The Long and Cold Winter

snow filled deck

the pear trees in this winter

A really hard winter this year
Blame it on polar fortex

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/473323-polar-vortex-midwest-weather-back-below-zero/?photo=2
Schools cancelled, snow, black ice, shovel, snow blower, wind chills
When will this winter ends ?

I've been lazy ; skipping the gym,
watching the Netflix for hours
baking the goods that were not as good as I hope

I borrowed Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter
Finally, I feel luckier than those folks long ago
At least the heater is on, the groceries open,
the road is not blocked, the car is running, the gas is available

dear S, thanks for the shawl

So I don't want to complain ...
just be thankful of what are available to me
and use them ( hello again gym )