After weeks of being completely engulfed by snow, the Dude has emerged. He is, as always, completely unruffled by wind, rain, snow, and thunder. He is the definition of ‘cool.’
We are in the middle of a little warming trend. It’s still quite cold at night – everything freezes – but we reach the low forties during the day so there is some melting going on. Every morning, I go outside and try to loosen the ice buildup at the end of the downspout that drains into the rain barrel. Then I tap on the downspout to loosen any chunks of ice that have built up overnight. I get a lot of pleasure watching the drip, drip, drip from that downspout. It means that the ice is disappearing from the kitchen roof .
I know we’ll have some colder days next week – just a few – but it does seem as if we’re emerging from the worst of the winter. (I’m going to tap on some wood right after I finish typing this sentence.)
I’m avoiding the news today. My tolerance limit has been reached. I need to take the weekend off. So does Don.
I ordered some wallpaper for a couple of rooms in the dollhouse – three different patterns. If I can get the wallpaper up in at least one room, I can then do the floors. But I’m moving slowly on all of this because of a very limited budget. I’m going to call this project “Slow Dollhouse Decorating” in a nod to all the YouTube “Slow Living” videos. Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing it when it arrives some time next week.
Here’s Ella supervising my crochet project. Her title? Quality Control.
Stay safe.
Happy Friday.
