I don't remember that my parents ever bought a ticket. I would guess they didn't. But watching the old junked car there was part of my childhood, pondering when the weather would warm enough and the river would run fast enough to break the ice free.
I don't know how it got there, or how it was retrieved from the water after it went down, but it's one of those images imprinted on my mind.
Today, I'm not above pondering just when the weather will warm enough to make it feel like spring is pending. Folks at church yesterday said, "By Wednesday, maybe Thursday," and I desperately want to believe them. I'd be thrilled with simply some sunshine, but I certainly won't turn down warmer weather.
It's been a long winter, and I'm tired.
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I drove past a car on a tiny pond on the major hwy going south Sunday. Maybe you know of that one as well.
I had the same ponderings. I also wondered about the gas and oil and other stuff that could leak into the water.
BTW, we've had lots and lots of sunshine, but only dustings of snow since December. Thank goodness we had a lot of snow in December because otherwise the sewer and water systems would have frozen like last winter.
Did you (by any chance) grow up in a northern suburb of the Twin Cities in MN? 'Cause I would drive by a similar scene coming home from piano lessons.
I'm definitely ready for winter to be over - and I love winter. Bleh.
Amy -- nope.... Funny, and good to know we weren't the only ones!
Yup. Winter has definitely lost its charm.
it's still there... and snowing today!
In the town where I was Pastor the Masons built a big snowman every yea and put a fence around it. You could then buy tickets indicating when you thought it would melt. Your car story reminded me of that. I never bought a ticket.
I too am tired of winter.
Waiting for spring,may it come soon.
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