Monthly Archives: January 2016

the best apology is changed behaviour

here at the office.  Had to fire my proof-reader, editor, make-sure-there-are-no-omissions-person this morning, when I saw that he did not catch the left out word ‘buried’ in today’s post.

  Shoveling the sidewalk is one chore, but digging your car out after it has been additionally buried by the snow plow is another.

This is the bigger picture.  Under the tree to the left,  two little black dots And this is the definitive.  The handles and seat to the bicycle chained to the fencing around the base of the tree.  Waiting for the owner to come and dig this out.

Across the street from where the car was parked, was this unassuming building, that declared itself as a clothes cleaner.  I saw the sign in the window. and walked over to see it more clearly.  What a wonderful human endeavor.  Have NEVER seen this in the City.  Am going to approach my favorite cleaner and …

Continue reading “What the Sign Said”

The snowing has come to an end.  The storm is apparently over.  Because it was a Saturday, the City coped well and the folk enjoyed the holiday from the usual and the freedom to walk in the middle of the non-existent traffic.

of the number of selfies being taken by couples in the middle of the street.  As all traffic except emergency vehicles have been banned from travel, the roads are silent and empty.  There are cabin fevered walkers who stop in their tracks and pose.  Few are walking on the sidewalks, as the streets are cleared …

Continue reading “Have Lost Count”

..so I can stay inside.  These are descriptive!  Flooding amazes me and I always wanted to live by the water.  As I watch the accumulation, I think what if this were rain! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3413454/Now-come-FLOODS-New-Jersey-warned-rising-tides-make-Jonas-worse-state-emergency-declared-New-York.html

Awoke to a winter landscape at 6 am because it was so silent outside.  No traffic, no voices.  The storm had arrived.  Then I noticed this: The bird remained on the limb while the wind swirled the snow around it.  One hour it sat there.  It looks like a dove; I wonder where it came …

Continue reading “Deafening Silence”

Another moment when I wonder if it is all hype or is the weather report right on.  The City appears to be sanely going about it’s business.  Haven’t noticed any empty shelves in the local grocery or drug store and no one loaded down with shopping bags of supplies.  Perhaps where I ought to be …

Continue reading “18 hours Pre- Sensational Weather”