Baby, It’s COLD Out There!
Waves crashing into the rocks at Picnic Rocks
It’s been snowing on and off all day, but I decided to go for a quick walk this afternoon. I tend to hibernate indoors during the winter months, so I have to force myself outside sometimes.
I’m checking my neighbor’s house every day while she’s out of town just to make sure her furnace is still working. (It went out on her a couple years back, and her pipes nearly froze before she got home.) While I was out there, I did some strategic shoveling so Andrew would have a path to the garage if he needed something out there. It was quite pleasant outdoors, so I grabbed my camera, and off I went.
The wind always blows harder by the lake, and it was blowing pretty hard out there today. It certainly was NOT pleasant over there!
Wind blowing snow across the bike path
I wandered down the bike path, with the wind howling at my back. This almost looks like a black and white picture, except for the red poles they put up so they’d know where to plow when the snow gets deep. The round things are tires, part of some playground equipment. If you click on the picture, you can enlarge it so you can see the waves on Lake Superior in the background.
My hands were freezing, but I wanted to get the last picture of the Marquette Lighthouse off in the distance. It was snowing pretty hard by then. I snapped it quick and got my gloves back on. Just in that short amount of time, my hands were numb. It took quite a bit of moving them around inside my gloves to get them warmed up again.
Marquette lighthouse with waves in foreground
The wind dropped off as I moved away from the shore, so I wandered down the bike path a little ways. It was tempting to take my usual walk, but I was worried about walking into the wind on the way home, so I cut it short. Good choice, as I was ready to go into my nice warm house when I got home. But I enjoyed my adventure out in the snowstorm.
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Looks as cold as it felt here today! We actually had a nice calm sunny day today, but it was in the -5 degree range all day. Yesterday we had high winds that caused major drifting, so I spent my morning snowblowing my way outa here… Then made my way to a ROC day that the fiber guild was hosting. I got there about 4 hours late, but I got there!
Hey, at least you made it! It’s just about impossible to keep the roads open when it’s drifting like that. I got snowed in many a time when I lived in SD. Hopefully the wind has died down so you won’t have to snowblow again tomorrow!
Baby, it’s cold here, too!!! I love it! I can hear the wind howling outside and no doubt, all my tracks in the driveway will be covered over in the morning. Great wintry pictures. I haven’t been to Michigan but want to. Stay warm!
Hi Darlene! It’s cold outside here, still. negative digits. lotsa snow. wind. You know- typical SD. I AM on a ‘run of runners’! I’m glad I decided to do these. They are fast and immediate gratification type things – I’ve been way to busy moving snow to get out to work to want to do much else when I finally get in at night. Still have warp for probably another 1/2 dozen or more runners and then I’m thinking I might rewarp for some more in a different colorway. Just got delivery of my next 100 rolls of warp. Snuck an order in before they raised their prices
Hey, Julie! Good job on getting the warp before the price increase! The runners sound like fun. I might try a few on my first warp on the Union Loom. It’s getting closer to being done!
It was in the upper ’20′s here today, but cold weather is supposed to be coming in for the weekend, probably from your direction. Managed to get out for a walk today. It was cold, but nice. I wimped out yesterday, since it was pretty windy, so it was nice to get out today.