THE BIG FREEZE
It started a week before Christmas when all that white stuff fell from the sky and lay and lay. It got harder as the temperature lowered. Cold and impenetrable it just sat there for two whole weeks. Then yesterday, on New Year’s Eve, there was a visible thaw and at the same time I saw our lawn or at least some blades of grass, as the blanket of snow and ice appeared to recede.
Not for long though. By 4pm it was snowing heavily and a silent, frigid atmosphere enveloped us again.
I awoke this morning to another crusty start, a bitter chill and a vast expanse of white nothingness.
2010 is starting the way 2009 finished. Who would be foolish enough to think a few clock chimes and a glass of champagne at midnight would make a difference?
Not for long though. By 4pm it was snowing heavily and a silent, frigid atmosphere enveloped us again.
I awoke this morning to another crusty start, a bitter chill and a vast expanse of white nothingness.
2010 is starting the way 2009 finished. Who would be foolish enough to think a few clock chimes and a glass of champagne at midnight would make a difference?
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