I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Snow

Snow
Snow

Snow

And more snow!

Now it's beginning to feel like Christmas!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Oh, how I love snow...well, not when it's 10 below zero with a wind chill of -15˚F...but when it's gentle and pretty, like this morning.

It really makes it feel like Christmas!

SNOW DAY!!!!

NO WORK TODAY! NO WORK TODAY! NO WORK TODAY!
My office is closed!

and I have the day to do WHATEVER. I. WANT!

WHOO-HOO! YIPPIE! DOIN' THE HAPPY DANCE!

Snowy Winter Morning

What greeted me on my way out the door this morning...

Things I Could Be Doing If We Had A Snow Day

Things I could be doing if we had a snow day, or rather a snow half-day (we’ve already got a pool going as to if and when the Governor will close State office buildings):

1. Finishing Maddie’s quilt – Thirty 12”x12” blocks are done and stitched into rows. Now I just need to stitch the rows together and clip the seam allowances to make it a rag quilt.
2. Layer and pin John’s quilt
3. Make seasonal pillow slip covers for the throw pillows on the couch
4. Bake
5. Play in the snow with Sadie
6. Read
7. Finish the swag of greenery that I’m making for the office mantle
8. Nap

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Yesterday, I did make myself the tree skirt that I’ve been wanting. And I did it without a pattern. I love those kind of projects, especially when they turn out really well!
As you can see, it has been Nymmie tested...

and approved.

Let It Snow!

Call me crazy, but I love walking the dog at 5:30 in the morning, in the snow. I love it almost as much as the Sunday morning walks, when the streets are practically empty. But in the snow, there’s this romance; just me, Sadie and the soft sound of falling snow. The only light, the golden glow of street lamps. Bundled up tight in winter-wear, I feel like a kid again.

It’s complete solitude (save for the occasional snow plow). The side streets are the best, because they’re the last to be plowed, so no early morning drivers chance them.

Its funny how walking in the sweltering heat, freezing cold or pounding rain is a chore, but taking a walk in the snow is fun. Go fig.

This was the morning commute:

Pictures from my office:

Now if only the Governor would close State office buildings, I'd be doing the happy happy dance of joy.

Spring snow, while the garden grows

Off and on snow showers all day

Crocus flowers topped with snow (daffodils behind it)
1 week 3 days and so much has popped!
There are little bits of green thyme and basil coming through!
I ♥ spring!

Mother Nature's Holiday Gift

Surprise and excitement overtook me when I looked out the window this morning.

I bundled into my winter jacket, dug my winter boots out of the closet, threw on my hat and mittens, leashed the dog and stepped out into a winter wonderland!

Snow falling and drifting, covering the trees; everything silent, muffled...the world covered in a wooly blanket of white.

I've never had a dog that loved snow so much as Sadie. She raced around like a wild dog, burrowing into it, covering her whole body, changing her fur color from mostly black to all white. She then collapsed in the house with one of her new Christmas toys (she knows what Christmas is! She loves it! Sadie has her own stocking and wiggles frantically for every toy to be pulled out of it. She grabs them - one at a time - and makes a pile in the center of the room. When the stocking is empty, she sits on top of her pile and plays with the toy that is the most favorite of that minute).

Tallulah is not a fan of snow, she likes to watch it though...from inside the house, in the warmth and comfort of her kitty bed.

I hope that you get glorious winter (or summer) surprises today, too! Have a great weekend all!

A Moment to Breathe

The craft show is done! It was fun and a good learning experience, but not a whole lot sold - which I am okay with, because this is the first one I've ever done and it was very small (a few picts here of the space I shared with my friend Melissa). Next summer, I'm going to try to get into the Cumberland Craft Fair in southern Maine. Big venue, more people, better setting (and outdoors!)

I feel as though I can breathe again, but I'm kind of feeling lost. You know when you have a big project to do, you're pretty much on screech trying to get it all done and when you finally finish, you don't know what to do with yourself. Before you had a purpose, a focus, a timeline! Now you have...nothing. Well, that's technically not true. I still have two Christmas presents to work on, but I've got so much time to do them, that I wandered through my house yesterday trying to fill the hours, creating things for me to do!

It snowed this morning as I was leaving for work and snowed until almost noontime!

It made me giddy! Oh how I love snow!

Of course, the sun is out and it's all melting away...but for those few hours, it was magick! Big thick flakes of white filled the sky, blanketed the ground.

It's supposed to snow again later this week! I'm praying that it continues to snow off and on until Christmas to keep everything looking fresh and clean.

Oh, I didn't sell any little snowmen and tree ornaments, so I think I'm going to put them on Etsy tomorrow.

On that note, until tomorrow my friends! Hope you all had a great weekend!