MiD WinTeR CrAZy WeAtHeR

Today the news was all about

 the blizzard

of 2011 hitting Chicago.

Now I know from experience

in one of the California earthquakes

 that the weather persons

e x a g g e r a t e

in order to create news. 

I guess a worried public

is more likely to watch and listen to them. 

Or

 are they just in the business of spreading fear?

It did strike me as

 crazy

that there was a blizzard in Chicago

and we were having

66 degree temperatures

HERE

 in FEBRUARY. 

YIPPEE!!

 But that’s what this day is

MIDWINTER

  half way between

winter and spring 

between

Winter Solstice

and

Spring Equinox.

 

It’s an ancient Pagan Holiday

known under many names

(Imbolc, Candlemas)

until it was turned into

Groundhog Day here

where that poor furry critter

gets rudely awakened

and dangled around

by his rough. 

(Where is PITA in all this??)

That’s how most folks know MidWinter now.

 

But I digress…….

under whatever name,

the days are getting longer

the

is rising earlier

there is just

more light

and today the temperatures are down right

WARM

Time to

CELEBRATE!!!

I am SO ready for spring.  

Besides,

I don’t need much of an excuse to

CELEBRATE!!!

and this gorgeous day was a good one. 

Especially since just

4 days ago

this is what it looked like around here.

 

Crazy Weather…..

Snow on the 28^th of January

and 66 degrees on the 2^nd of February

To start my celebration,

I had…..

YOU guessed it

 

Choc chip pancakes

And then

time to GET OUTside

and enjoy these temperatures

So I spent time outside

cutting back my poor ferns.

Their foster mother had taken

not so good care

of them for 9 weeks. 

When I gave them to her

they would hardly fit in the car they

were so BIG and full.

NOW look!

Pretty certain she managed to

 kill one

and severely wound the other.  

I’ve had these ferns for 30 years mind you

and they were cuttings taken from ferns

in my great aunt’s house

since the 1930’s

so they are pretty special to me.    

 

BUT

one appears to be going to make

it after 2 months of

loving care and attention

Take a look at those little shoots just giving it

 their all.
Look closely, there is a fiddle head in the back.

 

There will definitely not be an adoption in the future

Will I be the only one with

a fern

in her rig?

Winnona will love it!!.

Although

what I really needed to be doing

was sorting and packing inside,

it was just too beautiful outside

and besides

I was celebrating RIGHT?  

So I also pruned back the huge hydrangeas

now

they will bloom like crazy

as they do every year

Even though I will NOT be here to see them. 

I’ll enjoy the thoughts of them.

I got the home made Danish

from Foods of All Nations

 

that is always

part of the

 Midwinter Day

joys. 

It’s a great tradition

BELIEVE YOU ME!! 

Mother Nature

out did herself

the entire day

with such glorious temperatures

and this wonderful sunset.

 

It was just the up lift I needed

to get me back on track

and banish those winter blues.

Hope your Midwinter Day was worth celebrating

even if it brought you a blizzard. 

Snow is beautiful if you only have to

look

 

 at it

so do just that.

 

Celebrate

By staying off the roads

and leaving the shoveling

 until later!!

What can it hurt?

 Right??

Just curious,

do any of you bring plants

or only animal pets

along with you on the road??

What did you do to celebrate this

Exact half way point between

Winter and Spring?