This blog began as a way to record my musings about preparations and travels to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada February 16-27, 2010. From that amazing experience came this ongoing story of becoming a sports fan. You can follow my tales of awe, agony, and all the emotions in between as well as view pics from seasons of Phillies baseball. Along the way is a little Eagles football thrown in for fun, and even some astronomy and weather related tales. I feel lucky to have witnessed some historic games, some heartbreaking losses, but all wonderful when told from this new fan's point of view.

Blog Archives postings:
Dec 2009-Feb 2010
Olympics
March 2010-Dec 2011
Baseball and more
2011 The Phillies do again, winning the Eastern Championship for the 5th straight year.
April 2012-Sept 27 2012 Not the best season for the Phillies
2013-We wait and see!

Sunday, February 7, 2010

It's winter in Philadelphia

The 10 day forecast is on my side. The prediction is for a cloudy day with no precipitation for Philadelphia AND my stopover in Minneapolis for
Feb 16 when I leave for Seattle. Yesterday was a totally different story. The official airport reading was 28 inches, rivaling the storm of 1996. I measured 17 inches on my car.
We're all dug out now, and life goes on, but for 24 hours we played, and walked and visited with neighbors, which is why I love to live in West Mt. Airy.
And another storm is set to come on Tuesday night!