After the snow there was freezing rain. It continued into the third part of a winter trifecta, hours of hard rain that froze onto every surface that had been cleared of snow. By morning the walks and drive were thick with ice, an impenetrable, slippery menace. Getting the car UP the drive was impossible. The ten feet I managed were given back as the car slid back down from its stalled position. Scary. Nothing to do but wait to see where it would stop. I'm not a wimp when it comes to weather, but I really hate moving around on ice. Good that there were so many indoor things to do. Laundry. Dyeing. Office catch up. Phone calls.
Hello, this is xxx market.
me: Hi, Can you connect me to the butcher, please.
Just a minute.
Meat department.
me: Hi, I'd like to order some pork livers.
Oh, you must be the pork liver lady.
me: er..mm.. I guess I am. Yep, I'm the pork liver lady.
Where's the pork liver guy?
me: The pork liver guy, uummmm….. he's busy. Can I order the pork livers?
Sure, but he usually calls, and you come by and get them.
Nothing like a reputation, is there?
Looks like today will be more of yesterday. Cold icy days moving from one to the next. Good thing that the dyeing part is fun. It gets squeezed into the in between, the cracks of time, making everything else feel a little brighter.
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14 responses to “winter days”
Your post totally made me crack up!!
Thanks.
So what do you do with all those pork livers anyway?
Ewwww – pork livers! Thank goodness you posted some pretty roving! :o)
You could be remembered for far worse than pork livers.
Gorgeous roving!
HA!
I’m laughing at this post, and echoing what everyone else said 🙂
Pork Liver Lady…that is a good one!
And what, pray tell, do you do with the pork livers? (I imagine they’re edible, just like beef liver, but I’ve never heard of anyone using them before.)
Yeah, there are worse things than being the pork liver lady…
Love the colors in that roving!
(And you definitely have to tell us what you’re doing with all those pork livers.)
I’m with everyone else, the pork livers for…? Love the previous video.
I’ll guess the cats love pork liver.
Thanks for the spot of bright color. I find that the winter here has been a bit bleak. Then I think of winter where you are and try to buck up.
Mmm, when we lived on Overlook Ave. in Summit, NJ (got the topographical references?)we couldn’t get up the driveway in icy conditions. The second winter I made a deal with another preschool mom who lived two blocks away on the plateau…in bad conditions we could park in her driveway and skate home.
Thanks for invoking the memories!
I buy chicken livers a lot for the dogs. People always look at me weird at the check out.
I can’t even imagine trying to drive in those conditions. Your previous posts of all the ice is amazing. Your roving is really pretty and reminds me of summer mornings – fresh fruits – cantalopes and mangoes.
I’m hoping you feed the pork livers to a four-legged member of your family… ;o)