I don't think that is an expression. But, when there is lots of snow and a clear skies, you get some blue shadows at dusk. I find you see them most often when the shadow is from something in front of electric light. I think it's the dark blue of the sky that does it. It doesn't last very long and it isn't very obvious.never heard that expression taxlady..... wha??
I once mentioned Roy Rogers to my sons and they said..... Who???
I nearly had a heart attack!
could not believe they did not know Roy rogers, Dale Evans, Buttermilk, Trigger, Champion, Bullet, oh gosh, golly, gee whiz.... so many others! Breaks my heart they don't know them
dragnlaw, Windows 8 is the only thing that has stopped me from whining "I want a new computer" to my Tech Support (my hubby). For him it's been a blessing.
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Saw this list of the coldest U.S. cities online today. Read it and weep - but only inside, or your face might freeze like that!
America's 20 Coldest Major Cities - weather.com
Addie, sub-zero temperatures are just that...a Fahrenheit reading below zero. Seeing how Boston gets only one below-zero day a every year or every-other year you aren't familiar with them. We used to live basically between Cleveland and Akron; they are both listed at averaging 3 to 4 below-zero days a winter. It was really exciting that one night in January 2000 when the low of the night was -18...and our gas furnace was not working! Our builder did put a heat pump in instead of an air conditioner, so we did have that. Unfortunately, heat pumps lose their ability to heat efficiently somewhere around 32 degrees. It was a brisk 50 degrees when we woke up on Monday, more than happy to see the furnace repairman at my door at 8:00 AM!
pac - You must get these things on the Lake Erie shoreline. We don't get them here on Lake Simcoe but they get a lot of them up on Georgian Bay.I've seen those little balls rolling across my yard before. They never get bigger than golf ball size, but it's kind of neat.
Anything below 32 degrees is "cold". Anything zero or colder is "holy crud is it freakin' cold!!!".I know that. But the site you showed for the coldest cities, all stated their sub zero temps. vs. sub freezing temps. What's the difference? Anything below 32ºF. is freezing. No matter what you call it.
...My temp is 0F right now...