Thursday, March 15, 2012

Best Winter Description

Possibly the mildest winter in history is nearly behind us.   Everyone is scrambling to find the best way to describe this weird weather event.   I'm a pretty good wordsmith and have taken some decent attempts at colorful description.

My friend Tri-Limb is the current winner in the "Best Winter Description" contest.   Tri-Limb lists his occupation as retired farmer, which may give him some credibility in this weather thing, though goat rancher is a bit more accurate.

 His description of how mild our winter has been:

"I think my barn hose only froze once and my Carharts are are clean, too."   That's a pretty nice winter!


He went on to share that he remembers a 4 foot  April snow fall in Des Moines.   I've never trusted his memory.   He and I lost a hotel one night.

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