Still Pretty

 

The carnations from Nora's bouquet are still lovely.  But the new snoe outside, not so much.

I'd timed the grocery pick up early, but by the time I got home it was snowing hard.  And by the time I got the groeries from the car, my feet were wet.

And yet . . .the year my husband and I moved to Detroit, at the end of Janulary following college education, there was serious snow on the ground.  There had been a big snow every weekend since Thanksgiving, and that continued.  By March there was barely a one-way path down the residential street - there was just nowhere for the snow to go.  Getting into the driveway was an adventure.

I'm reminded that I need to stop whining.

 

Hash Brown Casserole.

 

There was a pretty little snow this morning.  Every day is starting to look like every other day.  Tomorrow it's supposed to snow again, more than today.

It's getting hard to find something different to cook.  Last night I tried a breakfast casserole with veggie sausage, mushrooms, and bread cubes, plus the usual suspects - eggs, milk, cheese.  

I'll make it again when my daughter comes, subbing hash browns instead of bread cubes to make it gluten free.

And that's as exciting as it gets.

I'm almost finished reading Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler.  Definitely a good read.

Lights On

 

Darn groundhog!  Yesterday the sun shone and the back porch solar lights shone well into the evening.  Today it is snowing and I'm not expecting much evening light.

I was set to go to the Y this morning, I was really going to do it, probably just the treadmill.  But then the snow started earlier than expected, the car was already covered.  I made a quick trip to the library to return a book due tomorrow, and turned back home.  

The next person on the list for The Correspondent will be happy to get a notification that the book will now be theirs.

Instead I put in a DVD - Leslie's Sansone's Older Adults Walk and Firm.  A while ago - years? -  I thought it would be about right for me.  It wasn't.  I didn't finish it.  I've done a lot of exercises since then and finished this time.

I'll do a few more sessions of the DVD, maybe a Silver Sneakers online class or two, and then my goal is to sign up for the Silver Sneakers class at the Y.  I don't know why I find the idea so intimidating, but it is. 

It must be a throwback to high school gym class, when I was SO uncordinated.

Snowy Trolls

 

Yesterday when my daughter was plowing snow at The North Carolina Arboretum she took pictures of the Thomas Dambo trolls.  You can find more of her snowly troll pictures on the Arboretum's website  I chose this one because I like the hair covered wiht snow.

They are visiting until February 17, when they leave for California.  Hopefully they can enjoy warmer weather there.

No trolls here, just snow, and we may get more on Tuesday.

It's a strange Sunday with no NFL games.  We have a week to get our Super Bowl snacks ready.

 

Not My Pcture

 
Not my picture.  It's from my North Carolina daughter.  She got a little snow, but mostly ice.

We got a little ice, but mostly snow.

And neither of us lost power, and I'm grateful.  

Asheville folks prepared and worried, remembering Helene.

I'm grateful for my neighbor who used his snow blower and did the first round of snow removal.

To the two polite boys who knocked on my door looking for a snow removal job and who cleared ice and snow off my porch and steps and sidewalk leading to the street.

And to another neighbor who dug out my car, not an easy job after the snow plow piled up snow.

I'm all set to go, but I'm not going anywhere.  

Scraps

 

You know I love scrappy things.

When Sarah was here during Christmas we made two 12" blocks for a collaborative baby quilt.  Somr of the fabrics were those selected for everyone, and we filled in with a few pieces from my stash to make two blocks.

There were leftover piecs, so this evening I made one more block, just cutting fabrics and stitching and cutting some more.

I have to admit that I'm glad I'm not the person sewing the blocks together.  That's always a challenge witih a collaborative quilt.

January Flowers

 

My granddaughter came yesterday afternoon after her job at a flower shop and brought some flowers.  It was a treat, both the flowers and the visit.  She's a busy college student.

She left with the big container of Tide pods, the big box of dryer sheets, cookies and a frozen pizza from the freezer, and some miscellaneous groceries.  It's fun for me to load her up.

I tried roasting some cashews this evening - I can't remember why I bought raw cashews, but I must have used them for something because the bag had been opened.  The roasting wasn't a big success.

It's been a windy and cold Martin Luther King Day.  I didn't go downtown for the march and outdoor speeches, and I feel a little bad  about that.

The temperature is going way down now, with very cold wind chills.