Pretty epic snow elsewhere though! I love, love, love the images of people skiing down Bourbon Street in New Orleans - it's just an amazing thing. And seeing all the palm trees covered in snow along the beaches of the gulf is just the imagery we were having fun with last summer when we came up with the theme of a Tropical Freeze Summer Xtreme. It's all been pretty fantastic!
No snow here though, and yeah it's disappointing in a way. But it's okay because we got snow a week ago or so, and winter's not over yet. In fact, it's super cold tonight, dipping into the teens I think. Frigid cold! We had the fire in the fireplace for the first time, more as a visual but also to get air circulating up and out instead of the cold air coming in that way. It looked nice!
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And then we heard the banging and clanging. What is that in the chimney? We thought there was something that made its way into our chimney, and we were ready to catch it when it came down - but it never did. And we never heard any organic sort of noises, like chirping or squeaking or whatever. So I went outside and it was 27 degrees at that time, and it was still just a little daylight left. I looked up, and we had a vulture on top of our chimney.
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Yeah, a vulture! Weird, huh? I mean, it's rare we see them in the neighborhood, although a few weeks ago I saw two near the front entrance. I kind of like vultures, and of course what they do is important work. But still, it's kind of creepy seeing one lurking on top of your house. And it was in a completely inaccessible place. So for several hours it sat up there. We know this, because periodically, there was the banging and clanging sound in the fireplace. We theorized, and I think correctly, that it was happy to find a place of warmth, the hot air going upwards to make the vulture more comfortable. Anyway, it was odd to say the least!
I was over at Hebron this morning with KidPak, and the rest of the day at the office working on some new series stuff and a maybe a skit for this weekend. We did some filming too, a pretty funny segment about an unappreciated gift. Maddie had no school today because of the weather threat. But again, nothing ever materialized for us. Now elsewhere? Yeah. It was a weird spotty snowstorm. Flowery Branch and Braselton got about an inch of snow. We didn't even see a flurry here. Atlanta got a good bit of snow. South of here in Forsyth got nothing. Tomorrow our visit to Hebron is cancelled because Dacula got a good bit of snow. Maddie has another day off too, and she's obviously thrilled with that. She gets to sleep in!
Tonight we saw "Mulan" again, the live action version. We enjoyed this one again - we haven't seen it in a while, so there were certain things I forgot. But it was a pretty unique version of the story. It was super cool seeing the cameo at the end. Speaking of which, soon we'll complete our "Mulan-athon" by watching "Mulan II," the animated Disney movie. That one was fun too.
We closed out the night with reading, and with prayers too. It's been a cold day out there!
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