Figured I’d write something in the calm between the storms for the weekend. Not weather storms: haven’t really had any this winter. I wouldn’t be surprised if we won both the warmest winter on record and the least snow on record for recorded history here.
It’s a little disappointing. Sometime in late January it did get cold – bitterly so for a few days here and there. But there’s no real snow on the ground to make all the cold worthwhile, and cover up all the salt and sand in the roads. I wish I were a better photographer: some of the blooms from the dried salt washing down the sides of cars or across the sidewalk are very striking shapes.
No, the two storms are visitors. Susan & Mark, plus little William and Helen, came to visit for the first half of the weekend. It was great for Roxanne to have them to play with, and great for the adults to sit and relax, at least whenever they weren’t actually screaming. But they’re driving home, and as soon as Roxanne gets up from her nap, the “Other” “Aunt” Susan will be coming to visit. Hi Susan! Thanks for coming over again! Roxanne already wants to do her new horse puzzle with you – I hope you like it.
Thank goodness I finally remembered the right way in SSH + Thunderbird to send apache.org mail; somehow my eyes just don’t see the Local vs. Remote radio button properly and I was forwarding the ports in the wrong direction. Hey, I should see if I can add that to the site /dev documentation…
Many thanks to the 60 or so folks who have taken my survey over the weekend!
