The snowstorm of Saturday 25 February - Winter is not Dead!

 View of the trees from my bedroom window when I first looked out.

 Trees in our parking lot.  Looks like someone went crazy with the whipped cream.

 this is a picture of the trees that form the back line of the property.  they are what stands between us and the Kennebec River.

 30 minutes later and the snow is pretty much off the trees.  thanks to the wind and the sunshine.

 Looking south along riverside Drive from our apartment driveway.

 Looking North along Riverside Drive, from our driveway.

 small evergreens in a neighbors yard.  they look like miniature ice cream cones.....YUM!

 whoever shoveled our walk, seemingly threw the snow at the general direction of the apartment block but forgot that the post box was there - so our post box looks like it has had a pie thrown in its face.

the master of the house cleaning off the family chariot prior to going to the YMCA.  About 6 inches of snow covered the car.

When I lived in Hawaii for college in the late 60’s there was a saying among the students about the weather.  “Wait 5 minutes and it will change”.  If we looked out our dorm windows and saw that it was raining, wait 5 minutes and you might not need your umbrella…..or if you don’t go down to class now, it might be raining when you get out of the dorm.  Well we have the same saying in Arizona – if it is raining now, wait 5 minutes and possibly it will be done raining and it is pretty much correct.  This morning I woke up to see snow everywhere and it was so beautiful.  I wanted to beauty to last but if I had waited 5 minutes, the wind came up and the sun rose and the snow fell off the trees or melted right in front of my eyes.  So, I am glad that I had my camera with me and captured the beauty of the snowfall before the wind came and the sun (although not very warm as yet) was warm enough to make the snow fall off the trees and become a muddy mess where the snow plough had missed the paved area and scraped up the lawn.

We went late to the YMCA this morning and Bill said we might see a whole new set of people doing their exercises.  We usually go around 4pm on Monday and Wednesday and He goes around 7pm on Saturday and we do Western Line Dance as an exercise class on Tuesday.  There seems to be a fairly regular group who hang out at the YMCA in the afternoons, and I was surprised to see some of the same people there this morning.

After lunch out with our friends Marty and Sue, we went over to Walmart to pick up Bill’s prescription and to do the weeks shopping.  Admittedly the Walmart range and selection of food products is vastly greater than Hannafords, but I prefer to go to Hannafords to shop because I do not have to wander so far through the store to pick up  the things I need and I certainly do not have to dodge as many carts.  I also do not have to stand in front of a wide array of similar products to mull over which one I want – I like to get in, pick my stuff and get out.  There is no swift way to get out of Walmart.

The snow last night left a good 6 inches of the white stuff covering the ground and cars and trees etc. and today there was some sunshine but it was in the mid 30’s.  Not bad for a winter  day.  Our landlord told me that he would put up plastic over our windows with the Northern Exposure because that it the direction of the prevailing winds here.  It will help keep the apartment warmer.  I had no idea how the plastic would help, but he came anyway, about 3 weeks after we moved in, and last night was the first night I was aware of just how wonderful this plastic over the windows really is.  The snow was coming from that direction and tonight there is a howling wind out there that threatens to blow the screens off their hinges.  The windows leak and so I think we are in for a very cold night tonight.  The low temperature they expect is 16 degrees and right now it is 30degrees.

My Sunday School lesson tomorrow is on Adam and Eve.  The point of the lesson that has had impact on me is that knowledge of Good and Evil is the key to Godhood.  God had said to Eve, “In the day thou eatest thereof (meaning the fruit of the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil), thou shalt surely die.” (meaning to become mortal) The Serpent said to Eve “Ye shall not surely die, but shall become as the Gods, knowing good and evil.”  It surely was a dilemma, but Adam and Eve partook of the fruit and the rest is history.  It should spark some lively discussion.

As I type this blog, our grandson Ethan is competing in a gymnastics meet in Omaha, Nebraska.  I am amazed at his skills he has developed in this sport and he told me he has his eye on the Olympics.  More power to him.