Lovely Day Despite The Weather

It’s been a lovely day here despite the weather, though Tolkien was sorely missed for she was snowed in at her house and unable to come over, and I am delightfully tired.

Breakfast was left over pancakes and nice hot coffee, which I downed in short order, and went outside on the deck to take pictures of the falling snow. Artchick and I stood on there and snapped away, she in her slippers and I in my socks, until Mom and Dad yelled at us to get our boots on or come inside. So, I put boots on and Artchick put on her shoes and we shot some more picks till Mom got inspired and went outside herself.

The three of us took pictures of the trees, the snow, and the iron gray sky and laughed as we got liberally covered in the white stuff. Mom and I took the old apples down to the wood at the end of the property for the deer and other critters out in the snow and then I decided it might be a good idea to shovel the front walk. Wasn’t too bad the first time, and then there was church, which was focused on Ephesians 5. Dad went out after church and hit the driveway, and I did the walk again and Artchick and I also cleaned off the cars. Then, Artchick started the craziness by pelting me with snowballs. Well I couldn’t let that go unchallenged, so there was a minor skirmish in the front yard with both sides taking and giving fire. The yard no longer looks pristine and untouched, it looks like two six year olds had a blast, and built a snowman in the middle of all the mess. And you know what? :-D We did.

Lunch was biscuits, macaroni and cheese, green beans, strawberries, and earl gray tea. After lunch I went out again to clean off the car, Artchick shoveled the walkway a final time, and Dad hit the driveway for the last plow of the evening. All three of us were thoroughly cold by this time, and decided it would be really nice to go in and warm up and not come out again.

Dad built a fire, and Artchick decided that the best way to warm up was to make chocolate chip cookies, while I decided that a warm laptop was what would make me thaw. Like I said, it’s been a lovely day and now I think I’ll go and work on some writing