Gia and Harper. They sound like trendy baby names, and not winter storms, the first of which snuck in with all its snowy beauty and said surprise, dropping eight inches of snow – double the forecasted amount for my area – onto the landscape. Harper was more disappointing and uncooperative, baffling meteorologists who didn’t know exactly what it would mean for central Indiana until even a few hours before its arrival. Projected snow totals ranged from four to eight inches or more (some even said twelve was possible). In reality we just got a bunch of rain for…
Brr… it’s cold out! Here in central Indiana, we’re feeling the effects of the polar vortex that’s affecting a lot of the U.S. and Canada right now. Our high temperature is supposed be below zero tomorrow and I don’t even want to think about the wind chill. January has definitely been a wintry month after a mild December. My friend Rebecca first told me about frozen bubbles in January 2014, another unforgettable record cold and snowy month. She linked me to an article (the link is now broken) about a…
I saw special markers used to color snow on Facebook recently. I had no idea such a thing existed so I looked them up on Amazon out of curiosity. I really had no desire to color snow but it got me thinking there might be other cool toys or gadgets out there that would be fun to play with in the snow. While searching, I stumbled across some snow molds that caught my attention, especially a gnome mold which was included in a set of five characters. They reminded me of the brick maker molds I used to build snow…
Happy New Year! I hope your 2019 is off to a great start! My vacation days from work are almost over, and I’m not looking forward to getting back to the grind. It’s been nice celebrating the holidays with family, staying up all night, spending more time at home with Flurry, blogging, and decorating gingerbread! When I was shopping for a gingerbread house kit for Christmas this year, I bought two, because I thought the Wilton Ready-to-Decorate Dazzling Gingerbread House Decorating Kit would make a perfect New Year’s gingerbread house! The shimmer…