Let's Pretend Spring!

 

 Okay, this week has been beautiful, scary, and sometimes felt like it was a month long. We have finally wedged a spot to the street where we could get out the drive if we had to do so. However, we truly need nothing so it is silly to step out into a deep freeze and get in the way of others who do have to fight both cold and snow covered roads.

Late last night when I heard another ball game on the telly, I thought I had to do something positive instead of vegetate. I was tired enough that reading would have put me to sleep I knew. I did not feel sharp witted enough to write. I had cleaned one bathroom earlier in the day, but I didn’t want to hug a broom or mop again. So I decided to part with my last poinsettia and snowmen tea pots and cups. Yes, I know, it is too early to think spring especially when you look out at a four foot pile of snow that might stand by the curb until St. Patrick’s Day! But…I needed some yellow!

So I folded the red tablecloth away and shook out the yellow. I decided I wanted lots of yellow and blues both. I dug around and found things. I have prettier placemats, but I wanted these out. I shopped in my own basket of pots and cups and found this tea pot. It is an Ellgreve ironstone from England. I bought it for a song at a flea market and then wasn’t sure I liked it. It has been put away for two years, but it fit my mood last night. She’ll stay out a while in this limbo season between winter and spring.

Then I remembered a little plaque a fellow blogger sent me. I meant for it to out on my deck wall in the spring with my Library Open sign and another tea plate, but when I remembered the yellow shades, I gave it a new spot for now inside. Just the right dash of yellow on the wall!

Besides cleaning and of course eating, I have been writing. This morning I finished a rough draft of a story I hope has a great future. Now the work begins to trim and tighten, to make sharp so the tale will pierce some editor’s heart with desire to publish!


Now, I rest from this snow day and prepare for another night at -6. Gee, those yellows feel warm!