DELIGHTFUL!
After a month of mostly bitterly cold weather, our January thaw has arrived. The temperature has gotten into the 50s for the past couple of days – and since we happened to be at home today, we took advantage of the weather.
The kids put on their jackets and played with their bike, lawnmower, and wheelbarrow in the front lawn. I grabbed a blanket for Beth-Ellen and sat on the porch swing (a Christmas present to the family from Daniel), swinging and nursing her and working on this week’s menu.
Nursing done, we got the mail and took the compost back to the pile.
We went inside just long enough to put the compost pails on the counter and to heat up some leftovers for lunch. Then we were back outside to eat our lunch on the porch table.
After our rest time (and a bit of this and that for mama), we returned to the porch table for afternoon tea. Papa came home as we were finishing up and he and I had our “couch time” on the porch swing.
Yes, the weather today was delightful.
Thank you, Lord, for these tastes of spring, these glimmers of warmth amidst the cold.