Monday, February 22, 2010, 04:39
Spring Hopes Eternal
The last few days have given me a tiny, miniscule, microscopic sense of faint hope that at some point in the far distance future spring might eventually arrive here at Rural Route 2.
For the past couple of days, it has been sunny, and the snow on the roads has gotten slushy in places, and in other places where there is direct sun, the snow has melted off the blacktop. And that was with a high in the upper 20s and good sunshine -- and that means the sunshine is getting stronger.
All in due time, winter will have no choice but to succumb to the sun's stronger rays and the snow will melt and the ground will thaw and the grass will turn green.
At least I hope the snow will melt, the ground will thaw and the grass will turn green.
I'm not sure why this winter has seemed so long and so difficult. It's really not that much different than the winters we have had for the past few years. But it really does seem like a long, drawn-out winter.
Yee-haaa! The snow is melting from the roads. All winter long, the townships have been putting down all kinds of sand to deal with the ice so that by next spring, we will wonder if we live on a dirt road or a paved road.
Not that it matters. We are slowly inching our way toward spring and that's the important thing.
LeAnn R. Ralph
Sunday, February 21, 2010, 06:41
Time Flies
I'm not sure where the days and weeks go. They must go *somewhere* but I'm not sure where.
Saturday afternoon we spent part of the afternoon making meatballs at church for our meatball dinner on Sunday.
I also spent time making apple salad in the evening and a cheesecake dessert for the meatball dinner.
I hope we have a good turn-out. The weather in this neck of the woods will be in our favor. Not too cold (supposed to be in the low 30s) and dry (no snow forecast).
There have been other years, for this particular event, when the weather was either below zero or it was snowing.
So -- not below zero and not snowing. All we need now is people who have brought their appetites with them. Putting on a church dinner is not the difficult part. The difficult part is what to do with the food if there's a bunch left over. . .
LeAnn R. Ralph