A Day For Smiles...And Large Umbrellas?!

 (Girl Toddler Cowl and Muff CROCHET PATTERN by JocelynDesigns)

      I'm gonna start this blog post off by saying that I hope all of you are dry...having no torrential rains coming down on your head, I mean! ^_^...and that you're cozy by a fire somewhere, or sitting at your kitchen table with a nice hot cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa, looking out the window at birds or squirrels flitting here and there, or sniffing at the cooking cornbread chilli smell wafting through the morning air....Oh wait! That would be ME! ^_^

      Or...you could also be like me!...staring into a backyard full of wet (pictures below), while intermittently looking up and down at the tiny crochet flower pins I'm making for a dear friend. A little thank you for gifts galore of late. ♥ ... I love my friends, and their big spiritually secure hearts!!! :-]

      Before I show you my dreary backyard though, let me say a big thank you to Jocelyn for including my flower pin in her new Etsy treasury!...

(Violet Etsy Treasury by Jocelyn Sass)

 

 (Variegated Violet and White Clutch-Back Flower Pin Boutonniere by Wuglyees)

      Wuglyees thanks you!...and I thank you!! :-) And I'm sure all of the other shops listed in the treasury thank you too...just saying!...without permission to represent!....just saying that too! ^_^

      Anyway!...on a late November day in Massachusetts, what does the sky look like?!...

      ...It looks like it's raining! LOL And it looks like it's raining so much that if your umbrella isn't big enough you might get slammed in the head with a cat or a dog!!!...cuz it's 'raining cats and dogs'!! LOL
      But is there happiness about this storm of rain, wind, and wintry snow mix?!....Yes there is!....I'm sure.....SOMEWHERE!...But not in the Wug household!!! LOL...I'm sure there are Massachusetts' kids somewhere smiling in gleeful spurts about prospects of snow boots, hats, gloves, snowmen, snowball fights, snow sleds, and toboggans!...or at the very least, galoshes! ^_^ ... Good for them!!!...My aching joints beg to differ!!! LOL
       Rain crab that I am though, I do love looking at the rain on the backyard lawn when it looks like this! :-) ...
 

      But I'm not the only one that doesn't wanna be out there in it!!!...
 

      We found our 'woolly moth' friend cowering on the patio. Either the wind blew him here, or he was running in slow motion away from the rain...and didn't make it far. ^_^ Either way, welcome to the backyard my bushy friend! ^_^ And don't worry, if you lose any hair, with my new hormonal situation and hair growing in all manner of wrong places, I'll be happy to share a few strands...or hundreds!!! LOL

        Oh yeah, I guess I should say, by way of full disclosure, that the WHOLE backyard isn't that happy about all of this rain!!...
 

      Hubby's little flower bed and gardening section is taking a royal beating!!!...

       I just won't look at that part any more today! ^_^...
 

      Okay...off to finish my crocheting, and share some hair with a new friend! ^_^ Have a good day, Everybody! ♥

Reasons To Smile

I don't really need a reason,
to let out a great big grin;
But I do from time to time,
just to exercise my chin.

Sometimes I do it just to see
what reaction I will get,
in the places where I've gone,
and the people that I've met.

Sometimes it's just for me!
To amuse some silly thought;
Or to show just how excited
I have been at what I bought.

Sometimes a smile can change my mood,
when weather forecasts make me blue;
Or when I see a baby playing!
Oh yes! Oh Yes! I smile then too!

Truth is, I really don't need a reason.
Frowns just,frankly, aren't my style.
I could sit and write about it,
But even that would make me smile.

Is the Weather Making You Crazy...Too?!

      {This photo and the one below are scenes from the blog Croatia}

    This week Beli and her mom will be flying across the Atlantic ocean from Croatia to the West to visit friends and family. She's trying to soak in as much sun as she can in Croatia before she goes, even though she says she's looking forward to playing in the snow with her nephews in the West!........Really?! Why would she, or anybody for that matter, be looking forward to leaving this kind of weather...

    ...to go to this kind of weather?!

    {Remember Mariann Rea's snow photos I shared on the blog HERE?!}...Oh well! Apparently some people can appreciate snow. Some people like being cold and wet, and enjoying the avoidance of frost bite and hypothermia!!! LOL.....Me?!...I like snow...Really, I do!...But from a distance!...Through the window, or on T.V. in an old movie...but NOT on my body, under my feet, and on my head!!! LOL
   I'm not that thrilled with rain the last couple of days either! It rained a dreary kind of 'here comes the gloom and darkness' rain ALL DAY yesterday!! This was all I saw outside my window from morning till night...

    And as much as I want to complain and pout about the weather here in Massachusetts, I KNOW it could have been waaaaaay worse! I mean, Chicago has been having horrid weather! Heavy storms in their area halted air travel to and from that midwestern city! They had a really powerful storm over the weekend that unleashed snow and strong winds across the upper Midwest area and left behind some dangerously cold temperatures. People there working to dig out of that mess are really going to have some challenges!!
     That storm closed major highways in several states, canceled more than 1,600 flights in Chicago, and collapsed the roof of the Minnesota Vikings' football stadium!! I saw the 16 inches of snow come cascading down onto the football field! NO FUN!!!
     At least six deaths from this storm too were reported! The storm dropped nearly 2 feet of snow in Minnesota and Wisconsin! And heavy snow also was reported in northwest Indiana and southeast Michigan early Monday as the storm marched east...Doesn't sound like people could possibly be looking forward to the beginning of this week, does it?! :-/
    But the weather is not ONLY causing havoc here in the states! In a whole other part of the world, Estonia, in Northern Europe, they've been experiencing blizzards and...STORM MONIKA!! Here's some photos I found. Trust me, after you see these you'll be thankful for rain....and longing for sun! :-)

          A Youtube video of a man driving in the storm in Estonia gives you the full experience!!
    And yet, dogs still found something fun about it!....

     ...and apparently some people did too! :-)

    Why am I so focused on this weather?! Well...frankly...it's because I know that pretty soon it'll be coming our way!! In fact, these photos of snow storms is exactly what Massachusetts usually starts to look like after December, on into March!... *sigh*....Why can't I be on a sunset cruise somewhere?! :-]

                                                 {photo from the blog Metamorphosis}
     So, Chicago....Estonia....I feel your pain. Or I WILL feel your pain very soon! This cold and rain is doing a number on my joints and muscles and I don't like it!!....I don't like it one bit!!! Grrrrr! Now, have I complained enough for you?! ^_^ Well, stay tuned. I'm sure I'm not done.....The cold season has only just begun!! And my complaining can be endless!......I have poetry!!! ^_^

Poetry

Poetry, the gift of words,
that help you say whats in your heart;
that puts your thoughts of life together,
but pulls emotions all apart.

Poetry, your quiet friend,
that gives your voice a place to land;
that gives the things you'd  never say
a way to jump out from your hand.

Poetry, done to a beat,
a beat of words, said right in time,
without confusion of the music,
but just the rythum and the rhyme.

Poetry, phrase harmony;
the way a noun and adverb meet;
the way they line up line-by-line,
and all Not needed they delete.

Poetry, the passing thoughts,
and all the others I hold dear,
of all the people and the places
that I've written down right here.

Poetry, the gift of words,
and putting them together too;
Without the pen and paper
what in the world would my mind do?