A Pinch of Joy

It’s ninety degrees!!  In March!!  People are breaking out the shorts and lawn sprinklers. Strong winds with even stronger gusts blow night and day.   The wildfires in the western part of the state have burned an area larger than the size of Rhode Island times two.  It’s crazy!!!  But the red finches and black […]

“High winds, red flag warning” flashed on the weather app last night — NOT kidding.  Straight 45 mph wind with gusts up to 65 mph attacked the house and is predicted through Sunday night – creak, howl, occasionally a bang from tools or toys left outside from who knows where. People are urged not to […]

Daylight savings time already!   And the whooping cranes are beginning their flight to their summer home.  Our afternoon walks only require jackets instead of heavy coats.  The winds are still strong and often chilly, but spring is definitely  on the way.    Time keeps speeding up – or is that just me?  Thank you for […]

15th Linky Party Anniversary this month!   It was a cold and snowy night in 2011 that I decided I needed to learn something new and started a blog.  A couple of months later Busy Monday was first published.  And now here we are!!!  Today the features include a post,  written in Dutch and translated by […]

Finally had a real snow this week!  Very picturesque, with slowly swirling huge flakes accumulating quickly.  And the best kind of snow as it is already melted four days later, instead of hanging around for weeks.   I’m now ready for spring and today is beautiful and sunny!   However, it is still quite cold and the […]

For the last several years, we’ve wrapped the decorated skinny six foot tree on New Year’s Day and stashed it away.   This year I bought a new flocked tree to fit in the same spot, only taller.    Got out the ornaments collected through our little family’s history and arranged them on the tree. Gold […]