Weird Weather

[clocketpatch]

You can tell that I'm procrastinating, because my level of procrastination goes in direct ratio with the number of pointless lj posts I make in one day, but really, the weather right now is odd. According to various weather sites it is -1C and maybe I'm just warm-blooded, but it seems far warmer to me than that, because I was walking around quite comfortably in a t-shirt and bare feet a few moments ago (well... maybe not *comfortably* I realised that there was broken glass from my party animal neighbours at some point and tip-toed back inside for shoes; but I wasn't cold is the point)

Now the weirdness: there is freezing rain. Heavy freezing rain.

Walking about, feeling warm, in a t-shirt while little pellets of ice drop onto your head is a most surreal feeling.

I've had some experience with freezing rain: I lived though the great ice storm of '98, which was basically an extended holiday for ten year old me (I wasn't in a badly affected region and didn't end up in a shelter, though I know people who did). I hate freezing rain when I need to travel, or when it knocks out the power, but I love the tinkling sound it makes, skittering against my window glass, and its beauty when it collects on tree branches like a glimmering, glassy cocoon. I love it when the sun rises, or sets, and the light catches through all of those crystals and turns them golden. And, I've decided, I also love the feeling of walking barefoot on a warm evening and having little droplets on it melt on my cheeks.

Comments

[garpu.livejournal.com]

weird isn't it? It was snowing while sunny most of today. Nothing accumulated, though.

[alouzon.livejournal.com]

No freezing rain here (outside London), yet. We're at 3+ C. I agree, freezing rain is pretty when it's on trees and leaves, etc. but I hate chipping it off the car and driving in it.
Wiarton Willie said we'd have 6 more weeks of winter. I really hope that won't include freezing rain.
If you're procrastinating, what is it you're supposed to be doing?

[clocketpatch]

The rain's stopped now, or turned to the regular water variety at least.

Phooey on wee Willie. Since when can albino groundhogs predict the weather anyways? (I'll be shivering and muttering about this for the next six weeks apparently)

I *should* be working on my myriad of coursework, and I am, sort of, but the procrastination keeps pulling me back...

[thisbluespirit]

Our weather is pretty normal for March. Windy & cold but bright. Not that that's much use to you, but hey...