Thursday, January 26, 2012

A Little Blue in My Grey

My Mom often says that when some blue sky shows through on a gloomy day that it’s enough blue to sew a Dutchman a pair of blue britches.  I haven’t checked about just how much blue that is with my friend in Holland but I dare say there’s enough blue for several pairs of pants no matter where you’re from today.  We’ve taken yet another strange turn with weather warming up enough to make a real mess outside after the foot or so of snow.  It has been a careful tip toe venture to get back to walking again since I’ve had bone spur issues and Mom had her terrible fall on the ice last year so this makes me a bit nervous to say the least but I’ve carefully pushed on…it’s felt really good though the sights right now are all that pretty…just look at the grass that showing now…yuck!  Our backdoor drain is likely to have plenty of work as the melt off continues…it makes me wonder how busy it will be come spring.  Right now there’s every form of moisture you could ever want, snow, ice, water.  This is the kind of ice you want to avoid when you’re out and about.  I know that it’s warming up some when you can actually walk out in the yard and glimpse the lava rocks along the border of the house.  Wet ‘n dry seems to be the theme today.  My favorite stones to stand on while taking pictures over the fence are showing themselves again.  You know a simple thing for me that I use to brighten my day is when things look gloomy…just look up a bit…sometimes the view is a whole lot better.  If not at least it’s a different perspective and I value that.  Even if it’s issues I have with people where there are real differences about things…look up, they’re still people after all and not monsters.  Remember as things heat up as they inevitably will this being an election year…we are Americans before we’re members of a political party. If you are not an American it matters not…we still are under the same sun in spite of our differences.  Looking out over the vast, endless view from our backyard I realize that we’re all just a speck in all of time .

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  1. Love this Joe. Love the pictures and the message! God Bless!

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    1. Hey Sherry, glad to hear it..today was an inspiring day though it started pretty dreary!

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  2. Sunny here today too Joe. I think I've seen enough snow for this year now. And the ice storm that we had I can totally do without for at least another 10 years.

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    1. I'm with you Gerry, now if we could only figure out how to make that happen! I think we're in for a wild year but God knows I've been wrong in my weather predictions before.

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  3. Good post Joe. The pictures and words are great. Thank you!

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    1. Thanks for sayings so Beth...your countdown always let's me know that spring is on the way...so why not let it inspire me enough to get out there and take pictures of the meltage? Blessings to you!

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  4. A pair of blue britches, sounds pretty good.

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    1. Agreed John...Someone needs to sew us up a couple pairs!

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    1. ...but don't let this let you think for one moment I won't gripe to you on occasion Carole!

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  6. You got through to me.
    Love your photos.

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    1. Hey Toodie, welcome! Your deer pics and video really blessed me...that was quite the moment you shared!

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  7. Wonderful post. So true and the pictures are absolutely gorgeous.

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    1. Thank you so much, it was easier to get these than the ones on the blog before this...much warmer!

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  8. As usual, Joe, you captured the moment and the mood! Your pics look like "a cold Montana Day" as my hubby would say. But you can look past the bleak weather conditions (i.e. ice and melting snow) and still be truly blessed to be alive and well. Right on the money! I too dread election years and all the negativity that comes with it. I try not to let it get me down, and look at both sides, but it seems to get harder and harder. Keep up the good work! And the pictures!

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    1. Weather the storms before us Sue! I still have faith no matter if it's a blizzard or political! Bless you!

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  9. Gripe away Joe..that's why we're cyber relatives. :-)))

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  10. We have this kind of weather this week Joe
    it seems it will start to morrow.
    i hate that weather.Dangerous roads..Slippery.I had accident 1,5 year ago.
    i had no controle over my car I had 15 km /hr and my car did not react on my driving. I was delivered to my car.
    so i really like snow watching behind a window Thats all.
    be carefull and esecially for ur mom.
    one second can change ur lives.
    enjoy the blue sky oHH BTW
    dutch and Blue??? Never heard of this and im born dutch.
    explain me pls

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    1. It figures that saying would be something we had from here! LOL! It just means that more than a little blue sky is showing through the grey....I always smile at this saying because I've never heard anyone but my mom and grandma say this.

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  11. Great pictures Joe. I especially like that blue sky poking through. Even if it were but a speck of blue it would be the center of my attention.:)
    I noticed the other day when I looked up that the sky was spit with grey clouds on one side and blue sky and white clouds on the other side right over my head. I looked really strange to see. I wish I had of had my camera. It was as if someone had drawn a picture in the sky, and couldn't make up their minds which kind of sky they wanted in the picture. :)

    We have had alot of rain this winter and very little snow, and mostly mild temperatures and then dipping below zero long enough to form ice, and in a few days it would all be melted again. Strange kinda winter for us.

    Thank you for stopping by Joe and for your prayers for my mom and us.

    Take care.
    Dianne :)

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    1. ...that speck of blue more than once has brightened up my day to no end my friend. It has been a very strange season all the way around. I can only guess at what the spring and summer will hold at this point. Bless you my friend, I'm glad to send prayer your way when I can.

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