A While Ago

About four months ago Michelle purchased a long, rectangular, terracotta flowerpot. All she wanted was something that she could fill with birdseed and then stick on the outside of our third-story windowsill. The pot was a perfect solution. It was broken, so she got it for a great price and, with super glue, it was quick and easy to fix. She brought it home, glued it together, filled it with birdseed and set it out. No birds. It’s still completely full. No birds. It’s been about four, maybe five months, and not one bird has dipped its head into the seed. So I took a look at it the other day. It’s still full of seed, yet something has changed. Grass is starting to grow in it. And it’s beautiful. Maybe we’ll get some flowers too.

It Finally Found New York

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Originally uploaded by JT Gibney.

It, being a foot of delightfully light and fluffy snow. Utah powder has made its way to New York where Michelle and I… are not. Yes, we’ve left for the weekend, driving up the interstate, through Connecticut and into Massachusetts all the way to Boston. There haven’t been many snowstorms in NYC this winter and Michelle and I have managed to miss almost every single one. So we leave you with this picture of New York in a snowstorm, which means your experiencing a New York blizzard the very same way that we are, through this picture. But, I’m also happy to report, we’re experiencing our first Boston blizzard. And it’s awesome. Love that snow.

UPDATE--Central Park recieved a record breaking amount of snow, 27 inches. Here a few pictures from our nieghborhood.

The Snow of Gods

Snow drifts into the east coast, threatening to cover the beltway in a layer of vanilla frosting 12 to 15 inches thick. I can’t wait. Michelle and I are hungry for a covering from the gods. We’ve been waiting all year. And it just keeps falling and falling and falling… on the west coast. It’s like a freight train, steamrolling the Cascade Mountains, pounding British Columbia and leaving New England to fend for itself. Tonight, they tell us, that it is all over. “They” are the weathermen and woman who predict such things. And I’m counting on them. We need snow. We want snow. And we, hopefully, will have it. At least for a day. Then it can go back to touching the bottom of all our friends’ boards and skis in the Northwest. But tonight, it’s ours. Here’s to tonight.

California's Canada

Steven Colbert said that Washington was periliously in between two Canada's. Canada and Oregon. Perfect.