Long Dry Spell

I just noticed that it's been well over a month since I've posted on my blog. Even with my extra work schedule during the Holidays, I still managed to post at least once a week. I think that my reason for inactivity is loss of interest. I'm not talking about a loss of interest in my blog only, that's just a symptom of my general lack of enthusiasm to life.

I've noticed that people who have experienced 2 to 3 winter storms a week since December first, tend to get a little depressed, or at least a little resentful of Mother Nature. Some of that resentment spills over on to cheerful weather men who keep reminding us how much we need all this water to break the drought. Maybe they'd like to come out and shovel the 2 feet of snow we got a week and a half ago.

While it is true that we need water for the summer. Who knows, we might end up with an even hotter summer than last year. Hopefully not though. Still, the storm we got over the 13th and 14th was really too much of a good thing. That's when we got the 2 feet. Fortunately, I didn't have to go to work that day, as the only part of my car visible was part of the rear bumper and the driver's side mirror. Otherwise, it was just a small hill next to the garage. With the snow blower on the fritz, it was purely a job for shovels. It took my Aunt and I from around 6:30 am until 1:15 pm to finish digging out. We did have a little help from a neighbor, thank goodness.

We still have a lot of snow in the yard, but temperatures have been higher and the last storm was mainly rain on the valley floor. There were even a couple of places that had to sandbag to avoid some flooding.

It has been wonderful to see the sun more often lately. It really shows that most humans respond favorably to sunshine. I think of my Son and his family in the Northwest where they've had days and days of rain and I can sympathise with the many people up there who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. I think I've had a bit of it myself.