Jan 09 2010
What the Hail?
That doesn’t happen very often. Walking with the dogs in our yard this morning, I got hit atop the head with hail. In Florida. Okay, the hail was half the size of peppercorns. But frozen stuff it was. Actually, sleet is probably a better word for it.
It’s been a weird week of cold weather. Many many plants look like lettuce that has been placed in the freezer overnight, then thawed in the sink. A flaccid, dark brown/green. Some plants look fine, including our rose bushes. They are the wilder, more “ancient” variety (less tight blossoms with fewer petals). The plants that have weathered the cold better have thicker, waxier leaves it seems.
It is presently 32 degrees outside and looking like it’s going to be a gray day.
That is the live forecast from my spot on the globe.
