Winter Feels Over!

I did not expect such gloriously warm sunshine midday on Sunday, nor did I expect the sky to clear completely yesterday morning. When I got up, it was pouring rain, but by sunrise, there wasn’t a cloud to be seen. It was a cool 2° and there are more cold mornings ahead when a few days of sunshine and clear nights are predicted. But there’s no snow in the forecast through until March.

I feel like we’ve made it through this season. Spring feels like it’s already here, and it thrills me to know that I made it through a Winter so easily. I’m looking forward to spending time outside. There’s a ton of work to be done on the gardens. I bought a new garden tool on Amazon. I got a long-handled tiny rake so that I can refresh my gardens without getting down on all fours.

Oh, how wonderful it is right now. Robins are back and chirping. I love the sound of them. They are the sound of summer for me. Young people pushing the season in t-shirts, daffs blooming, everything budding like mad, and the fragrances. It smells like Spring. I am so happy!

I worked on my SPACE homework. The job I am doing as a volunteer, creating as extensive a database as possible of speech language therapists who treat stuttering. I’ve spent about seven hours on it so far and I don’t have much to show for all my work. But each day I do a couple of hours and slowly the list is growing. I probably have another dozen hours to do.

When I quit the SPACE work, Her Highness and I went for a lovely walk through the Elder Cedar grove, and we saw only one other person. It was warm and wonderful walking in the sunshine, and then I came home to make a big batch of pasta sauce very rich in fresh vegetables. And for a special treat, I bought some fresh-made egg and spinach pasta.

At 18:30, I was ready for bed. I did not watch a movie last night. I am over exposed. I was saved by the arrival of my six books by Kate Atkinson, and I started reading the first one right away. Woo hoo. I’ll be reading more today, and I’ll do more SPACE work, but the coming week is going to be pretty great. Sun is predicted for almost every day, but with some clouds, so I may get some work done outside.

Interior of the Church of Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland