Oh the Weather Outside Is Frightful

Five and one half inches of snow fell today. The first snow is always sooo beautiful.

It is also my 52 1/2 birthday today.

I have such a clear memory of the first time I saw it snow.

It was the same kind of snow that fell today.

Big fluffy flakes.

I was looking out the window that over looked the driveway of my childhood home.

It was the most beautiful thing I could ever remember seeing.

I remember going into the kitchen to get my mom.

She did not have the favorable reaction that I had.

She said that she didn't like it.

My thought was - Well SHE might not like it, but I do!

Since today is the first day of meteorologic winter, and I still live in the same state, I'm guessing I must have been 18 months old. In fifteen days Kado will be 18 months. He seemed to enjoy the snow today too.

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It's doubtful that I will ever get a good picture of my ambient lighting all around the house, but trust me when I tell you that this looks pretty good.

My parents had a pole lamp with three arms. Nobody wanted it. It would have been awkward to transport to a thrift store, so THGGM decided to trash it.

I could not go through with that, so took the milk glass globe-y things and brought them home with me, knowing that eventually I'd think of SOMETHING to do with them.

Last week I took down what had been on my china cabinet for the past couple of years. I put three cake stands back up, put a wreath around each one, added 100 lights and set the milk glass on top of the cake stands.

So far, I'm liking it.