Snow? Cabbagestalk? Covid?

 

                                              Snow? Cabbagestalk? Covid?

 

I woke up this Saturday morning and looked out the window.  There was a bit of ice and/or snow there, but not nearly as much as had been there at 2 in the morning when our dog Stella and I took a look out our back door and decided “no, a walk outside was not what was needed at that time.”  The snow was definitely there at that time, and pretty it was, if not something my almost 2 year old friend recognized.   So, back to bed we went.

 

Oh, well, here we go, Saturday at 8:30, and we are up again.  No real options this time—Stella was ready and willing, very willing, for a break outside.  Shortly later, the wee break having been accomplished, she was back.  The scene outdoors was one of a fine snowfall that covered our backyard.  And, in spite of that, all was well for Stella’s brief walk.  Told Jennie about the situation and she said “fine.”  Back in bed with channel 6’s Shawn Cabbagestalk and his weather girl taking care of letting us know what needed to be known on today’s Saturday morning review.  All OK, we thought.

 

Now Mr. Cabbagestalk is someone we (well, I) had met one time before.  Change that “we” from Stella and me to Jennifer and me, and that “we” would apply to the situation that occurred a bit over a year or so earlier in the covid time frame when Jennifer and I went to Aiken Tech to take our first covid inoculation.  Which was the time we first met, in person, Mr. Cabbagestalk.

 

Mr. Cabbagestalk, Shawn to most of us, was there to record this first inoculation of quite a few Aikenites in our area, and we met him when he unmasked briefly for the three of us to recognize one another and have a little laugh over the situation (I had asked if he was still growing that goatee.)  Shawn and several other members of the press, as well as many of our Aiken area politicians were there to recognize the beginning of inoculations in Aiken County by Doctor David Fallaw and his Augusta University staff.  This being done, we were there early (we were expected,) and we were on the initial agenda for inoculations.  Mr. Cabbagestalk, and other attending members of the press, provided post inoculation reporting to all CSRA residents, and we enjoyed watching the provision of these initial shots to us on channel 6 a bit later in the day.

 

But all that aside, the snow (or whatever it was) was not exactly expected, but, for this one-time Indianan, it was, as always has been, appreciated.  It lasted just a while and, another day having arrived (today being Sunday,) there are just a few spots where just a little bit lingers.

 

Fun in the snow?  Well, maybe for our extension in Columbia, yes, I’d have to say.  But, for we Aikenites, not much!  Still—it was good to see!