It does feel like winter today. The temperature is floating around the freezing point and there is a healthy wind blowing making it seem even colder. Even my four dogs do not want to stay out too long in the yard. Tomorrow is supposed to be more of this, then it warms up again. When I woke up, there was a layer of snow on the ground but it was gone by the afternoon. Spring is getting closer. In a few days it will be March. All of that does not matter. All I want to do today is to stay in. It is just too cold.
Tags: cold, dogs, freezing temperature, March, pets, seasons, snow, spring, wind, wind blowing, winter
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Twenty-five days to spring. I counted. There is a dull roar of the wind tossing the tree branches to and fro. It is almost a perfect day for putting up a kite. The living room front door is open and and the thermostat lowered to sixty-five. The heat is not kicking on. The daffodils are five inches tall already. I like walking around my yard to see what other new growth is appearing. I am wondering whether the new bed of roses will come up. There is no evidence of it yet. Even the dogs want to spend more time outside and are loath to come in when they are out. The temperature is slowing rising. There are less days now when it hits the freezing point overnight. Before I know it spring will arrive.
Tags: daffodils, dogs, door open, kite, new growth, pets, roses, spring, the temperature, thermostat, tree branches, weather, wind
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Even in NYC others want a connection with nature. I was visiting my friend there and I noted facing one window were all kinds of houseplants. Yes, you are surrounded by concrete pavements and buildings but others still desire that connection. Sure there are parks in the City. And they are well attended. I remember going to one nearby my friend. And huddled in one bush was a robin. I never had seen one in February before. It is so easy to feel divorced from the world God has created living in such a big city. It is just a little bit harder there but the popularity of houseplants indicate but (???) every person wants that connection. A world really never too far away. There is the wind, the sun, rain and even snow and even the ubiquitous pigeon that remind you there (???) nature is not too far away. It just seems that way sometimes.
Tags: big city, birds, connection with nature, February, God, houseplants, nature, NYC, parks, pigeon, rain, robin, snow, sun, wind
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