The Twelve Days of Winter
As I sit here basking in the warmth of my woodstove as the thermometer plummets to 28 below zero & we all wait for winter’s next windswept storm surge of ice, cold & snow,
I thought I’d share a humorous take on a familiar tome.
Because a little levity in the middle of winter never hurt anyone.
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THE TWELVE DAYS OF WINTER
Twelve Snowstorms Blowing
Eleven Plows a Plowing
Ten Shovelers Shoveling
Nine Whiteout Warnings
Eight Paws Patrolling
Seven Snowbanks Forming
Six Gears a Groaning
FIVE – GODAMNED – THINGS!
Four Cursing Words
Three Frozen Toes
Two Pairs of Gloves
AND – A – TURKEY- IN- A – PEAR – TREE
Make that EIGHT!
Stay Safe & Warm out there through midwinter’s arctic storm blasts.
& Above all else…
Stay SMART!
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Until Our Trails Cross Again:
ADKO
About The Author
rdmonroe5
Lifelong NYS resident. Raised in Saranac Lake. Cornell graduate(ROTC). Army veteran, Airborne/Ranger qualified, 10th Mtn Div, stints in Honduras and with JTF VI. 3rd degree Black Belt; 3x cancer survivor; published writer with several featured stories in Adirondack Life Magazine. Residing in Watertown NY with wife Robin & our 3 adult children. Loving Life. Living in the Day I am in.
Don’t know what your problem is, we’re enjoying a sunny 5 degree heat wave!
5 above zero?! So global warming IS real!!! Thanks for the check in, Alan. Stay safe & warm.
Hats off (better yet, keep them on!) to a delightful take on a beloved holiday ditty. Knowing there’s nothing fun about your freezing cold weather, it’s admirable to create a chuckle from it all.
Stay warm and safe up there!
Love from the southerners…
Aunt Susie & Uncle John
Enjoy all your articles a lot. We live a similar lifestyle with ponds and improvements for wildlife, ete. Keep up the great stories its appreciated
Thanks for the check in & comments Randy. Greatly appreciated. Hope you are staying warm & safe through what is proving to be, at least in my neck of the woods, both in terms of the snow & cold, a(nother) in a long line of challenging winter seasons.
As a lifelong Tupper Laker I know full well of what you write “The Twelve Days of Winter”
I liked it very much
Tupper Lake folks certainly know all about winter! I grew up in SL myself. Thank you for reading & commenting, Dean. Greatly appreciated.