Midnight Christmas Eve

On Dec 31, 3:47*am, (Gareth Slee) wrote:
Marty wrote:
With a few minutes to spare, I bundled up and headed out for my
midnight walk on the other side of Christmas. *Tonight was only a few
degrees warmer at 15 degrees F, and the snow was deeper, but it wasn't
nearly as blatantly dangerous as the last night, and much prettier. *I
laboriously punched my way through the snow most of the way out to the
middle of the harvested corn field by my house. *There was no sound
aside from the wind and the crunching snow. *The stars of Christmas
were still hidden by heavy cloud cover, but the clouds didn't seem to
be as brightly lit as the night before... *I'd guess the lack of
blowing snow made the difference. *"Leaden" may be an overused word,
but it describes the dull, dark, sky well. *Tonight, the fresh white
snow cover was in sharp contrast to the dark clouds, and the horizon
was sharply delineated all around. *The trees were still heavily
laminated with ice a good three quarters of an inch thick, and they
stood out bright against the clouds. *Looking West, back at my street,
the annoyingly unshielded street lights lit them up like chandeliers.
Turning North, the streetlights of my little town reflected off the
snow and ice, and threw glitter across the ice coated trees. *The
night was worthless for stargazing, so I'll allow the streetlights
some decorative merit on this Christmas midnight. *It was a "Christmas
Card" night. *Before going back inside, I trudged out onto the street
in front of my house... *most of the houses on my street are older,
and lend themselves well to Christmas scenery. *(I live in the last
one on the dead end.) *The night was beautiful, but I obviously wasn't
going to be going anywhere until I did some more shoveling and the
snowplows came by again. *Oh well, I'm a little achy from scooping
snow, but we had electricity all day today!
* * *Whether your plans went as they should have or not, I hope you
all had a Merry Christmas!

Marty

Thanks Marty, always a pleasure to read.
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year my old friend...

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Gareth Slee

Thanks Gareth, and great to hear from you! Wishing you, your wife,
and Hannah, a Happy New Year!