Lane blocker
Among the things they forgot to tell me in weather school is the tidbit that a bit of freezing rain stops the wind. Not literally. However, all day long my anemometer has been showing no reading because the little cups are stuck. We’ve done the obvious stuff I sent someone out with a stick to pretend it was a piñata to no avail I was considering waiting for warmer weather now I hear that we’re going to have rain. Please note the date. The wind will continue so things may stay frozen, but I’ll know better tomorrow. Not that it matters because nobody needs my wind reading to do their forecast. I live too far away from places where that matters. However, I did learn that the road beside our house is blocked by a falling tree. Yes, I did go to see and yes there is a tree down. Not a large tree and the lane is not used at this time of year because it goes to the fields below. As well, the man next door is away for the winter. What I do for see is that we will be hit by several heavy snowstorms and the tree will become just a large mound of snow and impossible passage. Not my lane and not my tree. This is the first time in the decade we’ve been here that something like this has happened and now I’m curious to see how long it will take before someone reacts. If it had fallen near electric lines someone would take care of it. And if there was any traffic to the fields below someone would take care of it. But right now, it’s just a tree that fell in the forest and no one heard it fall. Symbolic really. My guess is that the tree will probably serve as a place for small animals to shelter in place for the winter.
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