

I always find it easier to warm up than to cool down. A wheat bag dinged in the microwave and placed in the bed, will keep warm for hours. Not it’s inten use, but more efficient than a hot water bottle, and more comfy to hold. Besides, there are blankets and so on.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Well, since you really seem to want some snow...



(I'm not certain of the identity of the mountain, it was well off in the distance.)