The forecast calls for freezing rain later, which is a really bad
finish for several inches of snow. I really do hope the power stays on,
and—even more than that—that no trees around the house decide to give up the
ghost because some of these fuckers are big, as in house-whomping B-I-G. Now,
I do love these woods around here, and we had reputable firm do a health check
on the biggest of the trees a while back, which reassured me that we're
probably okay, at least for the foreseeable future. Still, this past year, a
falling tree totally demolished a house not too far up the road, and that's
not the kind of thing I wanna see up close and personal.
Anyhoo, I had some writing to finish up this afternoon, so to complement the work, I made myself a
lovely smoked Old Fashioned, using the smoker Ms. Brugger gave me last
Christmas, with a skull ice cube, made with the mold she gave this Christmas.
For the moment, at least, I have a warm house and a good drink. We'll just
have to see what develops over the next 24 hours.
Before any of the weather started, I took down all the Christmas decorations, including the lights around the trees I had put up in the woods. Now I kinda wish I'd at least left the ones in the woods because they'd have looked fooking cool in the snow tonight.
If ice begins accumulating before bedtime tonight, I might just sleep
downstairs, for whatever good that might do should the worst happen.
