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Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns has been chronicling below-zero temperatures at Priest Lake on her blog. She snapped this photo of the chair she uses to read at noon yesterday. The white in front of the chair is frozen Priest Lake. No fog. No clouds — “just solid frozen white and beautiful.” Writes Pecky: ”The chair had disappeared under snow but ‘signs fo spring’ (yeah right) it is back and red as can be.” She adds that the noise of cracking ice have stopped. No more melting and “very cold here.”
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JeanieSpokane on March 13 at 11:21 a.m.
I love this picture. It may be cold, but it is definitely a sign of spring. “Waiting for spring” inspired me to write about a time when I really had cabin fever in a bad way. We were stationed in Quebec the winter of 1974 and winter there started in October and didn’t go away until late April. In fact they had special equipment that would chop the ice that had built up, scoop up the blocks of ice, and haul them away. This was done in mid-May. Otherwise, I swear there would be ice and snow through the summer. I’m sharing my brief cabin fever story here. http://jeaniespokane.blogspot.com/2009/03/cabin-fever-kit.html
Pecky on March 13 at 11:56 a.m.
Jeanie,
I do not know “cabin fever” yet.. probably because I enjoy winter so much, I listen to the lake for sounds of Spring and hope -busy summer- is not too close.
Liste to the lake at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoFO7EBmtM8
Peck
JeanieSpokane on March 13 at 12:01 p.m.
Wow, that was awesome, Pecky. I’ve never been to Priest Lake in winter. I am missing something grand! Thank you for sharing!