The Aftermath of Winter...

Now that the sun has melted away the last of the snow, I look forward to spring with a vengeance!! Gone are the days of slipping and falling in the driveway, having children walk in from the bus with snow halfway up their pantlegs, having use of my Yukon XL since my husband can finally get his Camry down the driveway, etc...at least until next year!

It is amazing how green grass can put a huge smile on your face that has been missing for a few months...until you discover the aftermath of winter...Fallen trees, destroyed bushes, less privacy for sure! Since we have been in this house, we have had trees fall during thunderstorms and other rough winters, but the trees are noticeably sparingly at this point. I am afraid with a few more winters like this, there will no longer be the privacy between houses that we longed for when we moved to the country. Hopefully when the leaves return, it will give us back some of this privacy we all love so much!



My favorite bush has a branch split right down the middle. Although all of my other bushes which were flattened like pancakes during the heavy snowfall made their way back up to the sky with the help of the wonderful sun, this one has stayed lower no matter how much talking I do to it. Usually the prettiest bush we have with it's pink leaves in the spring, it has now become the ugly duckling among all the swans. Don't worry little bush, I will continue to praise you and nurse you back to health until you are well enough to spread your branches to the heavens above once again...

We have found many items that were missing during that month time period as well:

Found!!!
1 broken snowshovel-this had a slight crack in it before the snow buried it. Now in 2 seperate pieces, it will join a lot of other items in the garbage during spring cleaning. I believe, although my husband acted boggled by where this went, he was actually happy to report it missing...

Found!!
1 butterfly net-Reiner decided that a butterfly net could easily be used to catch snowflakes, but has yet to understand the concept of snowflakes melting. I was happy this came up missing...saved me from a lot of temper tantrums.

Found!!
1 unrecognizable soccer ball...Genin sent this flying out into the yard during a break in the snowfall...it became covered somewhere in the yard overnight and was long forgotten...not sure what mixed with the snow in that area, but this ball is crazy looking at this point!

Found!!
1 black cat...This stray cat was coming around everyday for weeks before the snow fell. It was never seen again! With fear that the snow had somehow come down too fast, I spent a morning digging out my porch (with a tiny gardening shovel since the snow shovel was MIA) hoping that I could get some reassurance and not find a frozen, flattened cat attached to my porch floor. Nothing found, but happy to report, it is back along with the sun that was missing for so long!

Found!!
1 snowball in my garage freezer...someone must have been worried that we wouldn't have enough snow to enjoy...they were soooo wrong....


Thank you to Mr. Sun for all of his help in finding these missing items. Although I did not offer a reward for their safe return, I do promise to bask in the glory of your wonderful rays for the next few seasons with a sincere smile of graditude on my "hopefully" tanned face. XOXO