Snow Day

[liveonearth]

Monday today, and there was so much snow in Portland that businesses were closed. People have been cooped up for long enough that today they got bold, dug out their boots and winter coats, and headed out. Cabin fever makes people especially silly. Myself, I went cross country skiing with neighbor Larry. We skied over to Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge and skied down to the Wilamette river. It was low and slow and quiet. Then we skied along the back trail toward Sellwood, and out onto the open grassy marsh where the birds hang out. The stream was frozen and the wind had swept the snow around, so the surface was flat and not too deep...very nice skiing. We unfortunately disturbed a group of SEVEN great blue herons that were holed up out there in the grass. When we got too close they took off as a group, six flying downstream and one flying upstream. We were sorry to disturb them, but pleased to see them.

Up on the hill we could see the crematorium. It is getting a new paint job. Somebody is painting various birds on the ugly cement building. It is pretty cool.

My computer seems to be on the fritz after I got greedy ripping music from Suzanne's CD's. It shuts down randomly and without warning. So I am cutting this post short. HOpe you are having a good winter!

Comments

[neptunia67.livejournal.com]

Uh-oh. I wonder what happened to the computer. If you need it repaired, send it down here and I'll take care of it for you. I have two certified Apple techs on my team - I'm sure the expense of shipping it would be cheaper than taking it somewhere (unless you still have AppleCare).

We got another eight or ten inches of snow yesterday. People are starting to grumble but I LOVE it!!

[liveonearth.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the computer offer. I don't know what changed but the machine seems to be staying lit longer. I will take it to the guys at the apple store "genius bar" after the holidays...they appear to be closed at the moment.

I love the snow too. It was funny yesterday, hearing Larry talk about how much he loves the snow, and how he had forgotten because he has lived here for 20 years. He used to be a ski instructor. I had not forgotten that I love the snow. I've been missing it since I moved here. It's wild to see snow and seagulls together. =-]