Warm yesterday, with cold moving in today...

Yes, Lorelei was able to play outside yesterday with no jacket.  And I am here to tell you, we both enjoyed it.

I think this is her first time of 'climbing' in a tree...I could not tell her no.  I enjoyed it too much as a kid, so figured she might as well start in an easy one.

These are not the best...shot with a point and shoot.  But still, they are a record of her accomplishments.

And this is her idea of fun at night.  I put my feet up in the recliner, and she makes a nest...lots of times, she is on her belly, with her feet almost in my face while she watches a cartoon. 
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Today started out warm enough till she put on a jacket and we blew bubbles for a while.  But later in the evening, I could just feel the house getting colder.  I had turned the heat way down, so I had to turn it back up.  It is 29ºF as I type, but the wind makes it feel 10 degrees colder...and it just keeps dropping a little at a time. 

Not sure what tomorrow will bring...Lorelei may go home but not sure. 

All right in my world....

I don't know why, but it always amazes me how much Lorelei being here changes me.  It is definitely a feeling of all is right with the world.  Whether she is right with me, or whether she is playing with Papaw or by herself, just hearing her footsteps and hearing her chatter is wonderful.

I remember enjoying my kids when they were little, and they gave us a lot of joy, but back then, I guess with Roger working, I always felt the pressure to get things done.  Now things can just wait or not--whatever is handiest to do.

She was playing with the point & shoot camera above...actually took some decent pictures till the idea to be funny struck...then she took several like this.
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Raining lightly off and on here today.  Supposed to have thunderstorms tonight.  And maybe up to 1.5 inches of rain.  That will be wonderful as we are still short from the drought last year.  As warm as it is, I can see having thunderstorms, but sure don't remember having many this time of year.

Another thing I am anxious for spring for is to be able to hang clothes outside.  If it wasn't misting rain off and on today, it was warm enough to hang outside.  but it mists a little bit every so often.

Well, I best get off...I do have laundry going and I might sneak in a line or two of sewing.

Come sit on my porch....

Not really my porch, but if it were, I would sure invite you to come sit and visit.

I often make the comment that no one sits on their porches any more.  We are the only people in the neighborhood that sits on our porch.  Now, some of the neighbors do come and sit with us.  I think porch sitting is a lost art.  It is a time to form friendships, to catch up on what is going on in the neighborhood, and a good place to discuss how to do/make things.

When I go home and go visit my brother and his wife, we always sit on her front porch.  And if we can't for some reason, we are wishing we could. 

Right now I am so anxious to have weather warm enough to sit out on our porch and have breakfast.  Yeah, I guess I am complaining of the weather....I guess it is just human  nature.

Speaking of weather, we had rain this morn, and it rained harder than I think I have ever heard it rain for just a little while.  Bit puddles are standing every where.  It has warmed up quite a bit...and supposed to be warm for at least a day or two.