Yesterday we turned on the radio in the linai to hear this, "Chicago is anticipating a storm of historic proportions. It will be the storm of the century, surpassing even the blizzard of 1967." The idiot announcer didn't even mention the blizzard of 1979, my personal favorite, when I was a Senior in high school and spent our two snow days trying to keep my brother from hurting himself when he jumped off the roof onto the drifts below.
It is by God's grace we arrived safely. Indeed, we were the very last flight in from Naples to O'Hare Interational Airport. I have never walked down concourses so barren of people; restaurants were empty, gates were filled with empty chairs, and even the departures/arrivals signs posted only one word: CANCELLED.
To think that I have just left behind this:
for a snow so deep, and a wind so fierce, I can't even take pictures of it tonight.
It's a good thing I love winter. Almost as much as I love the sea.
It is by God's grace we arrived safely. Indeed, we were the very last flight in from Naples to O'Hare Interational Airport. I have never walked down concourses so barren of people; restaurants were empty, gates were filled with empty chairs, and even the departures/arrivals signs posted only one word: CANCELLED.
To think that I have just left behind this:
It's a good thing I love winter. Almost as much as I love the sea.
those pictures are beautiful!!!! I would not be happy to leave that site for a blizzard!!! Snow is one thing I don't miss from IN!!! Stay warm and happy reading!!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the winter weather so long as I don't have to venture out, but I don't think I could be so...calm...about trading sand for snow. (Or worse, what we're getting in my area--ice!) The pictures are lovely, though.
ReplyDeleteWow, glad you made it home safely!! I've been hearing crazy things about how the storm is hammering Chicago. We're supposed to get it here in Toronto later tonight but I suspect it won't be as severe. I look forward to your snowpocalypse photos!
ReplyDeleteBellezza, I had heard about the snow in many parts of the U.S., but had no idea you were expecting the storm of the century! Hopefully, it will not be such a storm!
ReplyDeleteBellezza, glad you're home safely and hope the weather isn't as bad as anticipated.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are home safely, and that you got a chance to enjoy the warmth of the sun and the ocean. I love winter, but it goes down a bit easier with a helping of spring!
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to your fondness for sea and snow. We, too are in the midst of the worst weather on 2010/2011 winter....stay safe.
ReplyDeleteI've walked that beach many times, and am thinking about my home in Naples with much longing this morning.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your travels weren't disrupted, but sorry you had to leave "paradise" for the winter storm.
I'm sure you hated to leave that lovely scenery behind, but I'm glad you made it back safe and sound.
ReplyDeleteNaples is searingly lovely at times. I go there often. AND I don't like snow. Wishing you safety in the storm.
ReplyDeleteMy aunt lives in Naples...why haven't I gone to visit her yet? So glad you made it home safely...please stay safe and warm.
ReplyDeleteGlad you made it home safely. What a contract in weather for you. I know how I felt in early December when I returned from my trip to Hawaii and that was just Hawaii back to California! This weather is crazy. We are having temps in the high 60's here in California the last few weeks with 70's forecast for the weekend!
ReplyDeleteI have a fondness for the sea, but you can have winter. I'm done. No more. I do not like to be cold! Call me next time you need a travel-mate to go to Florida. Or Hawaii. Or San Diego. Or anywhere else there's sand and sea. I'm not picky. ;)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I am glad you made it home safe & sound!
Aw, Les, don't you even like sitting by the fire with your good book? I think this is the only area in which we differ, but I still love you. :)
ReplyDeleteWe rarely use our fireplace. It's pretty and all, but the rest of the house gets cold when we use it.
ReplyDeleteI still love you, too. ;)
Glad you made it home safe Bellezza!!! Wow, those pictures are stunning!! Stay warm! AS much as you can.
ReplyDeleteChris, it was such a contrast from one state to the other! Truly, I love them both. It just shows how there's something lovely to be found ine very situation.
ReplyDeleteI travel through O'Hare many a time for business and it would be strangely surreal to see that airport empty. Glad you made it safely home! Naples is a beautiful Florida city!
ReplyDeleteSurreal is the perfect word!
ReplyDeleteThese are breathtaking photos! The last one, especially would look beautiful enlarged, framed and hung on the wall.
ReplyDeleteI love both sea and snow and would be hard pressed to choose one over the other!