Sunday, December 21, 2008

Basketball and Blizzards

Yesterday, we went to the "Battle in Seattle" between my alma mater, UConn, and "local" team, Gonzaga. The game was amazing with UConn emerging as the winner in overtime. Although the crowd was clearly cheering for the Zags, I was happy to see a few UConn fans in the house. We had a negative run in with a macho Gonzaga fan who was allowing his two little boys to scream profanity and even through a bottle at a nearby UConn fan. Here's a note to sports fanatics: it's one thing to be passionate and cheer loudly for your team but it's another to be a jerk. Please don't cross that line!

The local weather forecast included the worst winter storm Seattle has seen in ages, and sure enough, it was snowing like crazy after the game. The drive home was interesting and I got a little artsy and tried to capture the chaos of the moment on my iPhone:

Tracers from car lights on the way home.


Overnight, we got about 5 inches of snow. We've never seen snow like this since moving to Seattle five years ago. Usually, we get an inch or two and it's gone within a day. We took Soma out to play and took a few pictures.

Snow on our camellia tree


Soma looking for something to chase or eat


Jack Frost nipping at our noses


Ryan feels right at home in the snow.
It reminds him of his glory days in Syracuse.


Our front yard


Icicles clinging to the camellia tree



Ryan and Soma in the Snow

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