Before The Deluge, Snow Was Beautiful
First, winter overslept. Now it’s working overtime to get caught up.
Readers who sent in the following comments were responding to last Thursday’s “Bagpipes” which asked whether they found the snow frightful or delightful. Keep in mind, they didn’t know then about the weekend in store for them.
“I think it’s delightful,” said Sharon Wood, Spokane. “It’s the most beautiful, serene, most wonderful type weather we can have. In fact it’s prompted this grandma to make snow angels.
“They do fill up rapidly so that causes me to make even more angels.
“Also, the snow brings the neighbors out. Some of the neighbors we haven’t seen since we were mowing our lawns we now see as we’re shoveling our walks.
“I guess weather is whatever you want to make it. You can be grumpy and hate it, or you can smile and enjoy it. I choose to smile and enyoy it.”
Tammie Dahl, Cheney, agreed, even though she was fighting a winter cold at the time.
“I have to say it’s delightful. It really brings up some ingenuity.
“We live out towards Cheney and have a mile-long driveway. My husband invented his own snowplow consisting of three large truck tires pulled behind our pickup truck. When a neighbor offered to plow the drive with his blade he said my husband’s job was already so good from the tires that his blade couldn’t take any more off.
“I just think my husband deserves a little bit of recognition for his ingenuity.”
No snow story would be complete without mentioning street plowing. Jan Wingenroth, Spokane, offers a twist:
“The first time I heard the noise I assumed it was the black helicopters again. Next I thought it was a 747 using our street for an emergency landing. The third pass I caught sight of it out the window. It was the snowplow. The house was shaking.
“They passed twice on Saturday and three times Sunday night (Jan. 20 and 21).
“We don’t live on an arterial. We don’t live on a bus route. We don’t even have a politician in the neighborhood! What gives?
“My husband’s theory was that they were getting weekend overtime.
“I thought he was right until I tried to drive a block on Nora Monday (Jan. 22). No wonder those northsiders complain.
“My street is great.”
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