Winter's just pouting~

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What a great photo! Those poor daffodils - we've had more snow, too, and renewed cold! It will just make spring, when it finally arrives, all the more welcome but jeesh! I know how those daffodils feel!

March 26, 2011 at 6:55 AM

Janice Thomson said…

What a neat photo Ruth!...but cold Brr...we started to melt and then it froze again so everywhere is a just a huge skating rink. :)

March 27, 2011 at 9:31 AM

Ross Eldridge said…

We are well-daffy here in our Northeast, but the snow seems to be staying north of the (Scottish) border. I actually dried all my laundry outside on the lines in my courtyard today, and in 3 hours. A sign of spring would have to be fresh-air-smelling sheets and blankets. The daffs will be followed by tulips (some are just opening now) and then bluebells. Daisies come a bit later. I never thought much about flowers till I got here, but I love them now and miss them terribly in the winter months. Well, except for the brilliant-yellow rapeseed blossoms which make my life a misery for a time. So it goes!
R.

March 28, 2011 at 12:32 PM

One Winter Day in February!

It’s just a week that I have here, doing "farm duty" for friends while they are in Maui avoiding the February weather. Yay them! And yay me too! This is a week of respite...less than half an hour from home and hubby—and cats. I can enjoy the best of both worlds. My “chores” for the week: · Gather the chicken eggs (my favorite part!!) · Feed the chickens and ducks and give them fresh water (It bothers me that they have to stay in their coop while family is away. Makes sense, but I feel bad. Otherwise, this would be a favorite). · Feed three feral cats (my other favorite thing!) · Feed four alpacas and give them water (this is becoming a favorite...) Once done, that leaves plenty of time to... To WHAT, exactly? What DO you do with the free time you’ve always dreamed of having...besides wasting it wondering what you’ll do with all that free time? On day 1, I a

For Alice~ She's home!!!!!!!

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Sometimes it's all about knowing that loved ones and friends stand behind you, knowing that support is there on the down days, the worry days, the days when you feel off-center, out of sync, bedraggled emotionally, and in pain, but knowing all the while that you're not alone. You're not alone... Alice is an online friend--she lives in Hawaii-- who belongs to the writer's workshop that I do. We've only "met" online, but those who have online friendships know that they can be just as strong as those in-person relationships. Alice was hit by a car while walking, and is in the rehab phase of things. She's working to regain mobility after a broken pelvis, a broken arm, and a broken nose. It's scary to realize how, in the blink of an eye, life can lurch and our plans for a time are displaced by survival and healing. We&#

San Antonio and Boston~

I'm in Austin. Two days after Christmas we flew to Texas for another of Worcester State's basketball tournaments. Bruce's motto is, "I didn't miss any of David's games in high school-- and he played three sports-- why start now?" My motto is, "I didn't make all of his games in high school-- nor did I try. The least I can do is go to the ones that require traveling to a place I've never been." David spends his days with the team. When they are not playing or practicing, the coaches take the kids out to see the sights. We have plenty of free time to see the sights and to relax, which is what I'm after, basketball aside. Today we headed 80 miles south to San Antonio and sauntered along the River Walk-- the much corralled and exploited, but nicely so, San Antonio River-- in sun and sixty plus temps. We visited the Alamo, and absorbed a bit of Texas's interesting history and culture. Beautiful! Eye candy! Never ashamed to lug a camera

~Upstream and Down~

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