Another Snowy Day?
We had a huge deluge of snow a few
weeks back, which knocked the school’s out of service for a week, and most vehicular movement
also. I love it when the snow is here...
children want to play out whereby normally they are indoors watching crud TV or
playing a ‘video’ game. The environment is clear, everything seems very clean. The quiet is one to covet, the snow acts as a
dampener for the ambient noise that is normally in the background and ignored
(until it goes quiet that is!)
People stop worrying about rushing everywhere;
car’s if
they can get about do so very carefully. The normal driving speed is normally
roughly 10 mph above the speed limit. What is wrong with the snow? In my eyes, nothing. It is all good. Everything looks beautiful, and when the thaw
begins, the icicles form! And OMG if they aren’t one of nature’s wonders what is? I had a very
close up look at one that was dangling down from our hanging baskets, and
noticed something that I had never seen before, in the centre of each icicle
there is a line of air bubbles, as though the icicle is indeed, a tap running
that has been caught on camera. Amazing!
This is our world... or rather; this world allows us to live here. Let’s take
care of it shall we? Take your time to notice the wonder’s that are on your very doorstep! Breathe
in the cold morning air and smell how fresh it is, how clean the air can be
without a million cars’s belching out fumes that can only serve to choke a very
fragile environment. Tell me why we cannot treat the Earth with the same
respect that we, ourselves, want to be afforded.
The snow also gives me a huge inspirational boost. I don’t have the normal hum drum of car’s scooting past our home, the window
that I look out of whilst sewing, happens to be overviewed by the road. People
walk past, some whom don’t see me even lean over our wall to look down to the area
that used to have a doorway! I mean how rude!
They stop leaving their homes, they stay indoors and dwell. Watch TV,
Complain that they can’t get out. Snow for
some reason disables people in this country. My back injury is truly vulnerable
when snow and ice are visiting, however, that doesn’t stop me. Someone has to pull the
babies on their sledge! In fact, if I were to fall over when the snow is first
laid, I have a relatively soft landing! ;-)
Well having spent the evening, making
Pin Mug/Jug’s, and embroidering the Mug Rug that will be sent off to my
lucky counterpart as a part of the Quilting Gallery Mug Rug swap. What I was
supposed to do was, make Gaia a little fluffy cover for the cushion she insists on having on top of her pillow, and
Mu Mat making for the Craft Sale in Cwmcelyn at the weekend. What happens in this room with regard to time
is currently being investigated by Stephen Hawkins!
At 0100 I should be in bed, snuggled
under the sheets and snoring (snurggling I don’t snore!).
Now I think it is time that I sat at my trusted machine and did some
work, albeit my hobby, but for the sake of a sensible sentence... let’s call it work shall we?
Take care and I hope that tomorrow
see’s a
lovely day filled with joy and plenty of haggles
J x
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