{"id":1143,"date":"2010-12-14T10:04:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T16:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2010-12-14T10:04:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T16:04:26","slug":"its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2010\/12\/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-solstice\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, 12 December 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was no precipitation today. The sun came out, but the temperature dropped. Owen and I went outside to play – but only for about 5 minutes. I didn’t have any snow pants to wear, so my legs froze within 2 minutes, and Owen kept getting stuck in the snow that was taller than he is. He did find one packed-down snow bank, and he thought it was pretty cool that he could stand up on it and be taller than me. Then he slid down it like it was a slide. Then I said we needed to go in because it was too cold outside.<\/p>\n

Here are some pictures from today:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is the view from our deck.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here’s the view from Owen’s window.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here’s a snow plow doing what snow plows do best.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>…And again.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here’s the northern half of our deck.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here’s the side of the garages. See my shadow, lurking sinisterly?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here’s a car that’s not going anywhere anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here’s the front of my Cavalier. This is child’s play to my hearty, brave vehicle (our old Jetta, on the other hand, would probably require a new transmission if it got stuck in this much snow).<\/p>\n

You might wonder: What does the typical Minnesotan do on days like this? Well, depending on how limber you are, you might want to consider doing what this Minnesotan is doing…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yeah, there are probably gonna be a lot of toe-sucking days coming up.<\/p>\n

Here she is again:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mmm…toes.<\/p>\n

Here’s another funny thing: Lots of people must’ve been looking online for information about the weather; typing in “Minnesota Snow” into Google, no doubt. This resulted in my filmlet (titled Minnesota Snow<\/em>) getting over 30 hits on Saturday and over 80 hits today. That’s the most it’s gotten in a single day this entire calendar year. Here’s the filmlet, by the way, if you care:<\/p>\n

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