I've Been Waiting For This!

      I saw this beautiful print with the singing yellow warblers when I was roaming around through a treasury on Etsy yesterday and I immediately began to smile! sarahkdesigns has all kinds of birdies in her shop. Chicadees, cardinals, bluebirds, etc... It reminded me that...Yes!...it's almost Spring!! :-) I've been waiting for it this year!
      Just looking out my back window, you'd hardly know it was close to Spring! I've still got lots of snow...but I can see a little bit of my grass now! YAY! The happiness!! ^_^ Okay, so I'm being a little bit TOO excited! After all, even though there's a lot of melting going on now that the temperatures are rising...a little...there's still a LOT of snow out there! (I'm going to try to get a couple of photographs to show you tomorrow)
     Thankfully I've got lots of photos to remind me of how close we are to Spring though...

      ...all it takes is a picture of a flower to put you in the right mood to welcome the Spring, right?!! :-)
     It'll be nice to see the ice and snow gone! It's been wreaking havoc all over the country...and in other countries too I might add! We've even had some personal incidents with the weather this winter. Like the loss of our beloved old 'hoopty' {our old car}. The cold got to her and we had to get rid of her.
      And hubby took a spill on the ice the other day! Thankfully he didn't hurt himself too bad. He got dirt all over the back of his clothes, got embarrassed a bit, and had a few aches and pains the next day...We had a whole conversation about how we're not as young as we used to be, and how we can't afford to break a hip because our 'nutty' family might try to put us out to pasture! LOL
     Oh! The things we talk about now!! LOL...It did lead to a decision that had to be made about his job though. They've been requiring more and more time out of him a day, and putting more and more stops on his route to take care of....in the same amount of time! It's been really bothering hubby. So, yesterday, he filed a grievance with the company. He felt that it was something that just had to be done, just in case his job gets in jeopardy because of him not being able to do all that they're requiring him to do now. Oh! If you only knew!!!
    On other fronts, I didn't talk to my dad yesterday. I take that to mean that he's feeling pretty good! I'll call today to check on him...just in case. His silence though, usually means all is well......And while the flowers are de-icing themselves outside...

     ...I've been working away on my crocheted flowers inside! :-) I just finished another small crochet necklace flower. It was made in honor of these flowers...

      ....but with a crochet twist! :-)

     I altered the reflection in the center button a little, on Picassa. You could see my big hands and stuff in it. ^_^ I spared you!...I'm really loving these little flowers. I hope they catch on and start to sell in my shop! I'm going to keep making them anyway...for now...until my arthritis kicks in and says: "That's enough, Old Lady!!" ^_^
     Okay, last thing for today...I won a Giveaway over on the blog planettreasures!!! :-) A pair of earrings!...Woohoo!!! And considering how beautiful her jewelry is in her Etsy shop, I can't wait to get them! You can take a peek at her earring section HERE! 
     Okay, I'm off to make some more flowers...and look out the window for Spring...It's not a joke, right?! It really is coming.....right?! :-/


Spring!

I barely can wait for Spring.
With winter I've just had enough!
The ice on the sidewalks,
 and snow in the yard,
have been so depressing and rough.

I usually don't wait for the Spring.
I'm not a real fan of the bees.
My eyes fill with water,
and nose fills with pollen,
and my only pasttime is a sneeze.

But this year I can't wait for the Spring!
I await how my nose has to blow.
My glee I can't hide.
I've been cooped up inside,
Emotionally tackled by snow!