Saturday Morning

     Finally, a spring day, with sunshine and some warmth to it. This has been the longest winter and the most difficult spring to get going that I can remember in a long time. Sometimes I think it is just that I’m getting older. I noticed this winter I have less tolerance for the cold. No longer do I want to venture out on a cold winter evening for a walk. I prefer to admire the beauty of new fallen snow from the warmth of indoors. I find myself turning up the furnace. I daydream about white sandy beaches and islands surrounded by an azure sea. I also am beginning to understand why so many retirees more south.
     But if spring would just arrive I will be fine. I’ve already bought some native plants from the Missouri Wildflower Nursery, even if they are still in the garage awaiting planting. My plan is to turn my backyard into a combination native plants and vegetable garden. I’m not sure how my Homeowners Association will feel about that. They seem to prefer large expanses of sterile yard grass that takes weekly applications of fertilizer and herbicides and underground watering systems. And then they wonder why the containment ponds get so full of that “horrible scum”.

Construction Ahead...Slow

As you can see I didn't make any progress on re-establishing my blog over the holidays. I did have good intentions, I really did. It may be stop and go for a while but I'm still trying.

We are seriously into some winter weather here in Kansas City. The past few weeks we have seen snowstorms (almost a foot), bitter winds (below zero temperatures), and even freezing rain. The forecast for the rest of the week is for more of the same.

Teacher was out of school today due to the bad weather. I made it across town to the university and was only about thirty minutes late. From the number of cars in the ditch not everyone was so lucky.

Tonight Teacher cooked one of the best dinners I have had in a long time. She baked a whitefish called Swai over stewed tomatoes. The fish was very delicate and sweet. She also served a butternut squash risotto with Italian sausage. For a side she wilted fresh spinach. It was all so very delicious.

It was a colorful dish but regretfully I had eaten most of it before I even thought to take a picture. Maybe next time? Well, tomorrow is another winter day here in the Midwest. Snow anyone?

Hello! Anyone home?

Look at all the cobwebs. It must have been a while since anyone has been around. I wonder if the people that lived here abandoned it, or maybe they went bankrupt like so many others.

I wonder, would it be worth rehabilitating?

Why not! This is the first day of my two week holiday break. I haven’t anything better to do in this cold, dismal Midwest weather. Well, here goes…. Under Construction!