Posts Tagged ‘winter’

Ice Cage
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
Because the Snowy Apocalypse and the Icy Doom weren’t enough, nature had to come through with another kick in the balls: the Great Arctic Death. Two power outages, a half-inch sheath of ice, and over 24 hours of wind chills around -20F later, we’re still here.
It’s been a long time since [...]

Icy Doom Hates My Tree
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
This is the small fir tree near our front porch. It sprang back after an icy rain last year, and hopefully it will again.
The power went out about an hour ago, and there’s no ETA on restoration. I went on a brief photo expedition and will have more [...]

After the rugrats woke me by pounding on my kidneys, I looked outside and saw snow. A few inches of snow, in fact, covering the ground and streets. No wonder they were so excited. I took them outside while I shoveled, then we had a snowball fight. I continued an unofficial Oliveri tradition by blasting [...]

The worst of my pneumonia passed in time for the holidays, but I’m still feeling its effects in my lungs.
I’m going to have to ask the doc why. The megadose of antibiotics made short work of the fever, and I’m on a ten-day course of the stuff (last pill tomorrow). The bacteria should be good [...]

The other problem with slow weight loss is you don’t see the differences right off. Maybe you start to notice your clothes fit loosely, or you compare some numbers if you’ve been keeping track of your weight for any length of time, but there’s rarely a WOW! moment.
I had one today today.
The daylight savings change [...]