Snow, snow, snow...the latest Nor'Easter to hit upstate New York left us with a fairly substantial calling card, but it didn't deter the birds who have made my bird feeder their daily source of food. Good thing I filled it up before the last storm.
I heard on the news yesterday that it's only 65 (now 64) days until Spring (March 20). That's encouraging - only two months to go - and the daylight is lasting just a bit longer than it did two months ago. It's no longer dark as night at 5pm (always a tough transition for me to accommodate) and we've rounded the bend back toward warm sun, lush green trees and grass, and longer daylight days and evenings...aaahhhh!
I've put away most of the holiday decorations and have transitioned to just those generic "midwinter" items. I like to keep the symbols of winter - natural pine cones and some evergreens - as my literal and figurative references and decorative gestures.
The nice thing is that the brilliant ruby reds of the holidays make the transitional color thread right to Valentine's Day. It's just the shot of color I need in the house to brighten these sometimes bleak, snow-covered winter days. I've even pulled the Valentine's and Easter boxes out of storage as I plan the pieces what I want to bring out that will carry me visually and psychically through the winter and right up to the very edge of Spring.
Stay warm! :-)
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