Spring is finally here! Although the past week was pretty rainy (and this week promises to be the same) there have been some absolutely gorgeous Spring days this year. I just love the hope of this season and all the life that is returning and flourishing in nature.
Mother's day weekend was one occasion in which the weather was perfect! I couldn't stand to let the days go to waste, so I spent every possible second outside enjoying the warm air and sunshine. (I also enjoyed 'grilling food' by making home-made guacamole burgers and veggie skewers on my new mini grill. Mmmm!) Along the way, I even managed to captured some of the beauty and vibrancy of Spring in the photos below.
Happy Spring!!
If you are in the Denver Metro/Front Range area, I advise you - stay inside!
I had to venture out tonight (in order to get to my home), and what is usually a 20 minute drive took about 50 minutes. I didn't get above 30 mph once, and I was fishtailing and sliding all over the place. Snow is blowing sideways, drifts are forming, and the roads are icy and slick. I saw at least 20 cars on the side and in the middle of roads, facing all different directions and struggling to make it up hills. The radio reported that basically every major highway and interstate in the surrounding area had either standstill traffic due to crashes and stalled vehicles or was completely shut down due to accumulating snow and stranded drivers. It is absolutely insane out there. I can only thank the good Lord that the plows passed down the street I was taking home right before I drove on them. And I mean literally right before I drove them; I was waiting at the light to turn and they passed by me down the road.
Now I am cozy in my apartment, and I can pray the office will be closed tomorrow. After all, the winter storm advisory doesn't lift until 6pm tomorrow evening.
Today as I was leaving work at 5 o' clock, the sun was still hanging high in the western sky above the mountains. Dusk didn't start to set in until 6 o' clock, and Sunday we change the clocks. I can almost feel the extra warmth and sunshine. Longer days, here we come!!!
