Coffee anyone ?

[Sourland]

@Bunnylady, are you getting any snow from this storm ? Our governor has just called a 'state of emergency' and instituted a travel ban. Looks as if our county is the hotspot with as much as 24 inches of snow a possibility.

 

[Sourland]

It's snowing at the rate of 2-3"/hour, and a cardinal is in the top of a pin oak tree singing, "Spring, spring, spring." I think I'm going to have to shoot him.

 

[DustyBoot]

My sympathy for the snow, Sourland.

Pleasant weather here, and I woke up to the news that the bomber who's been terrorizing the Austin area is dead. Not exactly something I can celebrate (tragic, what he chose to do with his life and how it ended) but definitely feeling relieved. We're far enough out of town that I wasn't worried for us, but I've lived in the Austin area almost my entire life so the areas he was targeting hit close to home for me (and literally close to home for a number of my friends). A little surreal.

I think I'm past due for a cup of tea.

 

[Sourland]

@DustyBoot, hate to be harsh and judgmental, but I am glad he blew himself up and that 'we' will not have to support him for the rest of his life. Such a young man to have so much anger/hatred. I am curious to see what his 'story' is.

 

[Bunnylady]

@Bunnylady, are you getting any snow from this storm ? Our governor has just called a 'state of emergency' and instituted a travel ban. Looks as if our county is the hotspot with as much as 24 inches of snow a possibility.

We had thunderstorms just before sunrise and after sunset yesterday, and a high in the upper 70's. Today's high is only expected to be about 50; though it's not actually raining now, it sure looks like it wants to. Tonight's low is supposed to be in the 30's, but high enough that, in the now unlikely event that precip happens, it shouldn't be in frozen form.

@DustyBoot I'd been following that story, and am relieved for all of you. I'm sure living through it must have felt like ages, but I think the police deserve kudos for quick work. As with so much of the senseless violence we hear of these days, I am left with a profound feeling of sadness, and wondering WHY?

 

[Bunnylady]

It's snowing at the rate of 2-3"/hour, and a cardinal is in the top of a pin oak tree singing, "Spring, spring, spring." I think I'm going to have to shoot him.

You have to admire his optimism.

 

[DustyBoot]

The police appear to have handled things very well; I had been afraid it would go on longer. Definitely appreciate their hard work.

Sourland, it's not exactly that I'm sorry he's dead, and I'm glad it's over and he's no longer a threat. I'm also fine with not financing his life in prison. I don't even know that I'd go back and change things to leave him alive, were it in my power. But something that ends with death, even if a deserved death, leaves me saddened. In this case, also grateful and relieved. But still saddened.

 

[DustyBoot]

Sourland, your cardinal reminds me of a mockingbird who lived near our house when I was growing up and liked to sit right outside on our power pole and sing his little heart out every morning as soon as he woke up. My mom complained about him to a friend who lived in Chicago, who wistfully replied, "You can hear BIRDS?"

Does change your perspective!

 

[CntryBoy777]

As with so much of the senseless violence we hear of these days, I am left with a profound feeling of sadness, and wondering WHY?

The Bible says that the wicked and evil will continue to get worse and worse and are decieved by the prince of the power of the air....which is satan. It is the thief that comes to steal, kill, and destroy. It is to be expected and to continue to get worse. It is sad that so many yield their self to his control, but it will get much worse, before it gets better.

 

[CntryBoy777]

We have cardinals here year round as with many of the usual regulars here....but, it is the wren that bellows the coming Spring as they build their nests...and the croaking frogs taking advantage of the puddles left behind the rains....