Last week we were covered in ice…some of thickest I’ve seen! Lines went down, power went out, internet went down. Three days later we’re back on….but yesterday the icy rain started again and the internet went out.
Ice is still all over the trees, and when the sun shines it is one of the most beautiful sights! It looks like everything is made out of glass – it gleams!
This morning is drab and gloomy, the outdoors thick with frozen white waiting for the thermometer to rise, the sun to come out and melt it all away.
Bushes are starting to have hints of pinkish red on their branches. I noticed a weeping willow starting to yellow up on its branches. About a dozen of our freshly planted (last fall) crocus bulbs are sending spiky green shoots up in the midst of all this cold, even the birds have changed their tune…beginning their springtime tweets.
We have good family who invited us to stay in their warm home, sleep in their warm beds and share good food with them until the power came back on. Our home was down to 50*….still a bit cold for the little kids (even us big kids 🙂 )
Times of adversity, whatever it is, bring people closer together. We were checking in on friends and family, making sure they were doing okay, willing to share what we had with them, drawing and giving strength to each other.
Tomorrow is March 1st, we’ll still have some bad weather, but the winds are beginning to blow winter away and blow in spring.
I’m glad for the rainbow in every cloud. Do you see it?
Mrs. Goodfinder 