There is no easy way to explain why J has a plastic Mikhail Gorbachev doll propped in a stand that used to hold a basketball hoop at the end of his driveway: it’s a long story, so you really had to be there. But when you set aside the question of “why,” one clear fact remains: good ol’ Gorby makes a great weather gauge. If Gorby is up to his eyeballs in snow, that means we’ve gotten another ankle-deep dose of the white stuff: another winter weekend in New England.
It was only a matter of time before I posted a fresh snow picture as my belated contribution to last week’s Photo Friday theme, White. If you want a more picturesque view of this weekend’s snow, try here or here or here.
Hoarded Ordinaries 
Jan 11, 2009 at 10:42 pm
When you set aside the question of why, Mikhail Gorbachev and everything else truly does pop up right before your eyes.
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Jan 12, 2009 at 7:22 am
That’s hilarious. Poor Gorby. At least he can still breathe.
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Jan 12, 2009 at 9:36 am
Too funny! I was afraid that was your neighbor for a minute there.
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Jan 12, 2009 at 11:52 am
Yes, poor Gorby has seen a lot of snow, rain, and sun. Underneath all that snow, he’s really looking bad these days: definitely not aging gracefully.
In the springtime, though, he’ll emerge from the snow along with the flowers and grass. Gorby springs eternal! 🙂
And I guess he really is one of our neighbors, in a sense…
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