One year ago, I braved the elements outside Alice’s house in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Even though I took pride wearing my parka shoveling snow, it was bitterly cold. Alice worried, hearing a myriad of reports about men my age who succumbed to heart attacks after shoveling a lot of snow.
An hour ago, I took this selfie on our back patio, enduring damp but tolerable elements, although a full week of rain storms predicted to begin tomorrow. Alice is inside sleeping on the sofa after supervising toddlers all day.
We’re happy. Alice and I deal better with rain than the frozen stuff. No snow has fallen this winter in Hillsboro, because the climate is noticeably warmer. Currently, it’s 5 pm and 48 degrees.
Looking at the before and after pictures, it’s mind-blowing to measure how far I’ve come in a year. I’m glad you’re taking the ride with me.
Mason, I will never forget the trials and tribulations of last winter in PA. Happy to say, one year later I am snug as a bug here in central Florida, on tour with Mike Dugan and Blues Mission South! Didn’t take much arm-twisting to convince me to come south this winter! We are playing various venues throughout central FL, including Bike Week in Daytona Beach before heading back north for the Blast Furnace Blues Fest in late March. Miss you and Alice!!! Hope to get out to the left coast for a visit this year or next!!! Hugs 🙂 Jenn
17 degrees here now with a few inches of icy snow. Going down to zero on Thursday.
6 weeks to spring! Birds are nesting and flying………