about an inch of wet, heavy snow on the ground this morning with great heavy blobs of rain/snow falling, and clearer skies with yet-another-wind-warning tonight. at least it was a tail/crosswind this time. i rode over the bridge and took a bus for the hilly part of the rest because of the crosswind factor. had to come west for the last mile or so from the bus stop, and i met a headwind. my kid came to open the door and asked how the ride had been, given the weather. he thought it was funny when i described how silly you feel pedalling like a demon without apparently moving forward at all. especially when a nice courteous oncoming driver has delayed their left turn so you can go by, and is sitting there watching you approach at the speed of molasses, while you wonder if you should shrug and grin and mime some kind of communication while you both wait for you to go through . . . . i thought it was pretty funny myself but boy i was glad not to have had to fight that all the way home.

the wet snow on the ground this morning was a lot more fun than the chaos of a month ago. it was all grey and gusty and raining more heavy blobs of rain/snow all the way in, but by lucky fluke i'd dressed myself exactly right for it, so it was like a party for me.