A Raw-boned Day

Conyers, GA February 2014

Mother and I hope this finds you warm and safe as both of us endure the snow and ice of the day.  We are in different locations, she is at the Windy Knoll in Alabama, and I am in Conyers, GA but the storm systems which are engulfing us are very similar.

Mother told me yesterday that they had had about 4 inches of snow on the ground.  Today, via text messages, she tells me that she and Daddy are now suffering from ice and it is still falling.  Freezing rain is her weather forecast and she is at 100%.  She also said that it was my day to post as her internet service is currently internet no service.

Here in Conyers, there is about 1/2 inch of ice on the ground.  For those of you who routinely read, I am a school teacher and scholar.  My superintendent is batting 1000 at the moment.  We had school yesterday while the rain fell.  Near the end of my middle school day there was a school messenger call (a robot calling parents and staff) stating that we would be out on Wednesday and Thursday.  Further information about Friday will follow on Thursday afternoon.  The call also cheered staff and students alike when the announcement was made that our mid-winter break would not be taken from us for make-up days.  I know many of my colleagues and I, myself, have long-standing doctor’s appointments.  Mine has been on the books for a while; I made it during break so that I can be at my job–teaching children!

Raised bed garden covered in ice. February 2014

So, while the electricity holds out, I am working on course work for both my going to school and my teaching school.

Some of you may be wondering what is a raw-boned day.  This is a saying that I have heard from my mother since I was small.  I believe that it came from Granddaddy Lang in a by-gone day.  It is a cold, damp to wet, generally bone-chilling day.  If there was ever a raw-boned day, this is one.

Bad weather in the country during the winter–another taste of country living.