Blankets Are Nice...

I guess I have to admit it.

I'm getting old.

Today is the first time in all my life, except when I was a baby, that I've been in my p.j.'s all day long. I didn't take a hot bath this morning which is usually the first thing I do. I didn't wash and dry my hair. I didn't put on make-up. I haven't done anything except stay wrapped in a blanket lying on the divan. Yes...blankets are nice on a day like today.

It has been COLD.

And drizzly.

Even spitting sleet at times.

The high temperature has been 41 degrees. No. That's not freezing. But after a couple of weeks of temperatures in the 80's and 90's, it sure has seemed like it.

I'm certainly not complaining about the moisture we've received. It is a God send. We've been dry as Ezekiel's bones.

The high temp tomorrow is forecast to be 55 degrees with 20% chance rain. After that, the days will be getting warmer and warmer.

Out of the p.j.'s, off the divan, and back to normal routine....unless we have the proverbial "Easter Spell".

Peace to your household...

Rain!

It rained this afternoon. A short-lived thunderstorm moving quickly through the area. It reminded me of a little poem by the late Mattie J.T. Stepanek:

RAIN!

Rushing, pouring arrows of water,

Aiming towards the ground to feed earth,

In many different forms and seasons,

Nonstop until clouds tire and the sun wakes.

February 2000