Ice Ice Baby
Whew! Last night I wrote about how thankful I was to Old Man Winter for keeping the weather under control and the roads dry for the trip to our annual family holiday party.
And how! Today we’re having a pretty dern good ice storm. In the early afternoon, the GG went a mission to the Bag Tree (shown) to get me a photoooo. When he left, the driveway was wet but not slippery. When he returned like 15 minutes later, the driveway was icy as all getout and he had to salt it as well as the sidewalk. I particularly worry about postal workers when we have an ice storm. I’m pretty sure YakTrax would not be the best for them because they alternate frequently between driving and walking. Getting in and out of a vee-hickle wearing YakTrax comes with its own problems. Maybe they have a different system…
We drove by the Bag Tree last night but it’s difficult to get a pic from a vee-hickle because it is adjacent to a busy and somewhat complicated intersection and it is very hard to stop long enough to take a pic. Plus it was late and we were tired. Not to mention it’s illegal in the Great Lake State to operate a handheld device while driving.
The GG got a couple of good pics but in the end, Lizard Breath sent me the one I have posted, which she took on her walk home from work. It is marginally better than the GG’s pics because it was taken after dark so the tree is lit up. She had a fun time getting home. Ice was the main culprit exacerbated by having to climb a fairly steep hill. She walked on the grass a lot of time.
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. It’s a rap song so don’t click if rap isn’t your cuppa. I was like, ‘Isn’t there a song ‘Ice Ice Baby’?” Yes, yes, there is. My brain was thinking it was something like Santa Baby. Nope. Rap. And then when I played it, I actually recognized it. I don’t hate rap but it isn’t my tiptop music genre. But Ice Ice Baby is actually pretty good.
December 23rd, 2024 at 8:49 pm
I like the song but hate the ice. I’m terrified of it. I do the same as Liz and go “off roading” on any grass or gravel I can find. On our hills, they used to have gravel shoulders and then paved them, a horrible idea in my opinion. That’s a very creative tree!