snowy days....

It's March and still snowing on Cape Cod. We have a good 2+ feet of snow and it's still coming down.  So pretty. Many complaining... not me. Trying to unfreeze the ice on the roof and get on with life. I love the snow, just wish it would melt a little. It does feel a little glacial, layers of the white stuff, some blue visible if you look deep enough. Soon enough it will be gone, the peepers and bugs will arrive to spring showers and flowers. Then the sunshine will warm the local earth until it all happens again. Spring then summer solstices, vegetables and herbs, and barbecue smells, then leaves falling. Peace

cold rain replacing snowflakes....

It's an early February New England afternoon. School was cancelled yesterday for the 5th consecutive day. Have loved snowflakes falling and blustery weather. Blizzards and whipping winds... shoveling, ice skating, skiing, and plowed and replowed roads. Currently rivers gush under heaps of compacting snow piles.... Cozy with my glittery ladybug. Rainbow girl finally got her top row of braces adhered this morning. The colors she chose to adorn her teeth jewelery, turquoise and rose. Very lovely indeed... we'll see the sun again one day soon. I will be very grateful at that moment! Cheers and tea to you.

new year...... the ram.... 2015... another day... second....

well, the new year has arrived. school break and family visits. road trips, packages and cards out... days pass and school resumes. Projects, for the effervescent rainbow girl and wisdom teeth removal for the sparkly ladybug. Coldness and chill on cheeks. Muted winter colors, snow and ice. The bogs are frozen on Cape Cod... ice skating and shinney (informal hockey)..... says my Canuck boyfriend, bog hockey... so pretty out. He ran to Woods Hole and we swam at the pool trying to get in shape for the spring and coming triathlon season... spring, it's just around the corner. Hopefully we'll get to ski soon.

solstice past and sun returning to the northeast ever so slowly... centimeter by centimeter....

It is warmer than winter usually is during the time between the holidays. Sunshine and mild days good for walks and talks. Visits with friends for lunch at Atticus bookshop in New Haven. Museum treks and lovely dinners at home. Sweet moments of rest and rejuvenation, thoughts that love is so rewarding in family circles.

Green to red and golden shades of brown... evolution and change everywhere...
My sparkly lady bug is off to University and volunteering at the Aquarium... Life unfolding for her as she looks around the world in the Boston area.
My twinkly rainbow girl... working to excel in eighth grade and her skating endeavors. So much happening... looking for nuances in the things I do. Education, farmer's, art and vintage markets. Animals to love. Interests to blossom and grow into the next form of work for me. Took on a large gathering in the spring for a teacher's appreciation luncheon for about 100 people. Looking forward to getting back into the culinary and flower world's I put on hold when I had my children. So much to do! Have the most wonderful sparkling day!