Back To Winter!
Today we found 13 cents in change and 23 bottles and cans.
It felt more like January today than early March, as the weather was downright brutal. According to the weatherman, a low-pressure system moved out to sea south of us and that resulted in cold blast of arctic air that’s been pulled down from Canada. All you had to do is take one step outside to get the effect. It didn’t help matters any that we had a strong wind all day with gusts between 20 and 40 mph. I’m not a human thermometer, but I’d say this was definitely the coldest day of the year. The sad news is that we still have 2 more days of it to contend with. I think it’s time for winter to go away!
Money Update – Well it was too cold to do any kind of walk for fear of becoming a Popsicle, so in lieu of that I took a short drive down to the car wash bundled up to the hilt. I found 13 cents (1 dime and 3 pennies) near one of the vacuum areas on the ground. I also gathered a small cache of bottles and cans as well but I wasn’t as thorough as I normally would be because of the bitter cold. Hey, a little is better than nothing.
Finally, here’s a little poetry that certainly pertains to this day and it’s weather.
Firewood
All day these pieces have been waiting their turn—
The oak, the maple, the birch,
It’s a fire they want—a hearth of coals
Engaging enough for a grainy walnut, a hearty beech,
A place to warm old bones
And the coal-black of iron—
That dusty-red glow
That settles in the womb of a flickering star,
Chasing the polar night away.
Good Night and Good Hunting!
Money Totals for 2007 – 26.88
Money Totals since Jan. 2005 – 340.77
Bottle and Can totals for 2007 – 16,237 – 811.85
Bottle and Can totals since Jan. 2005 – 26,259 – 1,312.95
It felt more like January today than early March, as the weather was downright brutal. According to the weatherman, a low-pressure system moved out to sea south of us and that resulted in cold blast of arctic air that’s been pulled down from Canada. All you had to do is take one step outside to get the effect. It didn’t help matters any that we had a strong wind all day with gusts between 20 and 40 mph. I’m not a human thermometer, but I’d say this was definitely the coldest day of the year. The sad news is that we still have 2 more days of it to contend with. I think it’s time for winter to go away!
Money Update – Well it was too cold to do any kind of walk for fear of becoming a Popsicle, so in lieu of that I took a short drive down to the car wash bundled up to the hilt. I found 13 cents (1 dime and 3 pennies) near one of the vacuum areas on the ground. I also gathered a small cache of bottles and cans as well but I wasn’t as thorough as I normally would be because of the bitter cold. Hey, a little is better than nothing.
Finally, here’s a little poetry that certainly pertains to this day and it’s weather.
Firewood
All day these pieces have been waiting their turn—
The oak, the maple, the birch,
It’s a fire they want—a hearth of coals
Engaging enough for a grainy walnut, a hearty beech,
A place to warm old bones
And the coal-black of iron—
That dusty-red glow
That settles in the womb of a flickering star,
Chasing the polar night away.
Good Night and Good Hunting!
Money Totals for 2007 – 26.88
Money Totals since Jan. 2005 – 340.77
Bottle and Can totals for 2007 – 16,237 – 811.85
Bottle and Can totals since Jan. 2005 – 26,259 – 1,312.95
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