Hi Linda, I see that Portland should have zero centigrade today for a high, plus whatever your windchills are. I was just at the post office and my car outdoor thermometer registered one centigrade so we are a little warmer than you. :-)
Yesterday it was minus 30 centigrade with the wind chill. We only had a foot of snow over the weekend but it is too cold for anything to melt. I think about half of the US will have a white Christmas this year. Keep warm. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org --- On Sun, 12/21/08, Linda & Bill Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: From: Linda & Bill Mitchell <[email protected]> Subject: [lace-chat] Fw: [lace] Katrina didn't get them all To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 10:46 PM Could we please have some of that warm? I live in the inland foothills of the Coast Range about 45 SW of Portland, Oregon. The snow is literally knee deep (and I'm tall - 5"9") in the drive which is a steep 1/4 mile. We haven't been out since Friday week. It's beautiful and powder - the skiers would love it! But I'm ready! Fresh salad would be so-o-o good! Linda, the string-a-holic in Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth McCasland" <[email protected]> To: "Arachne" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: [lace] Katrina didn't get them all > Gentle Spiders, > Between Jenny's lace card, and a rather irreverent "release from Holiday > Cheer" card I received from a friend, I finally got over my funk, bought a > tree, pulled out the ornaments and decorated this afternoon and evening. > OK, so I didn't add lights outside, that would be pushing the limit. > Anyway, in pulling things out of the garage, I got my German nutcracker, > who has been packed away and not seen the light of day for a few years. > > For those of you who don't remember... I live in the suburbs of New > Orleans, and although my house didn't flood in Katrina, my garage did > (about a foot). My Christmas ornaments were packed away in a cardboard > box well above the flood water, which I discovered much to my horror had > become a roach condominium. I washed most of my ornaments, and packed in > plastic boxes with borax those that couldn't be washed. I washed all my > crocheted and bobbin lace ornaments, which are still curled in balls > waiting for me to restarch them. > > Anyway, as I was unpacking my German nutcracker this evening, there draped > on one of his arms was a bobbin lace snowflake ornament that I had made, > still nicely starched. I was so thrilled! The ornament is now on my > tree, where my Nutcracker Hero can see what he kept safe these years. > > I finally had the courage to look in the other boxes, and have had to > throw some ornaments out, the bugs had eaten them, and they're rather > tattered and sad. Maybe this year I'll even face restarching my crochet > and BL snowflakes so I can have them on my tree next year. > > I know it's just a little thing, sometimes I wonder how people cope who > lost everything. Thanks for listening. > > Beth McCasland > where the south wind has ruled for a week, keeping things warm and muggy. > But tomorrow the north wind will be back. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected].
