This too shall pass

I meant to post a few days ago, when my husband pointed out to me the first blooming flowers of the coming Spring.  My Crocus are blooming.  I love these little guys........they were here beside the big Oak tree when I moved here and are invisible for 95% of the year, and then...THERE THEY ARE !  Praise God in all His glory !

You can see the Buttercups coming along behind.

I went to bed at around 8 p.m. last night, tired from work, and I awakened to rise before 5 this morning.  That's good, as I've been sleeping until nearly eight in the mornings, and with next week's time change, that would be 9 a.m. !   So I needed to start working my way back to an earlier rising.  I don't expect to stick with 5 a.m., but 6:30 would be nice.

When I went out to put a letter in the mailbox this morning, the weather was damp and balmy, but now the wind has changed directions, the temperature is dropping and the rain has begun.  It is expected to change to sleet and then snow.  I got my groceries yesterday, and have fabric sitting out on my cutting table and a new skein of yarn in my bag,.......so I'll be sittin' purty for a few days UNLESS we lose power.   I'm praying that that doesn't happen, and I hope that you're all well, safe, and warm.  Love you.

Anticipation !

Spring can't be too far away........to my wonderful surprise, the first Crocus, in fact, the first blooms of 2014, were proudly lifting their heads yesterday afternoon in my front yard !   Just the day before there was nothing in that spot but a few of what looked like blades of grass, then, VOILA !  Beautiful blooms of brilliant purple against the dry brown  grass just made my day !




Buttercups, jonquils, Narcissus.......whatever they are, are also poking their stems and buds through the ground now too.

 In my flowerbeds, I couldn't resist the warm days, and I raked away a winter's worth of leaves.  I hope I don't regret it when we have the next few days of cold temperature's return !   I just couldn't resist seeing what was hiding below.

I've been hand-quilting, and I have almost completed the little baby quilt with the dandelion print.   Tomorrow is quilt-meeting day, and I think I will just drop by and show the finished brown quilt-top that I started last month, and this baby quilt, unbound.  Our feeding program starts earlier now, so I need to be able to get back home to feed hubby and myself before slipping away for an afternoon/evening's work.