This and That

Alicia Sikes - Over Colorado

Since I've seen some reports from the ground of the snow in Colorado, I'm posting a photo I borrowed from my daughter's facebook account that she took flying over Colorado. Some of you in Colorado have been talking about being snowed in, so this is how you look from above!

What a difference a week can make, especially in Virginia. Here are photos from last Sunday and from today:

We have rain today which looks and feels much drearier than snow!
January is a dreary month anyway! But we do need the rain...

Snow Again

Looking out the window at the diagonal snow falling from the sky, I feel like we have moved to Alaska. It's especially disheartening to see our Southern Magnolia tree (in the photo) covered with snow. But we are lucky because just a little north of here, in the Northern Neck, they are expecting much more, and in Washington, D.C. they are measuring in feet, not inches!

Thoughts of spring fill my heart with hope. Also, there's the Williamsburg Flower Show 2010 opening on Friday at Prince George Art and Frame in Williamsburg. My art work will be part of it!

This much snow in Virginia is rare. I don't mind it for a day or two, but it's so cold snow may be on the ground for quite a while. The state didn't have much in the budget for snow removal, so VDOT may have used most of its funding for the late December storm. So far, no snow plows have come along.

The real icicles hanging outside our kitchen look identical to the ones I purchased for the season and have hanging in our entrance gallery. Amazing what they can do in China! We haven't had much snow the last few years, so I suppose we are due.