Something wonderful happened this January. Instead of piles of snow and frigid temperatures, we are enjoying the effects of an "El Nino" - warm winds from the south. Yesterday the thermometer on the window read a glorious 52 degrees and it was sunny! My very being suddenly came alive and out of the gloomy funk that winter always puts me in. I began to fantasize that it truly was spring and all the possibilities that brings - working in the garden, taking hikes up the mountain, watering the lawn...I would liked to have mowed the lawn but it was still cropped short and brown. So I hooked up a hose and backed the car out of the garage and washed it. I wasn't the only one ecstatic about the weather. The entire time I was washing the car, Buddy, my 15 year-old kitty was running in and out of the garage with his tail straight up and waving and with a wild look in his eyes.
I know our fantasy will probably end, since it is only January. The coming storms and snow will bring us back to the harsh reality, but while it lasts we will soak in the sunshine and pretend that summer is here again, even for just a couple of days.
PS Update on my last blog when Buddy disappeared; he came back after about a week... and not one word about where he had been.
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There is something about sunshine and warmth that so soothing to the heart, mind and soul. Love it!
I'm so glad the weather has been better for you guys this winter. Especially for my mom! BTW, she's not sure how to post on blogs. Can you show her sometime? Thanks!
That Buddy! I can't believe he would do such a thing to his Momma. I hope you had a good talking to him! If Zoey ever did that to me, well I just don't know what I would do or say to her.
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