We had an out-of-the-blue snow shower this morning, the kind where big, fat snow flakes are swirling around in the air, settling on the ground and on surfaces, only to disappear a short time later. Rather magical.
So I pulled on my coat and boots and took a picture or two.
Now the sun is trying to make an appearance. We’re not quite there yet. Update: It just emerged!
Warmer temperatures are on the docket for the week ahead. Not unseasonably warm, just what they should be at this time of year. Now we enter that in-between time here in the Northeast. It’s no longer winter, but it’s not warm enough to do anything in the garden. I do have some cleanup to do from the fallen tree limb, but I want to be completely done with this cold before I attempt that. I’m looking forward to it, though! Just getting out there and doing something (other than shoveling snow) will be lovely.
I promised you a picture of the bunny pillow and promptly forgot about it until this morning. Here it is. I love this design, which looks like it’s been carved out of a wood block and stamped on the fabric. I haven’t seen any of my bunnies yet, but when they appear, I’ll be a happy camper.
As long as they stay out of my garden.
Happy Sunday.
Love the bunny pillow. It matches your mat/rug perfectly. I’m with you. I am sooooo over winter. Over!
Enjoy your day.
Monica
Ready for spring, Monica!
Love the bunny pillow. We haven’t seen any bunnies hopping down the bunny trail here yet, either. Surely by next week!!
And we haven’t had any kind of precipitation here in a very long time. We are in drought status. Looks like there is a chance of rain this week so I think it will help the grass to begin greening up. We are so tired of looking at yards and fields full of dull brown. Boy, I am never quite satisfied, am I??
Glad you are feeling better and getting your strength back. Have a good and peaceful Sunday.
I’m so sorry to hear you’re in drought status, Chris! Hoping for rain for you.
I love the bunny pillow and it does look like a wood block print. I’m happy the snow didn’t stay long and you are having some sunshine. More rain here today and my stomach and head are a bit icky (allergies? migraine?) so I’m going to just take it easy today. Hugs!!
Take it easy, my friend! Spring is on the way!
hi, claudia. glad you are feeling some better and hope you keep healing!
whenever i’ve been sick and cooped up, i get anxious to “do things” … especially outside, but almost anything is better to me at that point than laying in a sickbed … and then i push and do too much too soon, then i have a setback and it takes me even longer to heal. think there’s just too much to do and so much i want to do, but i need to learn that lesson – the world will still go on!
that pillow looks sweet. think i will head to target soon!
happy sunday!
kathy in iowa
You should get one, Kathy. Bonus: you can use it outdoors, as well.
That bunny pillow is adorable. It matches perfectly with the rug. Have a restful Sunday.
Marilyn
I did, Marilyn. I hope you did too!
The only snowflakes I like are those that come out of nowhere…and don’t accumulate, because they are beautiful… and the first snowfall of the season. Since those occasions have passed, I am done with winter…hear that Mother Nature?
Glad you are feeling better…cute pillow…where did you put it? You could keep that one out all the time. I’m looking forward to some predicted rain this week…we really need it. Enjoy your day! ;)
It’s on the sofa in the den. I do plan to keep it out all the time!
The pillow and rug are adorable! The bunnies on them look like my friend’s Belgian Hares.
I sure love bunnies, Wendy!
The bunny pillow is cute. We have yet to see any bunnies so far this spring. We have however seen some skunks running around the property. We too are waiting for it to begin to warm up a bit. Than all of the outdoor work will begin. The clean up from a long winter is always rough, hard work but so enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.
I agree. It will feel good to be out there again, doing all that cleanup work. There’s a nice reward at the end of it!
I love the whole bunny thing at Easter. The chocolate ones. Toy ones. Decor like yours. A former neighbor had them (real ones) as pets and I used to love to see her bunnies scampering around in the yard when she had them out for some exercise. They looked so soft and cuddly.
Hope now, since we’ve gotten some lucky “late” rain here in SoCalif (we did okay considering the wide swath of burn area from wildfire in December and potential for slide/debris flow; officials have done amazing work to be prepared for rain; I really didn’t think we’d get any more rain but March delivered and I love seeing [and hearing] the canyon creek ‘alive again’ with water as it makes its way to the river when all has been too dry); anyway, hope with the rain greening things up, that I’ll see surviving wildlife in the foothills again at dusk, like we used to, pre-drought and pre-fire (rabbits, deer – – munching on new green shoots).
We took a drive yesterday, just in our locale, and the ‘spring green’ grasses particularly stand out against the charred landscape – – the green popping out even more vibrantly against the black backdrop. (The damaged land trying to renew itself; nature is a wonder.) Amazing green, I couldn’t get enough of it; almost a yellow-green in places. Gorgeous. High meadows so green they looked backlit although they were under cloud cover. Color is so much sharper after a rain, with everything washed off. And the cloud play has been spectacular; we’ve still got a lot of clouds today. Was raining in the backcountry yesterday and the far horizon was the deepest navy-blue. It felt spectacular to be alive and I felt so grateful for my surroundings.
Glad you’re on the mend, Claudia.
Vicki it is so good to hear you sounding happy again!…As the land is renewing it’s self…so are you…my best wishes to all for happier days ahead! 🐝
Well, thank you. I do think the blackened landscape really got to us out here (still is/does). There was just such widespread destruction from the fire. Recovering from a wildfire of this scope takes a long, long time. Some people’s burned-out properties have been cleared; so many others, not yet. It’s been gloomy. But I finally stopped coughing a few weeks ago/early-mid March. Exhausted with coughing since December 10, thereabouts; my lungs/airways couldn’t take the smoke and it takes awhile for repair when you’re asthmatic like I am. I appreciate your good wishes, Nancy. Hope you’re off to a great week!
So happy to hear that things are looking up for you and that green is taking over your landscape. What a well-deserved blessing for all of you who have been through so much. Wonderful!
Thanks for sharing my joy/gratitude about Spring appearing to have sprung! It IS wonderful!
xoxo
Are weather been off and on today. Coffee is on
I’m drinking coffee at this very moment, Dora!
I do enjoy the snow that you described…big flakes swirling around and best of all…they instantly disappear! I am really looking forward to the warmer temperatures coming…I will wait until they are here to take my walkabout and see who all is poking their heads out the ground and how many trees are getting their buds!…I love the bunny 🐇 pillow and rug!
I can’t wait for warmer weather, Nancy! We deserve it! (I saw buds on my climbing hydrangea!)