Three

Three electric blankets, Two for cat family one for human that loves them, February cold, Northern Iowan no furnace Blizzard, Yesterday old electric blanked failed, Electric space heaters old Victorian, Penny the human mom gives up only heat she has so her cats won’t freeze, My adopted sister is a hero..

Oh joy

Four days the christmas, December 21,2022, Two below zero, Four kitties and me trying not to freeze, Sure sucks I got to rise to go p, The furnace stops then starts, Refurbish mobile home means nothing to seller, No insulation,no storm windows on two windows no storm door on back an no other door to

Triggers

Memory, We all have them, Triggers are in a way tells, When its cold, I recall my room at the folks house, No heat nor insulation tons of blankets, No bathroom, When young you went down the vertical steps, After being struck i n two o eight by a car, I crawled up the steps,

Bucket,bucket,

If you are under the illusion Iowa’s unnatural cold is normal allow me to in lighten you. It was so cold this week froze solid a pail of water. What we are experiencing now is February weather. I filled the bucket unbeknown to me had a major crack in the bottom. So not planning to

Its thirty-six degrees

December 13th,2022, And its pouring, Today we had high winds, Freezing drizzle, Now rain the full gambit, Snow Thursday, Yuck,

Just talking to Chester

He hung last night, Front of the house, Where ever you live its your home, Top of the trees behind my mobile home stand several trees, With fifty mile an hour winds they bend to and fro, First time squirrel builders who build to far on a limb homes are swept away, There’s a reason

Snow

Quasqueton next to no snow, Calmar Iowa three thirty four inches, Very slippery, For those of us on walker or cane,

Wind

In Iowa Wind we do best at, Fifty mph at three am, To damn windy to drive, Stayed in bed, Safe and sound, Surrounded by security cats, Front of my home protected to, Security cats, They are the cats Meow!

Drizzle

Dribble, Toil, Trouble, Still just sleet, I have one windshield wipe, No resemblance to spaghetti, Like Paul my Canada friend from New Zeeland would say, ‘Not good,Not good!

Next week past forty

Irrational, Irksome, Terrible cold, Like magic next week next to fifty degrees, Time warp! Tarsus, No,no , I’ll stick with irrational, First of December temperatures, Plummith once more, Some wizard is playing with the temperature, If they it is irrationally warm up north what is it in the tropics? Having Verizon I have no way