Frozen Opportunity

January 23, 2025 ~ Bitchy After 60 ~ 22 Comments

Every year I watch and I wait for the opportunity to skate on the lake. It didn’t happen last year. It doesn’t happen most years, but I knew there was potential this year since January, so far, had more cold than snow. I have been studying the progress of the ice surface for several weeks. … Continue reading Frozen Opportunity

Perfect Conditions

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 ~ Bitchy After 60 ~ 6 Comments

It had been two years since we woke up to perfect conditions. To the day following a long enough period of sub-zero temperatures and no precipitation. To the day when the ice on the lake was like glass. That day occurred just the other morning. The problem was that we had planned a day trip, … Continue reading Perfect Conditions