We're in for it now...

[merimask]

I'm sitting here, working too late again as usual, and I hear a rumble and the ambient light outside grows brighter, almost like daylight.  Keep in mind, it's three o'clock in the morning.  I look outside and snow is falling at a pretty steady clip.  When it snows late at night, the sky goes a wonderful glowy orange and you can see clear as day.   Naturally I took pictures.  No flash...this is exactly what it looks like out there.

My street...the haze is the snow.

 

Our cars and the neighbor's tree...


My brightly lit shrubs!  So darn cute...


This picture comes the closest to showing the actual quality of light.   It's all glowy and orangey...


So I guess we are in for it again.  Friday's storm dumped about a foot of snow on us, and this new system is supposed to drop another 6 to 8 inches atop that.  The rumble is thunder, because Lake Erie is still pretty warm which means we're going to get lake effect snow too.  The local weather forecasters can't even say how much we can expect due to that factor, but it looks like we are going to have a LOT of snow falling on us until some time on Monday.  Holy monkey.

In other news; Greg and I went to his company Christmas party.  It wasn't much of a Christmas party...to be honest we all basically met at a bar downtown & hung out.  I feel so weird when I hang out with what I consider to be "normal" people...people who work in an office every day.    I feel like a bit of a freak.  My experience & lifestyle is so far removed from all of the daily worries and grievances of your average person.  I can't really explain it, but I feel like a penguin in a room full of rabbits.  I'm good with people; anyone who has ever met me knows that I don't have confidence issues.  And yet, after a while I just stop trying to "fit in" with a crowd of these folks because I really just can't relate to them at all.  They think what I do is "fun" and "relaxing" and they say stuff like "isn't that nice!  You get to stay home!", and I'm sure they don't mean to be condescending, so I try to explain exactly what I do...and it just never really works.  I wish I had more artist/writer friends to hang out with IRL. 
 

It's so cold here...in the single numbers tonight.  I'm living in a frozen world...

Comments

[tricia612.livejournal.com]

It's so beautiful! Years ago we had a snowfall in the early a.m. hours. I stood on my front porch for a little while, enjoying the peacefulness of it all then realized I was freezing my butt off. Beautiful but oh so cold. We love your pictures - keep the coming.

I'm one of those normal people who appreciate people with an ounce of artistic ability. Everything is not made by machine - true art comes from those who pour their heart and souls into their effort. Whether it be crafts, mask making, cooking or anything else, time and talent is put into each thing and others should appreciate it. Some of us rabbits have a hard time relating to other rabbits - be proud that you're a talented penguin.

[merimask.livejournal.com]

I hope the pictures are'nt tedious. ^_^ I'm such a eather nerd. I regularly send pictures to the local news & The Weather Channel, 'cause I think it's so neat.

I'm glad you are a "rabbit" who understands. It gets so hard sometimes, for me, to be respected as an artist AND a businessperson. You have to be able to do both things well, to be successful.

You are an artist of sorts! That fudge you sent is simply divine!