Well, my fascination for it just went down a notch, since on the way
back from lunch I slid into the back of a minivan. No one was hurt but
my little car. *snif!*
Fortunately Michigan is a no-fault state... which is only fair since
they didn't bother to plow the roads till late afternoon!
Ellen
On Jan 19, 2005, at 3:37 PM, Joy McCann wrote:
>
> At this moment, no snow on the nearby (visible) peaks, though there was
> definitely some during the rainstorms. However, I'm sure that there's
> plenty on the next tier of hills, just out of sight.
>
> I've caught some glimpses of Mt. Baldy while driving around LA, and
> it's definitely bleached white.
>
> And when we went out to Arizona in December, there was plenty of snow
> on San Gorgonio and San Jacinto out by the Idyllwild turnoff. It was
> interesting to see how the shapes of those two mountains affected the
> look of the snow, since we know they're both equally high, and the tops
> are above the timberline--but on San Jacinto there are so many boulders
> that the white is broken up, as if there *were* trees up there. On San
> Gorgonio (Grayback) it's just a huge expanse of pure white, made more
> dramatic by the strange, almost mesa-like wideness of that mountain at
> the top. It never looks as high as it is, because it's so wide.
>
> Ellen, SoCal kids are fascinated by snow; we can't help it. We think
> it's neat, because we don't have to deal with it very often.
>
> --J
>
> On Jan 19, 2005, at 7:29 AM, Hiram Gonash wrote:
>
>>
>> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Joy McCann
>> <jmmccann_at_s...> wrote:
>>> Do you guys (Dean and Deb) actually talk to one another? Just
>> curious.
>>
>> No. We're married. We don't need to talk to one another. All
>> communication is done non-verbally and is more efficient. For
>> example,
>> if Debbie gives me The Look, I throw out the trash, clean the dishes,
>> do the laundry, scrape the kids off the ceiling, wash the car, clean
>> the pool, refill the birdfeeder, bring in the paper, make
>> breakfast/lunch/dinner, change the channel, scrub and flush the
>> toilet, put the toilet seat down, vacuum, make up the beds, and then
>> check to see if she's still giving me The Look. If so, I return The
>> Look with The Shrug - message not understood.
>>
>>> If you get tired of communicating via the olive bulletin board, you
>>> could give notes to your sons for each other (don't they call that
>>> "s-mail"?).
>>>
>>
>> Bad idea since honorable sons would take great delight in reading the
>> messages then changing the messages before delivery. Something as
>> simple as "Help! I'm trapped in the recycle bin" would turn into
>> "Give
>> boys candy!"
>>
>> BTW, any snow on your mountain?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>> • To visit your group on the web, go to:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OliveStarlightOrchestra/
>>
>> • To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>> OliveStarlightOrchestra-unsubscribe_at_yahoogroups.com
>>
>> • Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
>> Service.
>>
>>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Received on 2005-01-19 14:16:16