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Sun dogs and felted clogs

Posted on 01/24/2008 by Andrea | Comments (4)
Filed under : Random Thoughts

I know nobody really wants to hear about the weather, but come on! It was 15 degrees below zero when I left the house this morning! A few cold days are fine by me, but this cold snap is getting wearisome. But I do think the cold weather can create some beautiful moments. This morning, I saw something like this on the way to work:

Sun dog 7910, originally uploaded by Yukon White Light.

It's a sun dog. The one I saw (unfortunately, I couldn't stop to get a picture; this is a picture from someone on Flickr) had two really bright, clear, big rainbows on either side of the sun. The sky was perfectly clear and blue. It was amazing. I guess I can put up with such a bloody cold morning, if I can get a chance to see something like that.

All this cold weather is making me think I need to get going on felting those Fiber Trends felted clogs. They've been sitting there for several weeks, all pretty and knitted and ready to take a dip in the washing machine, but I've been obsessed with a gift I've been making and haven't taken much time for anything else. Maybe tonight. (The gift is finished, but I'm not going to post about it until after it's been received by my friend). I do know I've gotta take a trip to the post office today!

4 Comments

Yes, you can get some amazing surprises in this kind of weather. You know how still and straight and white smokestack plumes are on these bitter cold, still mornings. Well, on my drive over the bridge at about 8:10 this morning, a plume from a smokestack caught the sunlight in such a way that it made a broad columnar rainbow -- straight up along the whole length of that white plume and nowhere else. It was very dramatic. I considered putting on the flashers and stopping to take a picture. But of course that would have been potentially suicidal, especially at that time of the day. So alas, it will have to be a memory only!

- said Mom (01/24/2008, 11:04 AM)

WOW...what an amazing shot! I don't think I've ever seen such a sundog!

BTW~just came on over from Knit Blogs, welcome to the "ring"!

- said Robin in VA (01/24/2008, 11:04 AM)

Thanks, Robin! I wish I could take credit for this picture, but it isn't mine. But the sundog that I saw was just as impressive, if not more, than this one.

- said andrea (01/24/2008, 11:04 AM)

Oh I'd love a snowy winter just once... It is summer here and the coldest place is the fridge room at the bottle shop.
I love the wrap you made, I can see you put lots of work into it.

- said Leeanne (01/24/2008, 11:04 AM)