2022 Happy To Be Here

Mondays are usually the days that I walk with my friend Amy. Today we walked a popular rail trail near the airport. We saw a plane or two fly over that wasn't from a commercial airline. They were loud enough that we stopped to look. They reminded me of something the military might use but I saw no recognizable markings. It was a nice walk. Here are some other happy things from today: Spending time at the studio seems to always be a good thing. I worked some more on the Viking dress. If I have the energy after work this week I may do a little more tomorrow. The lily pads are budding on the pond we walked by.  The green circles with yellow buds poking up are hard to see in the photo. Since the last time we walked this trail someone has put up QR code signs to teach different things along the trail.  One also had the following cute sign. We didn't stay out as long as we might have because there were supposed to be passing storms.  When we got back to the cars and out...

 There was a storm today, a nor'easter, so everyone stayed home.  The wind has been blowing pretty hard so I have no idea how much snow we actually got. My guess is around six inches.  Zed and I shoveled the walkways only once so far, just before dark.  Tomorrow someone is coming to plow the driveway and we will shovel the walkways again.  I am very happy and grateful that I won't have to shovel the driveway.   Other happy things for today: We organized things around the house today.  The Christmas stuff has been mostly down but is now packed up and ready to go into the attic, hopefully tomorrow.  With the organization we were able to push the dining room table against the windows on one side which makes it much easier for me to pace around the house to get my steps.   I took some pictures throughout the day out the same window of the storm.  Here are a few. 10:44 AM 4:23 PM 5:03 PM 10:03 PM I made a delicious corn chowder for...

 There was a snow storm this morning.  I had an appointment that I couldn't cancel and Zed was gracious enough to drive me to.  We got up early, shoveled, took our time, and made it to the appointment on time.  The drive home was fine for us too.  Zed is a very good driver.  Actually, it makes me nervous to drive with him when the weather is good, but I am comforted when he is driving in the snow.  I don't claim to be rational.  Getting back into the driveway was harder than getting out.  My hands were full with breakfast things when I got home so we didn't shovel right away upon return.  About 20 minutes later I went out and started to shovel again.  At that point the rain had started.  It was so very heavy compared to the early morning shoveling.  I did the walkway and left the rest to the plow person and Zed to finish up.  The happy thing here is that we were careful and had no incidents in this morning's storm....