Joesays

   The snowstorm that started the month of December was a two day maelstrom. The snow swirled in the wind, falling in large clumps and then changing to blowing snow. The blowing snow signals the shifting and mercurial winds, which shake the trees and the garden plants. Winds and the snow are products of a cold temperature usually below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.     As the snow fell, I watched the snow falling on my garden, I saw the wind buffet my garden, and I felt the cold air creeping in through the cracks of my old house. I entered my winter garden room, where I had relocated plants from my garden so that they could avoid the wind and the snow. I looked around the room. In one corner by the heating vent, I had located the two avocado trees. One tree was about 9 feet high, and the other tree was about was about 6 feet high. Next to them was a plant from our friend, Stella, so we called it the Stella. Along the side wall opposite the windows, were pots of mint plants, pepper plants, mon