We're still in our little condo on top of the hill. Still cozy, still warm....yet, if truth be known, I'm getting a little "cabin fever";)
But hope is in sight....the sun has broken through the clouds, and patches of blue are "busting out all over"........
Our entire hill is glazed this morning. The show melted a little yesterday afternoon and then refroze overnight. The sun hitting it makes the entire landscape a blinding white and gold and frosty blue. The thaw will be coming soon, creaking and groaning like my old bones in the early morning. And with this, we will be free to roam the countryside a bit and to explore the mountains that will still be in the depths of the freeze. I'm looking forward to these adventures that await me.
The pictures above are of scenes from our yard and windows this morning.
The sun first appeared yesterday afternoon as a frosty, hazy orb in the sky. Snowflakes were drifting and floating in the surrounding sky. Then, this morning, its light broke through in earnest and gilded our entire town's rooftops in the process.
Cynthia Nicolini, from Alamo Elementary, taught me the British term "chufft" many years ago. That's exactly what the little birds on my fence were doing a bit ago. Their fluffed feathers serve as God's down comforters for them, and delight me in the process.
And the sight of Grassy Mountain in the last picture gives me hope for wonderful "treasures in the snow" tomorrow!
For today....back to coffee, and reading, and dreaming....
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