Oh, Mother Nature, I am officially SICK OF WINTER. Yes, you heard right. After the foot-and-a-half of white stuff on top of 3 or so feet already in my backyard, Miss "living in the land of 10 months of winter and 2 months of hard sledding" is officially throwing up her hands and giving up.

( Random naval gazing and a bright splash of Shaun to chase away some of the winter doldrums. )

For frozen. Like the pipes in my kitchen. Frozen since last Friday, as a matter of fact, which makes things like doing the dishes a real pain in the butt because I have to draw water from the bathroom tap and lug it into the kitchen, making repeated trips to fill up the sink ( Read more... )

Hearing the sound of bagpipes being played on a sunny Thursday afternoon in Bangor, Maine.

It's been snowing... snowing for at least an hour. C'mon, now!

Bloody weather.

In other news: After a trip to the salon earlier today, I now have fantastic hair! *pets my sleek red tresses*

And speaking of red...

( This pic makes me smile. )

Conditions tonight in Bangor for viewing the lunar eclipse are perfect. So much so that I just spent the last 20 minutes standing on my front steps watching the final sliver of the moon disappear behind a red-orange veil of shadow.

Eerie, but brilliant.

Our first official snowfall of the season is now underway!

o.O

( A doughnut without a hole is a danish. )

Hey, nightfalltwen and dacro...

That snow you were complaining about earlier today? We're now getting it in northern New England.

And another 5" in the forecast for tomorrow.

Christ. I give up.