Well, after two days of really cold weather, it's supposed to be near 70 degrees today and for the rest of the week. This is why you might see Tennesseans dressed in winter boots, shorts, and fur-lined hoodies over t-shirts. You just never know what it'll take to be comfortable from one minute to the next. ;)
The winter blast even affected Florida. People on the beach were wrapped in blankets in broad daylight. And here's something kind of hilarious: the cold made salamanders fall out of trees. Apparently, they got too cold to hang onto the limbs. My grandfather once said that he'd seen it rain frogs, but I never believed it, even though he wasn't one to joke around. Maybe I should reconsider, for years from now, people will be telling their grandchildren it rained salamanders and be telling the truth!
Last night, we saw the Northern Lights. Around 9 p.m., the Daughter-in-Law across the road texted and said they were behind Nanny's house. The Husband and I went outside. There was a faint blue glow to the northwest. I wondered if it was just the searchlight from a towboat lighting up clouds. I was cold and went inside. A few minutes later, when I was getting ready for bed, The Husband came in and said, "Come outside!" The sky had turned red, so red that I feared there might be a big fire somewhere. But it was wavering and changing colors. Our cell phones could capture better images than we could see with our naked eyes. It was kind of awesome.
The Husband has gone on another work-related road trip today. I considered going with him, but changed my mind. After Saturday's road trip home, when some malfunction blocked interstate traffic for three hours, I've had enough time in the truck to last me for a while. Next month we have an even longer road trip to do, and I'm already dreading it.
This morning, I'm trying to decide how to spend the next two days. I need to buy groceries, but since I won't be cooking dinner tonight, it could wait another day. And now that I think about it, I have enough stuff on hand to make vegetable beef soup, which would last us for a couple of days and push the grocery shopping even farther into the future. ;)
I might paint, instead.
There's an 11" x 14" canvas, prepped and ready to go, on an easel on the sewing room table. I've already sketched scenery for a landscape, using a photo from Sunday's walk-about as a reference:
All I need to do is squeeze out some paints and get to painting.
First, I think I'll go out and take that same photograph while the sun is shining, as the colors will be more vibrant than they were Sunday, when it was cloudy.
Nix that idea. I just went out to take a picture. The windy cold snap nearly denuded the trees. I'll just have to imagine what they would've looked like in the sun.
But I think I can do that. Maybe.
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