if you live in an area where the winters are cold and icy, you know what I mean
the wind has been blowing so hard the past 12 hours, you'd think spring was here... but the wind chill is about 14* they say right now
we are thick with school, and everything else that comes with being indoors for a few months... the sounds of cards being shuffled, book pages turnings, and the kettle whistle blow to a serenade of the piano are most often heard on the weekends to pass the time
this cabin fever makes or breaks a family
though the children would much rather be outdoors building snowmen, the rain the follows the snowstorms prevents that from happening... but we are grateful for the moisture any way we can get it (even though it does make for a slippery gravel driveway with all that ice!)
Ah, the wind blows like she has a temper, like she too is tired of being cold
soon enough the warm air will blow... so I better start planning my garden and starting seed indoors like my mom has started I'm sure...
this week is broken up a bit, and the blessings of the ashes are on Wednesday to mark our eternal reminder that we are but ashes, that we come from the earth
what a beautiful thing
what a beautiful thing this cabin fever does to my soul, giving it rest, and those around me more rest
the toil we will endure soon enough will need all the strength we can gather
xo+blessings,