The personal blog of a girl named Alexa
The first few days of March have been gloriously warm and sunny. The day time temperatures have been in the 50’s and by the weekend they will be in the 60’s. I would love to see it hit 70 degrees! That’s Spring!
I wonder if the old wive’s tale of March coming in like a lamb means that it will go out like a lion? I sure hope not. We had such a nasty winter, everyone is sick of the cold and the wet and the wind. We are ready for Spring and Summer!
My favorite winter sport is ice hockey, although I am not much of an ice skater myself. As I have so much trouble just skating around an indoor ice rink on my own, I have a deep admiration fro the men who play professional ice hockey and not only do they skate like mad men across the ice, they also chase and whack a small black puck, shooting it with a deadly accuracy into a 6 foot wide net guarded by a large, well padded man wielding a big stick.
I was able to watch some of the Olympics hockey over the weekend, as well as some of the luge events, the downhill skiing and even curling. I’m not interested at all in the figure skating, but a lot of the other winter sports are interesting to watch the competitors and to listen to the announcers as they make comments and describe the unfolding events.
Today is a holiday, too. President’s Day. Schools are closed, stores are having winter sales, my office is closed – so are the post office, the banks and all government offices.
But it’s snowing and I don’t want to take a chance on wrecking my car on the slick roads. So I’m staying home and cleaning house, playing a few spades games online, and watching the NCIS marathon on the USA cable channel. It’s a good day!
Did you see the moon at sunset today? Wow! It was a big orange harvest moon. Made the whole evening seem magical. Wish I had a good enough camera to take a picture of it.
Last month just flew by! September is always busy for my family. Lots of birthdays, a kickoff long weekend, and school is back in session. So the days get shorter and cooler, and next thing you know it is October!
Looking forward to pretty fall leaves and maybe a trip up to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg this year. Just to get away for a couple of days and appreciate Mother Nature again.