• Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 4.21.2013

     Outside my window…is the end of another weekend.  At around 11:00 this evening we are at 47°F with clear skies.  The weather channel says it feels like 43°F and I’m wondering if I should be worried about the house plants I took outside a couple of weeks ago.  I guess it is too late to worry about that now…I hope they will be alright.  We had an absolutely beautiful, albeit chilly, weekend.  There was a nice overnight soaking rain on Friday and into the early hours Saturday morning that washed the thick layer of pollen away.  A cold front moved in with that rain and left the air feeling brisk and…

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 3.3.2013

    Outside my window…is a beautiful blue sky, sunshine and a bit windy.  It is also 37°F but with the brrrr chilly wind it feels like 29°F at 9:45 this morning.  You know what, I don’t care if it is cold because there are blue skies and sunshine….for the first time since Thursday morning.  I don’t know if I suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)…I have never been clinically diagnosed as such….but I can say that after day in and day out of nothing but clouds, it does affect my mood and spirit.  I want to feel the warmth of the sun on my face, I want to squint in the bright sunlight, I…