So apparently winter refuses to respect spring in Maine. Of course, this is typical of New England weather, but still – after a week or so of warmer temperatures, melting snow, and patches of grass showing, last night’s snowstorm was not particularly welcome! This is the view outside my windows today – yes, it looks [...]
Read More...I interrupt my mini-series on new writer tips for this special announcement: ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Snow, that is – we just had another foot of the white fluffy stuff dumped on us yesterday – and allegedly more headed this way overnight or tomorrow morning. “Le sigh.” When it gets close to spring, three and four foot [...]
Read More...Big surprise – NOT! More snow in Maine – this time a sticky snow that has transformed the landscape’s appearance. This is how it looks from the driveway side of the house around to the back yard. Our black lab in the back yard near the bird feeders is quite a contrast to all that [...]
Read More...Today’s inspiration, on this Super Bowl Sunday, derived from looking at our back yard following the latest snowstorm (which was a “lovely” mix of snow, sleet, and wind). One corner was white and “clean” with no footprints, kind of like a clean slate. It reminded me about how important it is to not allow past [...]
Read More...It’s strange, sometimes, the things we take for granted – until something happens to affect that person, situation, or condition we’re so comfortable with, that we haven’t considered any alternate reality. For instance, yesterday morning, we ran out of heating fuel – kind of a big deal up here in Maine, in the winter, especially [...]
Read More...Few words, bunches of pictures today! This is a series of pictures for you from a couple days of snowstorms; dear hubby trying to keep up with the snowplowing so we didn’t get snowed in – and a few pics of two of our kitties. Of course, I took the pictures through windows, so you [...]
Read More...That’s right – it’s snowing and blowing and I’m not going anywhere, SO … I’m declaring today an official pajama day! I’m wearing my comfy blue and penguin print flannel and thermal PJs (from Woman Within -LOVE their stuff!), plus my warm fleece snuggie. While some non-WAHers (that’s “Work At Homers” for those not familiar [...]
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