I came out on my porch yesterday afternoon to this sight.
Our pseudo-see saw in the front yard. (wonderful thing. i bought it in Egypt for 25 LE or about $5. two kids can sit on each end and rock or one kid can sit in the middle and still have the same effect.) It's still wrapped up because I just extracted it from our garage and frankly, it's been a bit cold to play on outside and what with the ominous winter coming, I thought it would be better protected in yards and yards of plastic sheeting. But the fact that it was in the front yard as opposed to the back yard (where I had placed it) was the disconcerting matter. It wasn't hard to figure out who was the culprit. The wind. Rexburg is a windy place. If the temperature doesn't get you, the windchill does. Frequently, the weather on wunderground.com will say 43F but feels like 28F. Brrrr. I've lived in Alaska where the temperature can live at -50F. Negative fifty! But without any windchill. People hear it's my first winter in Rexburg and just grin, "Wait till winter comes!" they say smugly. What they don't know is that I've been married to an Idahoan for almost 11 years and I've experienced Rexburg winter. That and I lived in a northern climate from the age of 5 until 13. (North Dakota, Northern Minnesota, and Alaska) I'm still coasting on the thrill of having actual seasons right now; I relish the chill!So . . . . . I wanted to post the video I took. I don't know why my video isn't working. Hmmmmm. That's a pain.
3 comments:
Not sure I would survive in a COLD and windy place :) I do remember hurricane side-effects growing up in Fla. and it was common to have to go out and find stuff after a storm... even lashing things down did not always work. Cleaning up broken tree bits was also a very common chore in the summer/fall.. banana trees break easy, but where one falls, three pop up! At least it was WARM work! Good you found the seesaw before it wandered away too far!
I do not relish the cold or the chill and i'm canadian! LOL Heck, i was complaining about the cold here in Cairo last winter. :p
Seasons? What is this foreign word you speak of?!
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