It Was A Dark And Windy Night...

 One thing that surprised us when we moved north was the weather. You'd think that living only sixty or so miles up the road would not make that much of a difference, especially when on a clear day you can look south and see the mountain range on which we used to live.

But, it does.

It's much more windy up here.

Wind is a pain, and when it's cold--like last night--wind can be brutal. It is so windy here that on more than one occasion I seriously considered installing some energy-generating windmills. It seemed to always be blowing.

This year, however, things have settled down. I've not taken careful notice, but it seems we've had a kinder, gentler winter, at least, until last night. Last night things were more like what we're used to. The wind blew and blew. What little water that came with it froze to the side of our house. Luckily there wasn't a lot of moisture associated with it...if so, the roads would have turned to ice rinks. We sort of dodged a bullet this time.

I admit, it was cool touching the side of the house and feeling the frozen bumps attached to the siding.

As winter turns to spring, we'll have fewer and fewer of these storms this season. I do love the variety of weather we have in our state. Still, I thought the weather would be more, you know...the same.