A Joyful Magical Snowfall

Saturday the Blizzard came.

Our good friends came past our place on skies,

texting me to 'look out my window' to see them waving...

I, lover of winter and snow, raced to get boots and coat on,

met them, talked and later we went to 

our new local coffee shop, and later yet to dinner,

I bringing the soup I had made just for the storm the day before,

and we had such a wonderful time

and I loved the thick snow drifts, the quiet of it

and felt so alive...

winter and snow, it does that to me...

The next day we ventured out,

unable to go to church that morning as our street was not plowed out,

and had a lovely exploratory walk 

and then came back in and had a

meal to eat while watching 1 episode of the Walton's, which

sparked a lot of conversation about 1937 and

how this episode dealt with it...

It was a lovely, cozy restful weekend and I am so thankful for it...

Today it is slowly melting away,

as NJ and NYC tries to dig themselves out...

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Today is also the leave taking of Theophany,

so I had tea with my new beautiful tea tray, as

we move towards our everyday blue and white dishes

or our simple cream yellow Fiestaware ones...

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A bit more beauty, 

for beauty is always needed...

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We are heading quickly into February, 

which is often a hard month,

winter still here, it often gets long

and I am determined to keep beauty on my table and surrounding us,

as we slowly struggle towards Lent and Pascha,

towards Spring,

towards light, summer and the seasons that come....