A White Christmas

Here it is, the day after Christmas, and there's still snow on the ground here on the Texas Gulf Coast.

I truly wish I had a digital camera..... the looks on my cats' faces as they'd set paw in snow for the first time in their warm and furry lives was priceless to behold.

Lacking said imaging technology, I figured I'd do the next best thing, which is to shamelessly steal (by permission, per their licensing statement) a couple images from this site.

Yes, there was that much snow yesterday, and my boat had an equivalent buildup on top of the areas extending beyond the heated interior of the vessel.  And of course, with two heaters roaring belowdecks, I and the cats were warm, snug and dry.

 

So, here's what the beach at Galveston looked like yesterday:

And a look to seaward from a block or so off of the Galveston Seawall.

The snow was only one great gift this Christmas.  The kind words, comments and e-mails from you on my return to the keyboard was the most surprising, and most certainly to be valued more highly than mere words can express.  Thank You!

I also got off of the boat for a while, enjoying drinks in front of a roaring fire and the pure joy which is watching young children tear into their presents under their tree.  I couldn't imagine a better way to have celebrated the day, either.

So, tomorrow it's back to the salt mine after an all-too-rare three day weekend.  My 'puter access at work is all but nonexistent, but I'll be posting more about this, that and the other.

Stay tuned, and I'll even reveal what it is I do for a living.  (and youze who knows, shaddup for now, m'kay?)

Anyway, it's time for me to drag a bag o' laundry to the dreaded laundrymat.

Arrrggghhh....it's the life of the sailorman for me!

Comments

[BeeBee]

It's so fun when we get snow, isn't it? Got a little here in Houston but not at all what you got.

[Starhawk]

Very odd that you guys in the south got more than we did.
Houston got a little and up here in Tomball we didn't get any, zip, zero, nothing.

[Guy S.]

There is nothing more humorous (or finacially rewarding...if the person in need is a real putz) then watching Texan's drive during or right after a snowstorm....we used to help those who ended up off the road...the folks who were greatful for the help were wished good luck on their travels and all offers of payment refused...those who assholed out ...well whatever they offered was accepted...and if not offered we asked for a couple of dollars for gas money. One putz we got out of the ditch/snowbank went speeding along the highway after we got em out...and about 3 miles down the road..we found him in the ditch again. For the most part we met up with many more folks who were happy to be helped out of the ditch and thus got it taken care of with nothing more then a kind word and a smile.

This all happened back in the late 70's/early 80's when I was stationed in the DFW area.

Hope you enjoy the snow Jim!

[madryn]

I couldn't have imagined a better way to share Christmas either!

[Key]

Cool. I've always wanted a white Christmas...never had one, though!

[StinKerr]

It snowed two days when I was stationed there (72-73 on USS Ault, a reserve training destroyer on Pelican Island.) It was good entertainment for a Buffalo boy watching the Islanders experience the snow for what I suspect might have been the first time for most. I'm just wondering if it has snowed there between then and now.