I was pleasantly surprised this morning to find I’d awoken in a winter wonderland. Forced to brave the subzero cold, I at least had the pleasure of watching the snow sparkle in the sunlight as it clung to the trees:
I may grouse about winter an awful lot, but I can’t imagine a prettier sight than this after all the gray days we’ve had of late. 🙂
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A Song for All Seasons, my latest poetry book, is now available for pre-order at Amazon and Smashwords!
A Song for All Seasons is my second poetry book and features poems on the beauty of the world around me, as well as a few musings on life, love, and everything in between. A print version is also in the works, and I’ve set March 13 for the release day.
I’m pretty excited, and I hope you’ll enjoy reading these poems as much as I enjoy writing them. 🙂
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In honor of Bubbles’ well-received mention of Hoth, here’s a picture of him all dressed up for Halloween:
He’s four in this picture, and it was actually taken at Christmas – his grandma made him the costume as a Christmas gift and he wore it the following Halloween. He was so excited; he couldn’t wait to go trick-or-treating as Luke-from-the-third-movie-when-he’s-all-in-black-and-has-the-green-light-saber. 🙂
Over the years, Bubbles has become interested in many other awesome things, but he’s a Star Wars fan first and foremost, and I don’t see that ever changing. Yay! 🙂
Don’t forget to check out Charnele’s throwback post – it’s de-lovely. 🙂
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A gorgeous sunset capped off a gorgeous day yesterday:
The colors in the sky were almost as pretty as the colors the fading sun cast out on the snow. 🙂
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Funny how much can change in a day, isn’t it? Driving into work yesterday looked like this:
Meanwhile, this morning was bright and sunny, and the few clouds in the sky added to the scene, rather than detracting from it. If it weren’t so blessed cold (we’re talking record lows), I’d say this is the kind of day that makes a person feel good to be alive, but since it is, I’ll leave you with something Bubbles said last night:
B: “When I got off the bus, I thought I was on Hoth.”
Kid’s not wrong… 🙂
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It’s the snowpocalypse!
That’s right, we’re finally getting our share of snow here in the Midwest, and boy, do I wish the forecast had been right the first time. That forecast had most of the snow falling overnight, meaning I wouldn’t have to drive in it. But the revised forecast had it starting this morning, and it came pretty much when they said it would.
It hasn’t let up since.
I’ve been documenting it on Instagram all day, and I’ll probably post another picture just before I leave. Suffice it to say, we’ve had quite a bit of snow in a short amount of time, and it ain’t even close to over. *sigh*
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I was reading the latest post from Miss Snark’s First Victim this afternoon and was completely inspired – it’s like Authoress was reading my mind! So I thought, hey, that would make a good post…
So many irons in the fire…
…and then I came home and fixed supper and read to the boys and sat down to work on one of my many projects and ate supper and put the boys to bed and watched Buffy with Bubbles and Seymour and suddenly, I couldn’t remember what it was I wanted to say.
Here’s the post. Check it out, leave Authoress some love, and have a great night. 🙂
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Lumberjack down!
Apparently I have a lumberjack for a son. And apparently, he’s rather a clumsy lumberjack, as he fell into a ditch full of snow retrieving the mail Saturday afternoon.
Guess it’s a good thing he wasn’t armed with any tools of the trade. 🙂
What silly things have your kids said lately?
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Saturday brought with it a special challenge from the good people at the Daily Post: Share one of your favorite poems, written by someone other than yourself. Being a lover of poetry, that’s a tall order for me, but I finally settled on Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee”:
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
This morning we paid a visit to my aunt’s church, where my cousin was playing with a trombone ensemble from Wartburg College.
They played some great tunes, and it was a fun time. Band was by far my favorite thing about going to Wartburg. And the afternoon only improved when we returned home, put the boys down for naps, and marathoned season four of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
I love lazy Sundays. How did you spend yours?
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 