Zone Denial Pacific Northwest Style: gambling on a mild winter

Zone Denial Pacific Northwest Style: gambling on a mild winter

When we first heard the forecast, Bill lamented not having Champagne in stock. It’s a tradition. We watched the first flurries from our toasty living room. It was no blizzard, but lovely just the same. Bill started a fire. The dog slept. We ate lunch on the sofa and had a glass of wine.

Lunch on the sofa. Soup requires careful balance.

It was early in the day, but after all, snow. The forecasts had been all over, though most said no accumulation “on the valley floor,” that’s the Willamette Valley floor. They always says that. (more…)