Winter Comes to the Green and Yellow House

As my tale continues, it may be almost quiet inside the Green and Yellow house. The construction of One is past the noisy stages, and Two and Three’s tenants are at work for the day. The cars and busses provide a humming background, and the wind doesn’t make too much of a stir. Within Three, there live still two female tenants, and an uncounted number of small, four-legged squatters. The squatters have been unseen and unheard recently. Perhaps they know the end is near? The Owner of the Building hasn’t informed the tenants when the pest control person will come…perhaps the little squeaking ingrates understand their time is near, and are rallying for some final stand? Probably not. The tenants on Two inherited a cat from a boyfriend. Short term only, but they are hoping to scare the little squatters into submission. No report to Three has been made by Two’s tenants as to the successfulness of the cat, however. The feline is friendly (to humans) and does have its claws, and Two hopes that it prefers to chase small rodents rather than sharpen said claws on the woodwork. Three’s tenants hope that all the rodent poison (used as a first attack) by Two’s tenants has been thrown out, and that the little squeakers didn’t actually eat any (if indeed the cat does catch them).

Outside of the Green and Yellow House, the sky turns grey and imposing. It looks like winter may come to the City afterall. Just this morning, a tenant of Three had to shovel the path. The weather service predicts that another 4-6 in of the ‘white stuff’ along with a ‘wintery mix’ (read ice) shall fall between this hour and the end of Wednesday. This makes a certain tenant of Three pretty happy. It should be white outside in winter, and each time the tenants of Three shovel the path, they get to reduce the lodging fee due the Owner of the Building at the end of the month. After the snow though, things may get ugly outside the Green and Yellow House. Arctic temperatures are to blow down from the poles and the little lines on the weatherman’s chart showed a wind of >40mph. The regular temperatures are supposed to fall to <0F with a high temp on Friday of -8F. Still, the Green and Yellow house is built sturdily, and the little stove heater in Three can be set higher to anticipate the chill of the blowing wind. The tenants of Three think that this will be a lovely time to enjoy hot cocoa, or wine, and watch long anticipated movies.