A SMATTERING OF SNOWY WEATHER COMPLAINTS.......

 .......until we saw what our Brooklyn son and his family were experiencing. 

Think 21.1 inches by 1:39 p.m. 

CONVICTION!

I am now throwing out my snow complaints and celebrating the few hours  of large beautiful flakes that came and went. A smattering of snow might close schools in our neck of the woods (NC mountains) BUT is nothing compared to a literal smothering of SNOW in NYs neighborhoods!

THAW DAY!

HOPE FOR A THAW!

Today's the day, according to area weathermen.

We've had friends who have been without propane, their source of heat, for days.

Another friend's mother died and burial has had to be postponed. Another is recovering at the MED from surgery for a broken hip because of a fall on the ice. 

Frozen ground is a difficult weather issue. May it not ice our hearts as we continue to "live, move cautiously and have our being in Him." (Acts 17:28) 

May trusting in the Lord continue to fuel us to pray for others. 

May hard times never allow our love for Abba (Father) to "thaw."  

"SNOW" BEAUTIFUL!!!

10 + NEW INCHES & STILL FALLING!!!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT FRIDAY

My first "morsel" of thought this morning came in the form of a memory.

Making "Snow Cream" with the kids. Scooping off just the pristine tops of the flakes...

and stirring them in our "melty" ice cream, because I rarely had cream or whole milk on hand.

SNOW DAYS! For both kids and teachers those 2 words are music to their ears.

Why? 

Maybe it's God's way of slowing us all down. 

Snow from Heaven. (Isaiah 55:10)

A way of hemming us in with his "silent" beauty....

away from busyness. (Ecclesiastes 3:11a & Psalm 46:10)

A time for family.

A time to look out the kitchen window.

A shelter of sorts.

A time to focus on Him and His hand in all of creation!(Genesis 8:22)

Yummy "food for thought Friday" as I sprinkle just a tad of snow on top of my Amaretto Cherry Cordial ice cream.

SNOW DAYS

Memphis' snow fizzled but I stayed in and read a book anyway----the magic strings of Frankie Presto narrated by the voice of "Music"---an interesting read. The blind Maestro said to his young protege Francisco, "The secret is not to  make your music louder, but to make the world quieter." (p. 137)

Lucy's snow took on blizzard proportions and she stayed in and read to her "friends."

READING-----a perfect pastime for literary ladies, both old and young!

Query??

Where the Sidewalk Ends----where does it end?

Where the road begins....is the usual answer. 

At our house who knows where that road begins---thanks to winter storm Thor.

Thor is similar to the 1968 "dump" (16.5"  on 3/22) which I enjoyed as a senior at Memphis State University that year----I don't think we named storms back then. We also didn't know ahead of time, hour by hour, when the snow would arrive. MinuteCast®, anyone?

Weather Channel is dubbing our weather as the "March Mess" but I think it's beautiful---easy for me to say---I don't have to go to work, or, like Pop Pop's birds, fend for my food. 

I can just curl up with a cuppa and a good book. Wonder if Shel Silverstein has any snow poems in his, Where the Sidewalk Ends??