Tomorrow being Tu B'shvat...

[gnomi]

...doesn't it figure that Boston's getting over a foot of snow today?

This is why we don't plant trees on Tu B'shvat in my neck of the woods. Not only is the ground frozen, more often than not you have to dig under the snow to even find the frozen ground.

But mabfan and I are staying in, watching it snow, and staying warm. So it's a good day.

Comments

[cicirossi.livejournal.com]

snow!

be safe ;)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Staying in, so it's easier to stay safe that way. :-) Our plans for tonight have been canceled, so we're just hanging around at home, doing home-stuff.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

do you guys really have a foot of snow? i was going to go shovel the driveway for a little bit so it doesn't take me an hour to get my car out tomorrow morning. i'll have to take my big ruler and measure it.

[farwing.livejournal.com]

There are certainly foot-high drifts where I am (my driveway!). But there are also lawns that have been swept bare by the wind.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

The news is putting us in the 10-18" band, and they're saying we're in a lull right now to be followed by more heavy snow. I'm figuring we'll have about 14 when we're all done.

My parents called from Jerusalem about 1/2 hour ago. I told them we were getting snow; they said it was warm and sunny where they are.

[csbermack.livejournal.com]

You could go out when it lets up this evening and make snow trees.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Or I could go out and take photos.

More likely, though, I'm gonna stay inside and hide from it until I have to go to work tomorrow. :-)

[tapuz.livejournal.com]

This is the best idea I've heard all day -- thanks!!!

[eal.livejournal.com]

So there's a tree planting thing?

Hmmm. I wonder if we could plant the new tree -- probably not because it's a citrus and, um, well, it's kind of cold here (Marcie shuffles her feet and pretends she didn't really say that).

M

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yeah -- there's a tradition on Tu B'Shvat to plant new trees, in honor of the New Year of Trees. In America, in areas where it's not the appropriate weather to plant trees, it is not uncommon for people to donate money to organizations such as the Jewish National Fund (JNF) for trees to be planted in Israel.

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

what about planting Things That Aren't Trees, since (as you explained) it's the start of the Plant Life Year just that it has the name of trees.

the frozen ground of february is perfect for flowering bulbs, like daffodils and lilies.

[deerdancer22.livejournal.com]

I loved your Tu B'shvat post below and friended you. I just entered a stage of my spiritual life where I am creating a spituality based on my own deep connections. As I have been a buddhist for over 30 years, who also studied in the Seneca tradition and was raised Jewish this is evolving to now introduce the parts of Judaism I love, (see posts on my LJ). One is having a Sabbath and now to celebrate the New Year of the trees!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Welcome!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Trees are traditional, though I couldn't tell you why trees to the exclusion of everything else.

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

::nods::