[Congressman Billybob]

Just some thoughts from the inside of a serious snow storm, that I think my friends on FR will enjoy.

John / Billybob

[RockinRight]

Neat story!

[stylin19a]

Nice story..descriptive

Oh, and there was one more treat this morning beside Lame Tom. On just a few mornings in the winter, rain falls just as the temperature drops below freezing and the trees are all frosted in a thin coat of clear ice. Then the rising sun makes the forest explode with light, like a tray full of diamonds under a spotlight. Yes, it is a cultural divide, and it pays great dividends to the soul.

Would have liked to seen a picture of that...

[G.Mason]

Excellent!

Thanks

[CDHart]

Good post! I hope Lame Tom keeps his life.

Carolyn

[tarheelswamprat]

Thanks for the story - it’s a nice break from the relentless political “discussions”... /grin

Good luck also with your Congressional race!

[squarebarb]

Thank you very much I do love your essays. I much enjoyed the one about the stray yellow cat and hope he is warm and well.

[cinives]

Great story. I dislike squirrels in general as bushy-tailed rats, but one year I had a black-tiled squirrel hanging around that was missing most of its tail. I fed it corn all winter because I thought he needed all the help he could get.

Go Tom ! :)

[STONEWALLS]

Thanks Congressman BB...the birds know when heavy weather is coming....the deer do too....my feeder holds 25 pounds of shelled corn and they have eaten it all in less than 48 hours....I’m going to feed another 25# before the coming front on Saturday....we had a real good crop of white oak acorns this fall despite the drought; so both deer and turkey went into the winter in good shape....we live at the end of the road in a 24 acre hollow we own and like the quiet....much better than the 23 acre place we had in Howard County Maryland(traffic,noise,taxes)...I’m wishing you well from Ashe County NC...up on the VA-Tenn line.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I didn’t get snowed in (Mt. Airy, MD), but my mailbox did, courtesy of the snowplow. I had to dig out around it so the mail truck can reach it today.

[lilylangtree]

I enjoyed the story. Thanks bunch.

[Just another Joe]

On just a few mornings in the winter, rain falls just as the temperature drops below freezing and the trees are all frosted in a thin coat of clear ice. Then the rising sun makes the forest explode with light, like a tray full of diamonds under a spotlight.

Yeh, it's all fun and games till the ice is 1 1/2 inches thick and the biggest limb on the tree lets go with a sound like a muzzle loader and drops on the roof of your house.

It IS pretty though. ;^)

[lonestar]

Turkeys have excellent hearing and are very wary animals.

No offense to Lame Tom, but don't turkeys give old meaning to "Bird Brain?"... Emus aren't members of Mensa, I'm told.