This is what it looks like where I live right now, at the tail-end of March.
Snowy and muddy and very much still winter.
I was supposed to go to Vermont for the weekend to visit a friend and her new(ish) baby, but I came down with a cold and didn't want to go coughing all over my friend's baby.
Vermont wouldn't have been much of an improvement in climate, but it would have been away, which is something I've been needing lately.
As it turned out, the kids were gone for most the weekend, so it was almost like a vacation, at least from other people's needs.
I found myself in a nearly empty house with a lot of free time, which is a state I dream about but rarely experience, yet I couldn't settle down to do anything.
Whatever powers the perpetual motion that propels me through winter seems to have run out of fuel.
I spent a fair amount of time working on my final project for my naturalist class. I was pretty excited by this turtle for about a minute after I finished it, and then my mind spun into the abyss of "my drawings are so flat I don't understand perspective and they have no character and this is going to be the worst project ever."
It was time to get outside.
A walk to the (starting to break up) river, and some time just lying around doing absolutely nothing, followed by a little reading and daydreaming helped. Funny how hard it is to do nothing.
When E and Z got home Sunday afternoon, we did a little half-hearted Easter decorating.
It's kind of hard to get in the Easter spirit with snow still so deep I sank up over my knees when I went off trail.
We didn't have any wheat berries for starting Easter grass and no one even dressed up in the bunny costume and hid eggs.
I am sorry to hear that you are so fed up of the cold and wintriness. I do hope that the melting comes soon and the beautiful greenery of spring follows soon after. When does that usually happen for you? We are now covered in snow too, not as deep as yours, so I am hoping that all my spring bulbs that have poked their way through the earth are not killed off by the cold!
ReplyDeleteA weekend with no one in the house now that would be strange. I think I would be like a rabbit in the headlights not knowing what to do with all the time!
I definitely had a rabbit in the headlights feeling much of the time! We've got a few more weeks of snow melt and mud. This year's kind of extreme, but it's not unheard of to have snow until Earth Day!!
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ReplyDeleteI love the turtle! And that mud. My goodness I only see mud puddles like that when it's raining. The moment the rain stops the water all soaks into the ground. Sending you desert sunshine!
ReplyDeleteThank you, KC! It's funny how an overabundance of something for one (mud!) can be a rare gift to another. It's all in perspective. I'm feeling those desert rays already!!
DeleteWinter still has a little hold on us too, but today it seems to be loosening its grip just a little bit, the sun is shining and tomorrow we are suppose to see 16C...whooohoooo!!!!
ReplyDeleteIs that your home? It is gorgeous!
We've got sun here, too. I'll take every minute I can get!
DeleteYes, that's our home. Thank you so much!
Lovely photos. The mud pix are particularly captivating. I guess because I know what that season is like, and you capture it so well. I understand you fed-up-ness. We only just began to thaw out. Finally have a few nice days. And yes, your home is beautiful! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amanda. Spring gets a little closer every day (with minor snow squall setbacks). Enjoy the thaw!
DeleteI hope that by now you are feeling a bit better. I know that for us, the little 5 inch snow storm we had on Saturday morning before Easter was the clincher. We were just about ready to hop in the car and leave. *sighs* But this week should be nicer. At least above freezing. And more importantly NO SNOW! Hope the forecast is similar in your area. xox
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