This post was written on March 19.
Yesterday was March 18. This marks the observation of the monthly anniversary of the marriage of my wife and I. We have now been married for 375 months! I know...she must be a saint! Every month I buy her a gift as a small token of my appreciation for all that she has to put up with. This month I bought her a trellis and socks. Her old trellis was falling apart and her old socks were worthy of a saint...holy...I mean holey! What can I say...I am consistent, boring, and practical.
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| It's your anniversary gift! |
While that is all very fascinating, it is not what this post is about. The reason that I remember the 18th and 19th of March is that it was such a beautiful day on the 18th. It was hot...the high temperature was officially 87 degrees Farhenheit. Wow! I spelled that word correctly without looking. I believe that the only reason people write Farhenheit like this (°F) is that it is so difficult to spell. I got lucky there. Anyway, like I said, it was 87°F and we all were spending time outdoors, wearing shorts and t-shirts, enjoying the light breeze and ample sunshine.
Then came the lion...roaring loudly and scaring away that little lamb. Within 12 hours of that High temperature we were blessed with a blizzard. Wind gusts of 70 plus miles per hour. Temperatures in the 20's and 30's. Snow accumulations causing road closures.
That is the way it is in Kansas. You have summer and winter...often within the same 24 hour period. It is very unusual. I grew up in Canada and you have winter that starts...often in October or November...and it lasts usually through April sometime. Here in Kansas we have summer and winter making up a weekend!
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| April...er, ah March Fool's, it is winter again! |
At least it will all melt before I get up the gumption* to go shovel it!
*wal·lop
/ˈwäləp/
informal
verb
strike or hit (someone or something) very hard.
"she walloped the back of his head with a trellis in disappointment"
*Gumption--noun informal (old hicks use this word, without no-un what it means)
shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness.
"she had the gumption to put her foot down and head John off from those crazy schemes"
This is written by someone with a severe case of fièvre de cabine de fin de semaine, if you know what I'm saying -- and I do, believe me, I do.
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ReplyDeleteWannaskawriter and I were both present at your wedding those many months ago at Riverside Lutheran in suburban Wannaska.
I don’t remember what the weather was like that day. I get things muddled nowadays. I could check my diary if I could put my hands on it.