Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Winter Doesn’t Want to Leave

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Well, crap. I thought the snow that fell the other day was it for the winter, but, silly me, we have another storm coming tomorrow with anywhere from 2- 5 inches and lots of wind.

I’m completely and utterly over it, especially since Don can’t shovel at the moment. Also: the snow from the other day will have melted completely at the end of today, just in time for more. It’s going to hit the mid-fifties today and then drop to the thirties tomorrow.

The latest, and most likely, last puzzle of the winter season: The World of James Joyce. What an incredible illustration on this one!

Olivia had a change of clothing yesterday. I’d been thinking that this outfit from Qiulizio would be perfect with that hair color. Gosh, this girl is adorable!

It was also time for another girl to wear the glasses:

Little Pippa, whose eyes now seem larger, even though I know there are no lenses in these glasses.

Our local weather guys say that this storm is still highly unpredictable and it could end up being a ‘bust.’ I guess it all has to do with tracking and when rain turns into snow. I’ll take bust, please.

We finished watching the third season of Stranger Things  on Netflix. Excellent! Now, we have to wait until the new season drops in May.

That’s it for now, my friends.

Stay safe.

Happy Friday.

 

 

Snow

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It snowed all day long yesterday. A heavy, wet snow with big, flat flakes. Snow coated the bushes and tree limbs. It’s still that way this morning. We’re warming up into the forties today, so much of it will disappear later in the day. It’s actually quite lovely. Hopefully, it’s the last snow this winter, but March is March, so we’ll see. As it is, we don’t have to be anywhere and I’m going to let the warmer temps later today function as our “shovel.”

I’m getting restless for spring, though there are certainly things to occupy my time indoors. Deep cleaning and sorting and donating, for one. Painting, working on both of the dollhouses, reading (which I have been doing, but I haven’t been allowing myself big chunks of time with a book.) This is always a tricky time – spring is coming but it isn’t here yet. The weather gets quite warm for a day or two and you can smell spring in the air and then it snows a day later. And even when it does get warmer, there’s a period of time when all you can do is clean up the yard and wait. In this area of the country, I can’t uncover the garden beds until it’s safe for new growth. I certainly can’t plant seeds until the first week of May. But once it’s warmer, I can clean some of the siding on the house and clean the porch railings with a bleach solution.

Did I tell you that the roofers fixed our gutter? They even pitched the gutter so that the water would flow down the gutter more efficiently. Wasn’t that lovely? We didn’t ask them to do it, they just did it. The supervisor said “We couldn’t do all the work on the roof and leave the gutter that way.”

In these times, little kindnesses mean a great deal.

Stay safe.

Happy Thursday.

Done

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It needs to be painted – that’s not happening this year – and the landscape is rather bleak right now, but this baby has a new roof:

We get a LOT of wind here and this shed is in the line of fire. After 20 years, lots of the shingles on the back slope of the roof had blown off. And so the leaks began. Even after our big clean out of the shed a couple of years ago, we had to group things inside the shed in places where there were no leaks. So all of our excitement about the relative spaciousness of the interior after the clean out was ‘dampened.’

These guys were great. They were done with everything – including replacing some shingles on the porch roof and creating a barrier so that we will not have leaks inside the screen door every time it rains – by 2:00. The town inspector came by and okayed everything. We are very happy with their work. The nails used on the shed shingles are longer than the ones that were there, so they should be more secure.

The dumpster is still here, but it’s supposed to be picked up today. Today…when we’re getting some snow. Everything finally melted and here comes winter showing its face again. Though we’re not getting much and tomorrow it’s supposed to reach the mid-forties, so it won’t be with us long.

Frankly, snow will make it look somewhat pretty again. We’re at that stage of winter where everything is brown and gray and both Don and I were saying this morning that it looks depressingly bleak out there.

Thank you, Spoiler Alert. You enabled us to pay for the roof repairs!

I’m getting an itch to start painting in oils again. I have to finish the puzzle I’m currently working on and then maybe one more? Maybe not. I have some ideas – I’d love to paint some of my egg cups. Don would like me to paint some of his guitars – wouldn’t it be neat to paint each of them and have them framed for his space in the office?

So, soon I’ll be transitioning the kitchen table from puzzle pieces to the easel.

I’m so glad the repairs have finally been done. There are many other repairs that need to happen around here, but the roofs were the top priority.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

 

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