knitting is a hereditary disease

Today’s a new and better day.

Posted on 12/23/2008 by Barb | Comments (0)
Filed under : Random Thoughts

This post has nothing at all to do with knitting.

It has been difficult getting into the Holidays this year, there’s no denying it.

Yesterday I was all caught up in how everyone seems to be struggling this year … why? I’m sure there are lots of reasons, we all have our own. The economy for a lot of us, late Thanksgiving/short shopping season maybe. All the gloom and doom in the media doesn’t help. Our own unique challenges this year fur-sure (that’s Minnesotan for certainly). Fear, ya, that too.

I was noticing (and lamenting) yesterday that a lot of people in my neighborhood and along my drive to work who normally decorate like crazy haven’t decorated much or at all this year. My front porch is not decorated this year.

But my drive in this morning ....

We’ve had quite a lot of snow over the last week or so. We’ve gotten used to the roads being greasy. It forces a person to slow down a little. That’s not a bad thing, slowing down a little.

It snowed some last night, and during my drive to work today, we received another light dusting. Not a problem … I was just putzing along, mentally inventorying where I am with regard to Christmas preparations. (I’m not doing too badly, actually, now that I finally have some Christmas spirit … getting the tree Saturday is what did it for me.)

Anyway, I was smitten by how beautiful things are. There’s something special about buildings tuckpointed and roofed in white, tree branches and trunks, and even grasses outlined in white … and weak, cold-blue shadows on a pristine white blanket.

So, thank you, Mother Nature, for filling in the cracks, chinks, and battle scars, with some Christmas decorating of your own.

Happy Holidays to all!