Celebrate, Snow-Gauge Clif

Au Revoir, Snow-Gauge Clif?

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This post’s title should give a clue as to how much snow is in our yard. The answer? Not much. Just the tiniest clumps here and there in the shady parts of the yard.

Now for the grand totals.

The front yard:  0 inches

The backyard: 0 inches.

Just for fun, here’s a shot of the patio: All clear!

But even though the snow seems to be gone, Clif still has his snow gauge at the ready. Today, most of Maine is under a weather advisory with a forecast of up to five inches of snow in our area. So you never know. Next week, Snow-Gauge Clif just might be back to measure the snow.

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Last Wednesday, March 19, was a special day for Clif and me—we celebrated our forty-eighth wedding  anniversary. Really? Forty-eight years? We both agreed on how it seemed like a lot of years and not much time at all. Time is a funny thing, which is no doubt why I like to write about timey-wimey things in my novels. It always fascinates me how time is felt and how it actually passes. And what if we could go back in time? Hoo-boy, could we ever be ready for the future? I doubt it. Still, it’s fun, at least for me, to consider the possibilities.

After our daughter Dee got out of work for the day, we headed to Wei-Li in Auburn to have a tasty meal of Chinese food, a favorite cuisine for all of us.

Here we are, Ma & Pa, waiting for our food. When we met, my hair was almost black and darker than Clif’s, which was brown. Now, we seem to be a matched pair.

Soon our food came, and how good it was. We had rice, vegetable lo mein, and general tofu.

After all that good food, we were too full for dessert.

Now, onward to forty-nine years, and the year after that? Holy cats, fifty!

Hardly seems possible. Yet here we are, and I’m glad of it.

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Listening

NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Waxahatchee

I am a big fan of both alternative music and country/Americana. Waxahatchee, with its lead singer Katie Crutchfield, gives me both. I also like how her voice always seems to be on the edge of going out of control but never does. Finally, the sadness of the songs really speaks to me right now.

77 thoughts on “Au Revoir, Snow-Gauge Clif?”

  2. Happy Anniversary! Nice photo. ❤️ Our snow has melted too, but we’ve had quite a weather day so far – rain, sleet, ice pellets, and snow flurries. I’m thinking Mother Nature is not quite ready yet to let go of winter.

    1. Thanks, Judy! I guess you are just far enough south to get that nasty winter mix. We got about a half a foot of snow. Now we’ll see how long it lasts.

  3. It’s so good to see you both out and about celebrating and looking so happy!

  5. Happy anniversary, you two! In August we’ll be 10 years up on you, yikes! Isn’t it grand when we choose such wonderful life partners at a time of life when we can’t possibly know what that really means?! Re the approaching snow, which is headed our way as well, the good news is that above-freezing temps are following on its heels. Take that, Mr. Snow!

    1. Many thanks! Cheers, cheers to your own marriage of many years. Yes, very grand we both made such good choices. We got about a half foot. did you get more? Now, we will see how long it lasts.

  11. Clif is cute! And has lots of hair and looks quite tall. You did well Laurie 😉 Now let’s see a throwback photo to when you first met. You must have been teenagers.

  12. A belated 48th wedding anniversary 🙂 we are married 50 in OCtober and it was our 70th birthday’s this year. Looking back makes us realise how time has passed in the blink of an eye.

    I hope the snow passes you by and clif can retire his measure for another year

  14. Happy Anniversary to you both from me, too. A lovely photo of you both….Im coveting your orange top!I confess to also spending way too much time contemplating wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff. Fascinating!

  16. A rather belated but very ‘Happy Anniversary’ to the two of you – health and reasonable fortune for the year to come . . .

  17. Too full for dessert? You’ll have to explain that too me, it’s not something I’ve ever come across. It’s 44 years since Julia and I met, though she rejected me for the first eight before finally seeing I was the one. 🙂

  20. You make a wonderful matched pair — happy anniversary!

    I was interested in Waxahatchee. I’d never heard of the musical group, but the name called to mind Waxahachie, Texas. I went poking around and learned that the musical group is named for Waxahatchee Creek in Alabama. There is at least a linguistic connection with ‘our’ Waxahachie. The Wiki says that “In the Alabama language, waakasi hachi means “calf’s tail” (the Alabama word waaka being a loan from Spanish vaca). A Waxahatchee Creek near present-day Shelby, Alabama shares the same etymology as Waxahachie, Texas.” How about that?

  21. First, and most importantly, happy anniversary! And yay, whatever happened with the predicted 5 inches, I say let’s get out the patio furniture. Spring is around the bend!

  27. Many congratulations on your Anniversary! Here’s to many more years together (and therefore lots of reasons to go out and celebrate!)

  33. sorry for the late reply Laurie… and my comment was only half finished .. .not sure why…

    but isn’t it great that we both have lovely partners in life … it makes for a happy life..💕💕

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