I know that the Weather People said there would be snow here yesterday. And I know the Weather People said there would be cold and the high winds. And I know the Weather People (whoever they are) declared a Winter Advisory (whatever that is). 
But I did not expect a BLIZZARD! Honestly I didn’t. Not in November. I did not expect five inches of wet heavy snow on everything. I have only lived out here on the prairies of the midwest for 10 years but I did not expect an all out snow storm in November.
Oh, the animals are ok. They listened to the Weather People. Everyone had shelter and good food, I carried buckets of warm weather to and fro to fill their bowls but I had not prepared MYSELF for a full-on winter storm in November! 
And I had a teensy ‘headache of the brain’ from drinking a glass too many of a lovely NZ wine while working on the calendar the night before. So I was a little OFF my game.
It went like this. The man in my phone woke me in the morning to cold rain. OK . Then by daylight the rain turned to light snow. OK. Then the light snow turned to heavy enormous Chicago snowflakes snow. Lots of it. OK, I think. Then the wind came up and blew it all into my face, OK already! I worked through the morning and then the temperatures plummeted! OK BAD – wind plus cold, melting then freezing snow into ice is bad then I was rummaging though my box of winter woolies looking for gloves and a wooly hat and something to put my legs into. I know I had them last winter and what happened to my hattie! 
Though looking out the window as I write this I am going to be freezing my skinny ass right off this morning as well. It is very cold. I will check the temperature gauge when I go outside but my phone says 7F (-14C.) Ridiculous. It is clear and cold now. All that melty stuff is now morphing into ICE. I hate ice – as you know. Multiple layers are in order and I had better get out the Swiss mountain boots with sprigs. Winter has arrived.
Later, in the deep winter, this will seem like a warm spell but right now I am shocked!
I hope you have a lovely day. Lovely, Lovely. Cold or calm or warm or whatever! Lovely.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
49 responses to “Caught napping”
Pigloo! Love it! 🙂
I share your feelings. Would rather have (and often do) a couple of feet of snow than a half-inch of ice. I recommend the penguin thing – it really makes a difference in whether or not I remain vertical.
I’ve been doing the ‘duck walk’ the last two days!
Sending warm thoughts to you and your skinny ass! xx
And I thought we in New England would get it first! If you don’t mind, hang onto a little longer as we don’t want it. Dreary here today in CT with a little light rain, but not really cold yet. Sending you warm thoughts!
Catch it while you can i think!
Have to thank Ella for a morning laugh again: she does tell the truth in a wonderfully Australian way 😀 !! And the trees must be saying ‘bloody hell, what happened’ also as they had not been allowed to graciously drop their leaves as yet! Actually beautifully romantic photos but may I take my current sunny 26C and hope our parcel of Weather People have it right and it won’t go one degree over the 38C they have prognosticated for Thursday . . .
Sorry, Celi. I live close enough to the Lake that it’s warm temp turned much of our snow into rain mixed with snow. All told, I doubt we got 2 inches. We did get the cold, though, and that gave us ice from all that wet stuff falling yesterday. I stayed home and instead of pushing a snow blower I threw salt. Much easier on the back. I hope they’re right and we get above freezing tomorrow. You have it hard enough lugging water in this cold without doing it across what amounts to an ice rink.
The skating rink will come in due course!! i am glad you did not get too much – Just this once it is OK to throw salt at it!
Oh my piggy heavens above – that is a LOT of white stuff. We got some cold but nothing like that my friend. Please stay warm and safe. Lots of piggy snuggles. XOXO – Bacon
That last shot makes for a lovely photo. Brrrr