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| Lions Park Pond shrouded in freezing fog © Diane B. Reed |
It's the time of year when we often wake up to a valley shrouded by freezing fog. Last night the fog rolled in over the span of just a few minutes. By this morning it was still enveloping the Blue Mountains and had frosted the trees and grass in the valley. Everything is frosty and and quiet.
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| © Diane B. Reed |
It's been so cold that the pond has mostly frozen over, except where the flow of Garrison Creek passes through. The geese and the Great Blue Heron have been tiptoeing across the ice, seeming to be a little baffled.
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| © Diane B. Reed |
Freezing fog is a fairly common phenomenon around here, and though it's beautiful it can also be treacherous for pedestrians and drivers. If we're lucky it will melt by midday, but not always. Hopefully it won't linger too long, it's about time to get our Christmas tree and finish up Christmas shopping. So far, I've managed to buy all my gifts locally, many from downtown stores. It's a relaxing approach to the holidays, and it's nice to know that 69 cents from every dollar I spend stays in the community. Don't forget the
Fort Walla Walla Museum gift shop.They have great local items, books, and art.
Stay warm and cozy, and when you venture out, shop locally!
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| © Diane B. Reed |
We've had freezing frost around here, too. If you look out the window at dawn, before putting glasses on, the roofs could be dusted with snow. This is as close as we'll get to a white Xmas in Tacoma, & that suits me fine! (Not sure about Harold; he really likes to shovel snow!)
ReplyDeleteLast night when I went out to the deck at 9:30 to turn off our tree lights (we have an artificial tree out there, in a corner where it's sheltered from the wind), a fluffy grey-&-white cat we'd often seen in summer months(skulking thru the grass, making ineffectual attempts to catch birds), jumped down from the crate we have the tree on. He'd been napping on the crate, in the snug corner, perhaps warmed a bit by the lights.
It made me wonder, again, if he belongs to one of the residents here, where all the cats are supposed to be indoor cats, or simply wanders in from one of the houses on Highlands Pkwy, across the street from TLRC. I was concerned about him, out so late on a cold night, but he must belong to somebody, or he wdn't have lived thru the summer with his limited hunting/ gathering skills!