The Morning After Super Bowl Sunday.... Winter Being Winter Again. Redbuds in Bloom Early in Raleigh. Commerical Conversations. New Champions as the Eagles Beat the Chiefs.

 

Thought on the Super Bowl first, then some thoughts on Weather.

Full disclosure I was rooting for the Eagles! I've never been the biggest KC fan, though I have a lot of respect for them. This probably goes back to being a Miami Dolphin fan as that was always a problematic game for us and often the worst time to lose. Either way, as I live in Carolina and the Panthers have not been producing wins and the Dolphins are uneven and in trouble I have watched many teams this season and the Eagles was one of them. When they are hot they are hot and last night they were hot and Kansas City was not. 

I've watched the Baltimore Ravens often this year and enjoyed watching them, but they often self destruct at the worst time, so close and yet so far still to go. Maybe next year they can pull it totally together?

My father always said "defense wins games" which was a boring sounding statement to a young girl who enjoyed high scoring offensive games. My father was right. Special Teams showing up was the icing on the cake! And, their offense had bursts of inspiration and excitement. It just wasn't KC's night.  I saw that early on as they did not show the intensity on the field they often do. I watch football the way I watch hurricanes, you can literally see the energy on the field and if and when the energy changes sides. Maybe KC over estimated their ability to win? Maybe it was Philadelphia's hour? But for someone who was rooting for them, it was a great game to watch. 

Nothing is ever a sure thing.

That brings us back to weather. It's snowing in places to the North and as always it seems to stay North of the Carolina line. Even when the GFS promises (rolling eyes) and other models kick in with promises I can almost promise you we aren't going to get snow and it'll stay North of the State Line!

Old school favorite radar.

Except for the fascinating fog....

...All the weather is up in the Mid Atlantic.

While NYC and Central Park got snow....

Driving home from Sprouts last night I saw a blur of purple out of the edge of my eye as I was enjoying the scenery near the golf course near my house and literally screamed "Stop, go back! Was that a tree in bloom??" as my husband was driving while I was trying to get a good pictures of the lake barely visible in the Winter; the sky and the golf course on a sunny, beautiful winter day was incredible. But, seriously what the ????? and he made a U Turn, went back and lo and behold the Redbud Trees were in bloom way too early! It was 80 degrees the other day after a way too warm week in what is basically a fake fall as the temperatures this week flirt with freezing at night, most nights and yet there it was the tree was full of purple blossoms. If it snows again, and it could even just a little that could cause problems as the weight of the flowers on the trees weigh down the tree and more so if we get ice. We could, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it anymore than I'd have bet the farm on the Chiefs to beat the Eagles just because they were the champions as.............on any given Sunday any team can win and in any given February we could get a winter Storm .............even if the beautiful Redbuds are in bloom a month early!

Sweet whatever dreams you want............

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Good commercials last night, though I'm too much of a football fan to get that excited over all the other drama but the one below has this song stuck in my head and I'm guessing others have it stuck in their head too this morning. Growing up in Florida Mountain Dew has always been a favorite, the country parts of Florida anyway. Loved the Jeep commercial with Harrison Ford and the little girl growing potatoes for the Lay's commercial made me smile. Love popping chips into my mouth while sipping soda! Though think Coke goes better with Lay's and I'm a purist when enjoying a Mountain Dew.