I Am Sel » Seasons http://www.selinaang.com A little bit of this and that in my own words. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:52:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Hello, smoke stacks in Indiana! http://www.selinaang.com/2010/01/30/hello-smoke-stacks-in-indiana/ http://www.selinaang.com/2010/01/30/hello-smoke-stacks-in-indiana/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:02:25 +0000 admin http://www.selinaang.com/?p=257 A glimpse of a partially frozen Lake Michigan, [insert cloud type] clouds, and smoke stacks from Gary, Indiana. My knowledge of cloud types is next to none, so let me know if you know what type these are!

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]]> http://www.selinaang.com/2010/01/30/hello-smoke-stacks-in-indiana/feed/ 0 A wintery sunset in Chicago http://www.selinaang.com/2010/01/08/a-wintery-sunset-in-chicago/ http://www.selinaang.com/2010/01/08/a-wintery-sunset-in-chicago/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:10:29 +0000 admin http://www.selinaang.com/?p=235 Even at 22 degrees, the sunset is still fabulous. Being inside to watch this is not a bad thing either!

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]]> http://www.selinaang.com/2010/01/08/a-wintery-sunset-in-chicago/feed/ 0 Oh, the weather outside is frightful… http://www.selinaang.com/2009/01/28/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightful/ http://www.selinaang.com/2009/01/28/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightful/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:13:43 +0000 admin http://www.selinaang.com/?p=163 I don’t think I will ever lose the pure sense of excitement I get when I am surrounded by snow — especially freshly fallen snow, or snowflakes falling in action. For many people, snow is a nuisance from an everyday logistical perspective. I do see its annoyances, such as snow forming into ice, getting slushy and gritty brown snow on the roads after cars make their mark, scraping and shoveling snow from walkways and cars, etc. It may also come every year without fail, just as the moon orbits the earth like clockwork. Since this was not a yearly seasonal event for the bulk of my life, I truly appreciate snow as much as a wide-eyed tourist appreciates the Golden Gate Bridge when visiting San Francisco for the first time.

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I woke up a couple of times this week in PA, got ready, opened my apartment door without thinking about the outdoor conditions, and then discovered that snow covered practically everything. The moment I got to see that, I felt a genuine tinge of giddiness. It was great. I even smiled to myself like a moron. Honestly, I was slightly disappointed that I had to go to work instead of play outside. I was deprived of making snow angels and snowmen through my childhood days, but I settled by scraping the three inches of snow off the project car without slipping and falling over.

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