The Last Laugh

We heard the icy pellets hit our windows all night long...

tap...tap-tap...tap-tap-tap.

Like a sweet lullaby.

Then their second cousins joined the chorus...

creak...thump...bumpity-bump-bump!

We knew that winter wasn't done with us yet

and when we woke...

it was to a frozen world.

Tree branches had fallen under the weight...

power lines were down...

everything was coated in a layer of ice.

Even my window screens...

The weathermen are calling these tree-cicles...

it works!

Oh how my view keeps changing...

just when I allowed Spring to spring into my thoughts...

winter has the last laugh!

But there is no denying the beauty of winter.

I will enjoy these last few precious days of winter.

I will not rush through them unnoticed.

I will not get caught-up dreaming of tomorrow when

beautiful moments are all around me...begging to be savored.

I will be like a child

who looks on this snowy scene and sees one thing...

fun.

With electricity out

I found myself turning back to a project that

needed nothing more than

my time.

Knitting.

With my cold still lingering on

and my energy level still not up to par...

this was about all the fun I could muster.

My sister Susie gave me this ball of Mini Mochi yarn

for my birthday (in August) in "beach comber"

shades.

She called them "my colors"

I must agree.

A scarf to enjoy knitting now in shades that will

look great on the beach.

Okay...

maybe I am still dreaming just a wee little bit.