Winter Drags On...

Winter drags on and so do I.  What is going on?  I can't remember having snow or ice lingering on after six days, ever!  Come on sunshine, where are you?  We are used to going all Winter some years without having any snow.  And when we do get snow or ice it usually warms up after a couple of days and it all melts and goes away.  That is but one of the many things I love about Texas!

If you'll remember, it was six days ago when I first posted photos of the sleet we got on Monday.  Then we got more snow/sleet on Wednesday.  Now here it is Saturday and we still have remnants of snow/ice in places!  It's been too cold for it all to melt!

There is even a thin sheet of ice on our little shallow pond!  Crazy!

This snowman looks forlorn....the ground and driveway is clear but it is too cold for the snowman to melt!

I call this one "hiker snowman"!  It's head is gone but its visor and bandana are still there AND it still has its hiking poles!  Poor thing!

On these cold winter days I spend a lot of time reading or working on a jigsaw puzzle.  It passes the time away.

When I arrived at work yesterday morning and got out of my car I captured this incredible sunrise!

I'm sure by now you are tired of listening to me go on and on about how much I dislike the cold and wet Winter weather we have had this week.  I have much to be thankful for...at least we don't live in Boston...or anywhere else up north.

 

I was rummaging around in one of our desk drawers and came across this old bumper sticker...

Reminder to myself....Stop your whining!  Spring is just around the corner!

By the way, this extraordinary quilt of the United States of America was made by hand, by Tom's grandmother.  What a gifted woman she was!