Slow news day

Ok, so it's actually a slow news season here at the farmstead. Not much to blog about.  Not much to do.  I'm good with that. 

This time of year, resting is all we feel like doing.  And eating.  Mostly carbs.  So, between carbo-loading and sleeping, I am quickly becoming the size of Jabba The Hut.

The longer we live here in the country, the more we become in sync to nature's cycle.  Wow...that sounds oober-hippie-sappy...but it's true.  Spring comes and I'm working at my seasonal job and rushing to get our garden planted, while keeping up (or not) with daily chores.  Then summer is when we try to get outside projects done as well as tending the garden.  And then harvest starts....and seems to continue right up until winter.  I'm not complaining.  That's just the way things work.  So I don't feel too guilty for spending the extra time resting right now.  At least that's what I'm telling myself. ;)

I have been quilting, which has been really nice.  Our first years here, we were scrambling non-stop to keep up with the firewood and work to make the house livable.  Having the free time to just sit and quilt is something I appreciate all the more after those frantic days of hauling wood, uphill, in the knee-deep snow.

As for my Jabba Butt, I'm sure it'll be gone once spring hits.  Between biking 7 miles a day, working, and getting up way before sunrise (hard to believe I was ever a morning person), I'll once again be a brown stick.  With any luck, just in time to visit the beach!!

That's our big plan for this year: a visit to the beach.  We are still working out which beach.  We live smack in the middle of Ohio, and are hoping to hit a southern beach within a reasonable driving distance, so Florida will have to wait.  Little Sis has never seen the ocean, so this will be a very memorable trip.  We're not looking for attractions like amusement parks (I still don't understand why people want to visit places that smell like vomit), just a nice area of beach and not too many sharks.  I'm open for suggestions!

What's wrong with this sign?

Too early for spring fever!

Photo by Little Sis

I have spring fever already!! ACK!!  How will I make it through the rest of the cold, snowy, icy, crapsnackity days?

We had a warm front New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.  The snow melted.  It rained.  The sun came out.  The birds sang.  Eöl  and I went for long walks in the woods, without coats and snow gear.  We even let one of the wood stoves go cold.

Now it's frigid outside, both fires are blazing, and I'm wishing for spring.

*grump*  I'm going to find a seed catalog and sit by the fire.