Bring on the Rain

It has been raining and cold for a few days here.

It's gloomy.



And dreary.



It's enough to make a person want to stay in bed.

Our lives are like rainy, cold days sometimes, aren't they?

But through the clouds come rays of sun, reminding us that it will warm up soon.



And with the rain comes the beauty of flowers:

anemones



coreopsis



irises



peonies



and hellebores.



And most beautiful of all, rainbows, a reminder that our God is with us.



Bring on the rain.

(Pictures via Beauty in Everything and Photobucket).

Snowy Ramblings - Cause The Snow is Everywhere!

It has been snowing here. And snowing and snowing and snowing and snowing. Our town was featured on the Columbus, OH news the other night as being one of the Central Ohio towns that has gotten the most snowfall. According to the newscast, our snowfall last year to date was 15 inches, we've gotten 30. And today, we are getting up to 10 inches more.

When you look out the window, it is blinding white. There is no time for the snow to get black and ugly because the old snow just keeps getting covered with new. So it looks pristine. And I would imagine, a little like Alaska. Or at least Wisconsin.



We were snowed in for two days - I was able to shovel out to the cars, but the cars didn't cooperate when we tried to get them out of the driveway, and our main car also had somehow sustained a flat tire during the first snow storm. We were forced to get the cars out, come hell or high water, yesterday as the kids had school and needed a way to get there. It's funny, we have a house full of food, but when you are snowed in you start to wonder what you are going to do when the food runs out. Silly, I know. But I don't want us to resort to The Donner Party's menu!



We didn't get mail on Saturday - the mail carrier couldn't get down our street. The library was closed today, along with almost everything else in town (well, except the Mexican Resteraunt and Starbucks - they are ALWAYS open).

So I'm just rambling. I've been keeping bust by repairing some holes in my husband's friends baby blanket - it's become threadbare in some spots and the guy that owns it is so attached that he has been calling and checking on it. Also working on the lace, unraveling some sweaters, and doing lots of shoveling, which I will not miss AT ALL in the summer!



So how's the weather where you are? Any of you in the Carribean who would like to switch places with me are MORE than welcome! I need some Vitamin D and some sand between my toes!

Snow Storm

The kids have a snow day today. Throughout the day yesterday, it snowed and snowed and snowed.


Can you see Saint Francis's nose?



Snow on the Queen Anne's Lace








My son on top of the stone pillar across the street freezing his bum off



People seem to be fond of taking pictures of their feet. Here's my "my feet and jeans are covered with snow" feet picture.

Wherever you are, I hope you are warm. If you don't want to be warm, come to Ohio - the whole state is a big, white expanse!