There Goes the Sun

I don't really have a song to sing today. I thought about "Cold As Ice", but once you get past the title it doesn't really fit. And for some reason, today's snowy, blustery, freezing conditions, didn't give me the blues like I thought it would.

I mean I would never wish for snow in April, but I can say now it was quite bearable.

I mean, the 60 cumulative seconds I spent outside on my way to and from the car --were quite bearable.

I wonder what I would think if I had to work outside half the day like Keith.

I made his favorite Loaded Baked Potato Soup last night. He'll probably finish it off tonight, but for the rest of us, today's special was 15 -Bean Soup. I seasoned it with a hambone I'd been saving since last week, and stirred up a pan of cornbread to go with it . Mmmmboy.

A reason to make soup two days in a row.
See there's a bright side to unseasonable weather

Here Comes The Sun

On days like this I always think of that Beatle's song.

Little darlin', it's been a long, cold, lonely winter

Little darlin', it's feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, dootendootoo

Here comes the sun and I say,

"It's alright."

Got the bikes out today, loaded them up and took them to a nearby walking/biking trail. This trail goes right by the nursing home where Keith's Dad lives, so we parked about two miles away and rode our bikes to the nursing home, stopped to visit Sam, and then rode back.

It was a beautiful afternoon for a ride. The grass is so green it doesn't even look real, the sky a brilliant blue. After the dreariness of winter, everything looks Technicolor , like when Dorothy found herself in the Land of OZ.

We saw some wildflowers, a couple of Canada geese, and a Momma duck and her babies.

Peanut didn't complain or tire out at all, and that is a huge deal.

With temperatures in the low 70's, it was our first "shorts day". I was happy to see ours weren't the only pale, unhealthy-looking legs out and about.

Here comes the sun, dootendootoooo ....... oh but wait. By Tuesday we're supposed to have daytime temps in the 30's and snow.

You better believe I'll be singing a different tune. I don't know yet which one, but I expect the word "Blues" will appear in the title.