Snow Globe

One of my favorite sights along North Kootenai Road.

When I passed by yesterday afternoon, I had to stop.

It was a little blustery, the sun was almost blinding with its brightness, the sky was a brilliant blue and puffy snow flakes appeared to be in suspended animation.

A lovely confluence of nature's wonders.

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If the dire weather forecasts streaming across television screens are correct, we may have the Grand Poopah/finale of our 2010-11 winter.

More dramatic than a snow globe, that's for sure.

They tell us to expect 8.5 inches of snow in the Sandpoint area by 4 tomorrow morning.  

That means 10-12 inches in our Selle snow belt. 

The next winter show is set to begin at 10 a.m., and they're talking winds up to 25 mph.  Then, the temperatures dip to single digits and maybe below zero.

I'm hoping this is the grand finale, even if it turns out to be the Grand Poopah. 

Folks around here hit their last strand of patience about a week ago when yet another snowstorm followed a couple of days of quiet.

We've had our pretty days, followed by more snow in preparation for even more. 

We've had enough.  March is next week, and it's time to start acting like spring.

All that lecturing does no good, though.

So, we'll grin or groan and bear it.  

Today is the one-week date before the trip to Ireland.  

I know that because of the calendar and because Annie's had a digital counter indicating the days, hours, minutes and seconds to take-off,  going on her http://rainiergirl.blogspot.com/ for about the last month.

I think she and I are the only ones who check it.  Still, it's fun to see a tangible countdown. 

I have a feeling she'll be using that blog for her photos and comments once the big adventure begins.

We're just three days shy of seeing one of my former students in Dublin.  She and her husband took off for there this morning, but they'll return March 1. 

Once the trip is over, I'm hoping to come back to sure signs of spring.

For now, I'd better head out and get ready for this next blast of winter.

Happy Wednesday.  

(Photo below)