This past weekend I posted a photo showing the, at that time, fresh and pristine coating of snow that had dusted Bellingham and Whatcom County. It was almost pretty enough to put on a Christmas card.
It is now Tuesday and the weather has turned warmer again and then colder again, sixteen degrees outside right now, and the roads and the sidewalks have turned trecherous. And the blanket of snow is, of course, now brown ice.
I just got back from walking to the tire store to get studded tires put on my company truck, something I have not had to resort to in five years. But, the other day, I had to go north to Blaine and I thought it unwise and unsafe to be fishtailing down the road.
As it is, other than winterizing my rental properties, things got pretty slow in the inspection field this week. I was slammed last week and had, potentially, a difficult inspection for today out in the county but that was cancelled and that is a real relief. I am warming up after the cold walk this morning, prior to going back out for awhile. I am disgusted with how hard it is to do your day to day work in this weather. They say it will get down to 7 degrees tonight and that is very cold in the maritime northwest. At least the normally hard working cats are taking it easy and staying warm.
Comments(9)