Into the Snow
Jan. 23rd, 2005 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susanstinsonI ventured out into the snow last night! My beloved friends J&V were making me dinner. They live about a mile away, a straight shot through downtown and up a slight but steady hill. They are fabulous cooks and beautiful, kind company -- not to be missed.
Here's what I wore:
long wool socks
velvet corduroy stirrup leggings
long underwear top
long sleeved purple top
big red cotton sweater
carhart hooded lined jacket
red long coat
polar fleece scarf (inside jacket)
purple shawl
polar fleece hat
gloves (don't match)
fleece-lined boots
It was six degrees Fahrenheit (-14 C). It was snowing and the wind was blowing it into my face, so I couldn't see well. It was light fluffy snow, much easier to walk in than the rain and slush snow we had a week or so ago. I was toasty, toasty warm, all the way to piping hot. I had on so many clothes that I could barely move my arms. I felt sturdy, but I was also very happy when J met me at Smith in his car for a ride for the final stretch.
They had made such lovely food: avocado mousse with shrimp. caramelized cabbage and roasted winter vegetables. pork stuffed with prunes. (I'm telling you -- delicious! Pomegranate juice was involved.) There was spice cake with caramel sauce for dessert. It was still snowing hard and blowing later, so I decided to sleep over in their comfy spare bed. We watched an Agatha Christie DVD -- Miss Marple. I didn't guess the killer. In the morning, there was tea and apricot scones. The snow was still coming -- how many feet? how long did it snow? It was ten degrees f outside, but we heard that the wind chill factor was going to get down to 20 degrees below zero. As soon as it stopped snowing, I put everything on again, and went out. I was instantly in snow past my knees. To plow through to the street, it was up to my waist! But it was sunny, and the wind was at my back, and the street was clear, so the walking there wasn't hard at all. I got a couple of snow blower blasts of blowing snow in my face, but other than that, I made it home in good time, toasty warm all the way, feeling both coddled and adventurous.
Here's what I wore:
long wool socks
velvet corduroy stirrup leggings
long underwear top
long sleeved purple top
big red cotton sweater
carhart hooded lined jacket
red long coat
polar fleece scarf (inside jacket)
purple shawl
polar fleece hat
gloves (don't match)
fleece-lined boots
It was six degrees Fahrenheit (-14 C). It was snowing and the wind was blowing it into my face, so I couldn't see well. It was light fluffy snow, much easier to walk in than the rain and slush snow we had a week or so ago. I was toasty, toasty warm, all the way to piping hot. I had on so many clothes that I could barely move my arms. I felt sturdy, but I was also very happy when J met me at Smith in his car for a ride for the final stretch.
They had made such lovely food: avocado mousse with shrimp. caramelized cabbage and roasted winter vegetables. pork stuffed with prunes. (I'm telling you -- delicious! Pomegranate juice was involved.) There was spice cake with caramel sauce for dessert. It was still snowing hard and blowing later, so I decided to sleep over in their comfy spare bed. We watched an Agatha Christie DVD -- Miss Marple. I didn't guess the killer. In the morning, there was tea and apricot scones. The snow was still coming -- how many feet? how long did it snow? It was ten degrees f outside, but we heard that the wind chill factor was going to get down to 20 degrees below zero. As soon as it stopped snowing, I put everything on again, and went out. I was instantly in snow past my knees. To plow through to the street, it was up to my waist! But it was sunny, and the wind was at my back, and the street was clear, so the walking there wasn't hard at all. I got a couple of snow blower blasts of blowing snow in my face, but other than that, I made it home in good time, toasty warm all the way, feeling both coddled and adventurous.
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Date: 2005-01-23 10:05 pm (UTC)The food sounds amazing, definitely worth plowing through all that snow and cold.
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Date: 2005-01-24 05:19 am (UTC)In your honour, i am now playing Dar William's "Immortal City!" on my windows media player.
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