The season I am in
It's still winter here in the coastal mountains of Oregon. There is currently snow on the ground, which is beautiful but I am not really happy about. This week the girls had one holiday, one snow day, and two late starts at school. I was an hour late to an appointment because of the late start, and we had to cancel a commitment that we had this evening because we don't know if there will be more snow tonight and it will be dangerous to drive. Just a couple of weeks ago, we were commenting on the mild winter and the early flowers coming out. The daffodils were almost ready to bloom. This morning as we drove to school, everything was coated in white: the pastures, the trees, the distant hills covered in fir trees. It was so beautiful you wanted to just stop and soak it all in. The sun was coming out, beginning to melt the snow, which was falling off of the trees and raining down on the car as we passed. The river was reflecting the blue of the sky, bordered by the whit