Mud 2 Come

What is everyone talking, rather complaining, about lately?  The weather.  When will spring come? Oh, it is so cold. Is it snowing again? It is March. This is supposed to be a crazy month. 

My attitude about the weather is let it be.  We cannot change it. We have to live with it. No matter what it is doing – sunny, raining, snowing, cloudy – someone is complaining. We need to learn to just live with it.  People, you are living in upstate New York. We get snow in the winter and winter is much longer here than the south. You get snow in the spring, sometimes even in May or June.  Summers can be really dry or cold and wet.  Fall, fall is just beautiful.  And then the cycle continues. We have four great seasons.  Sometimes it may seem that a season did not happen or was too short but that is the way with life.  And with each season, there are advantages and disadvantages.  Just depends on your point of view!

Summer

By now we are mowing lawn weekly, working in the garden and enjoying the longer evenings on our new deck!  It could be a good year without bugs or a bad year with lots of pesty bugs.

Fall

The lovely colors and the first smells of a wood fire.  Harvest time.  Cooler days mean I can bake anytime of the day.  However, the days are getting shorter.   We still enjoy the great outdoors though.

Winter

It’s a real treat waking up to a land that has been blanketed by inches of glistening white snow. It’s magical. The beauty of the first snow fall is breath-taking and well, magical.  Every year, it is magical. Special.  The fluffy snow is fun to sled in and the wet, packable snow is great to play in.  Who doesn’t like to make a snowman? Or a snow angel? Ok, with snow there is work as well. It must be shoveled.  It stresses people out when it comes to driving on snow-covered roads...just this morning I had a scare as my car danced around a corner.

Spring

Oh the fresh colors of new life.  Have you ever noticed that the first leaves that burst forth on the twig are the greenest?  Take the time to look this year then.  The blooming flowers. I get excited when I see the tulips and daffodils popping up through the ground.  As a matter of fact, I wanted to plant a few bulbs I had in the garage last weekend but the ground is frozen. So how do those delicate shoots break through the frozen soil?  Pond life coming to life and the little creatures thawing.  The return of the migratory birds. Hello Robin!  The flowering trees. The smell of fresh cut grass. And then there is the mud…the mud… the kids and the mud….the dog and the mud.  The mud in the house, on the floor, on the clothes, boots, stairs, and on my light-colored rug.  

Awww… and that is where we are now, living in a mud-filled life.  It seems to be everywhere as I track after it cleaning it up.  I always seem to be a step behind the mud trail!