So in honor of 4 July, I thought I would do a Monday Memory from the U.S., but from the season in which I´m currently experiencing: Winter. (Last week was a holiday for us, and I completely forgot to publish a memory! woops!)

Though not like my former West Virginia winters, snowy and icy, it still gets quite cold here in Santiago. Well, you say, days where the high could be in the forties, the low just below freezing isn´t that bad…and you´re right, in comparison it´s not. HOWEVER, the States has this lovely little cozy convenience of central heating, far from the norm here in Chile. Heating is expensive, so we just bundle up and deal with it instead. My normal at-home garb: Leggings, sweat-pants on top; socks, fleece socks over those; a shirt with a fleece on top and generally a scarf. My bed has six blankets and I still get cold. Needless to say, I´m looking forward to my two-week visit in the States this August!!

Winter Gardening

2/18/2010

The first one appeared about a week ago. Steadily since that first puzzling sight, with seemingly endless snowfall, the flower bed began accumulating many more ice blades. It seems as if my dad had been doing some winter gardening. Though I think his motive was more along the lines of safety, you must admit, it’s a pretty cool outcome.