Friday, January 22, 2016

Friday, January 22, 2016

Tonight's picture was taken in February of 2004. Mattie wasn't even two years old yet. However, he was intrigued by the snow. Back then we would get dustings of snow in DC. Never a blizzard. Not in Mattie's lifetime. He died in 2009, so he never saw snowmaggedon of 2010. I have a feeling if Mattie were alive today he would be outside and playing in our current blizzard. 


Quote of the day: How do you go on knowing that you will never again—not ever, ever—see the person you have loved? How do you survive a single hour, a single minute, a single second of that knowledge? How do you hold yourself together? ~ Howard Jacobson

Given that we will be pretty home bound the next three days, I suggested to Peter that we go out to lunch after he got home from work. Everything in DC was closing at noon or 2pm. When Peter arrived home, we called around to see what restaurants in our area were open. Most were closed. So we headed near our local Whole Foods and found that Circa was open. So we had lunch there! This is what the weather conditions looked like around 3:30pm.

Peter posted several photos on Facebook today, but it was this one... with my red umbrella that caused LOTS of conversation. Mainly because Peter asked how many people walk around in the snow with an umbrella? Apparently I am in the minority but we had camps from both sides weighing in and leaving messages. I had no idea my red umbrella could cause such a stir. I have always used an umbrella in the snow because I don't like getting wet. It is a sensory feeling I truly dislike! On a clear day, you could see the Washington Monument in the background. But with the snow cloud layer today all you can see is white behind me.

This is what Virginia Avenue
looked like this afternoon. The whole city looks like a ghost town!

In my umbrella photo above, I am standing in the middle of Virginia Avenue (which is pictured here). Typically one couldn't do that AT ANY TIME of the day. But with the threat of snow, the streets are barren!