Showing posts with label WWLP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWLP. Show all posts

Friday, August 9, 2013

Friday!...'Virtual' Date Night Tonight?!!!!!....Hmmmmm


     It's a question, People!...my 'virtual' date for tonight, I mean. Because while hubby and I are laying around this morning talking about maybe going for a 'virtual' bike ride in sunny Europe...Or a leisurely long walk down some old southern road...


     ...what we're actually looking at on television is a weather map full of GREEN! O_O...


      ...In case you don't know what that means...blue means great weather.....and Green means rain!!!...And as you can see it's everywhere...all day! :-( And apparently it's not gonna get any better this evening! O_O ...
 

      All of the orange and yellow means 'turbulent' weather. :-( So it's not just gonna be raining...It's gonna be pouring...and maybe lightening...and thunder.....and UGH!!! Not the best Friday weather I've ever seen.
        I should've known the forecast though, because this is what it looked like when I looked out the window this morning...
 

     I pulled back my curtain and expected to see the sun! :-( If you look close you can see the rain running off of the leaves...and you can see that my hummingbird feeder is quiet. (Yesterday it was like hummingbird central again!)
       Oh Well, hubby and I will find somewhere to go, or something to do! And if not, we'll just have our date tomorrow! The weather's suppose to be great then! :-)
 

       You know us! ^_^ Give us something good to eat...
 

      ...and some good music to listen to...


      ...and we will have a good time NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE!!! ^_^

       We've had some of our best 'virtual' dates right here in the house....sleeping! LOL



         Speaking of which...a pre-'virtual' date day nap doesn't sound all that bad right now! ^_^


         Have a good day, Everybody!...and a good weekend! :-)

A Southern...TRIP!

A friend, my dad, and me
went on a Southern-bound road trip.
Everything was going fine
until our schedule took a flip.

The friend wanted to stop and see
her relative along the way.
So dad decided to drop her off,
and we headed off for the day.

Dad wanted to make a visit too,
someone he'd seen some time last year.
It was a half an hour away.
As we got closer...So did FEAR!

It was a bad neighborhood;
Wooden shacks, planks in the road;
Planks with nails sticking up,
like some "We'll Trap You!" secret code.

And as we rode fast round the curves
I said: "What is this all about?!"
House doors were cracked, with big sticks,
with fake dog heads sticking out!!

I don't mind telling you
that I was really, REALLY, scared!
{Things like this are the reason
that I'm prematurely gray-haired!}

You wouldn't think it could get worse,
but Yes indeed! It surely did!
My father stopped the car
and went inside!...I flipped my lid!

Here I was, in a car;
Didn't know the time! Had no clock!
And fake dogs are looking at me!
And the Cadillac doors won't lock!

Thankfully it wasn't long
before he got back in the car;
But he didn't seem that happy
that he'd driven out so far.

Then a man came walking up;
and dad got out, so they could talk.
But it didn't seem that friendly.
Dad was watching him like a hawk!

From where I was positioned
I could hear everything they said.
Apparently, last year,
this guy had hit dad in the head!

Oh Boy! This can't be good!
Now I REALLY wanted to go!
Whew!...Dad got back into the car
before he got another blow!

Now he was driving so fast
he almost made us miss a curve!
By the time he slammed his brakes though,
I was just a ball of nerves!

The car was pointed down a dirt road;
"A short cut". Dad hit the gas.
Great! Another wild adventure,
just because he drove too fast!

Down the road we went.
Dust and trees was all I saw.
Then some water across the road!!
My nerves were now, not plucked, but RAW!

No matter what I said
he just replied: "It'll be okay."
Then the road disappeared!!
It was a Southern water-way!

I think, at this point,
it was just a matter of pride,
that kept him going forward
when there was no road to ride.

We were lost and in a car
that now was more like a show-boat.
And there was water seeping in!
{Apparently Cadillacs don't float!}

The car started to tilt.
Too late for scooping with a cup.
YAY!...Wait! It was a dream!!

I was never happier to wake up!!

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Hail......Noooooo!!!


      I'll start this post by telling you that all of the photos you'll be seeing can be found on WWLP (dot) com's website HERE. They're the photos taken by people all over western Massachusetts after the severe thunderstorm that came through over the weekend.
        I have to admit that when they said we were going to get a short thunderstorm in the late afternoon...I didn't even give it much thought. But all of a sudden Sunday afternoon it got dark...Really dark! And then it started pouring rain! And then...
 





     ...HAIL!!! O_O
 


      The balls of ice started pelting our windows so hard that we thought somebody was throwing something at the windows!...We hadn't heard anything about hail! O_O Funny how the weather people left that 'little' detail out!!...We thought it was just gonna be a familiar thunderstorm. You know...with rain, darkness, and a few lightening strikes! But nooooooooo!









     I was thankful that my hummingbirds were apparently alerted, because I sure didn't want to be subjected to seeing my little 'babies' flitting back and forth, dodging ice pellets!! O_O That would've been terrible!!...We've had quite enough 'near-misses' this week!!
     If you look at all of the photos above it seems as if we were captured in our homes with this storm! But the truth is...it went by sooooooo quick! In fact, hubby tried to get outside to the hailstones right after the storm, so that I could get some photos of them up close for the blog...but they had melted by the time he got to them!! :-) It was still very warm outside.
    About an hour or two after the storm the only semblance that we had even had a thunderstorm was these photos!...Good Job, quick picture takers!! :-) ... My hummingbirds have been back to business as usual ever since then! They're keeping hubby busier than usual making nectar for them. He has to change the feeder twice a week...at least!
      Okay...no more hail photos for at least a year! ^_^ I'm sticking to flowers and other goodies...See you with some of that tomorrow maybe! Right now my stomach is singing to me again! :-) Have a good day, Everybody!

Hungry Stomach

My empty stomach's grumbling
was as noisy as could be!
So demanding in it's urging,
and it's "Hungry" symphony.

I awakened to it's music,
and the fluttering that it caused.
I tried to just ignore it,
with its twist and turning gnaws!

Like a 'stick-in-hand' conductor,
setting music to a riot,
I'll direct some food into it,
so that it will just be QUIET!