Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for January 08, 2025

Supposed to get some of that crap Thursday and Friday.

So far ony had snow one or two inches at a time, since the front of my house faces south it usually melts in a day.

The thrill will wear off when Granny sends him out to shovel.

No snow here in southern Maine but a wind that keeps the “feels like” temperatures in the single numbers.

We might get some towards the end of the month, but rain comes in from the ocean and cold comes down from Canada; so they rarely meet. It’s snowed once in the last five years, plus a really bad ice storm. It took 3-4 months to clean up the trees and branches.

I think they need to take snow coming down in Colorado and the Midwest and even the South to California for their wildfire. I know that’s not possible. Just be great for everyone if it was.

That happened one day and we were sure the school would call a snow day. Instead, kids froze waiting for the busses and the Superintendent got a million calls from irate parents. He called a ‘snow day’ the next day when it was sunny! My kids had a blast building snow men and throwing snowballs. After that, snow days were called any time there was a flurry! Good news: lots of days off, bad news, make up days in May.

At least these re-runs are in synch.

Opposite ends of the excitement spectrum.

Kids are thinking no school, gram is thinking there goes my nice quiet day.