No!...It's Not A Joke!!

    I thought that I'd deter away from food today...I'm still gonna eat it! I'm just not gonna show it to you! ^_^ Instead I'm gonna show you some bursts of Spring. After all today is the first day of April, right?!

     Pretty soon the flowers will be popping open to greet the ever-shining sun....

       ...and the trees in all their leafed splendor will be standing guard to make sure there's a place to dart off to when the sun gets too hot...But when?....When is this bursting sunshiny flowers and leafed tree Springtime scene going to start happening?!...O_0 March, so they say, is suppose to 'come in like a lion, and go out like a lamb'.

                {from the Etsy shop becmudd}
     You know what our weather forecast was for today?!

     It's a WINTER STORM WARNING!!! And No! It's not a joke either!! Number one, I don't celebrate any of the holidays, like April Fool's day. And number two, SNOW ain't no joke!!!...*shaking my head*
     Seriously 'Mr. Winter Storm Warning', you couldn't put your little gloves and coat away until next season.....SERIOUSLY???!!!! 

      I was kind of in disbelief when the bones and joints of my hands started to do that 'snow-aching' thing yesterday. Then, as the day went on, it proceeded to wash over my whole body, so that my whole body had that "It's gonna rain...or snow" feeling!....Snow?!....I said: "Nahhhhh!"

        { from Mariann Rea of the Etsy shop littlefoxphotos}
    And then we saw that weather forecast last night. And this morning, the snow starting  coming down,... all over my newly-cleared backyard!!...*sigh*
     I've got a full month of activity planned!! I don't have time for snow removal, wet snow boots on my floors, high heating bills, etc...!! I'VE GOT IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO!!!...
      Starting with announcing the winner of this month's Giveaway!

       As usual, the box was shaked up.....and shaked up some more!

        And the name that popped up?!.....

          Congratulations Artistikat! You are now the owner of my crocheted flop hat...

     ...if you want it, that is. :-) Just email me, contact me on Twitter, or on Facebook and leave me your address so I can get it out to you....{I'll be announcing the new Giveaway over the weekend.}

         {Ant Winter Fun print of original watercolor by becmudd}
      I guess I better start learning how to have fun in the snow!....*sigh*...Maybe my friends can help me.

     I guess that's what I'll have to try to do today...Gather some friends for some fun!...I'll have to leave the beautiful look of Spring to Little Fox. Her FREE Desktop Calendar for April 2011 is here!

         Despite the fact that there's still lots of white stuff on the ground, she's feeling the Spring...in her heart. And via her beautiful Desktop Calendar, she's sharing it with us! :-) Thanks Mariann! It's good to have something around here that actually looks like Spring! It sure isn't the weather map!!....Although those weather people look pretty happy about that! UGH!


Happy Weather People

Weather people are so happy!
So excited about their maps!
Always smiling on the T.V.,
like there's sunshine in their laps.

They're a chitty chatty bunch.
Talking radars and jet streams.
Strangely when the weather turns
their eyes glaze over, and face beams.

I don't know how they are so happy
when there's snow and rain and sleet;
When they do outdoors reporting,
smiling, while with soaking feet!

The places that they go
are where most folks are running from!
Are they brave, selfless informants,
 or just really, really dumb?!

I cannot imagine
how they hold their heads up high,
when most folks can't stand their forecasts,
and they make folks want to cry.

They seem so proud and happy;
Fancy ties and great hair-dos!
Disgruntled comments bounce right off,
as do our frequent hiss and boos!!

The conclusion that I've reached
is that they have a 'Happy Gene'.
But, no doubt, they would just say
that they're reporting what they've seen.

Hey! They were not there
when wind and force moved things around!
But they're happy to be able
to now tell us where it's bound!