Jack Frost has a wicked sense of humour ...

Remember Christmases past when we would spray that fake frost on our windows because it was so beautiful? Well ... Mr. Frost showed himself in a big way one wintry morning (Jan 16th, 2009) here in Wisconsin ... this is for all my southern friends and family who "miss the snow, cold and winter" ... wish you could FEEL this! I took these pictures from INSIDE the house ... the ice was about 2 inches thick ... of course it was -40 with the wind that morning!
This was inside my bathroom! Showering was pure delight that day!









Going out to the kitchen, I discovered he'd crept in under the back door also!









I can't wait until it's so hot everyone's complaining about the heat ... I'll look at these pictures then ... brrr!!

Dreaming of summer and warmer weather

Picture of Bee Balm from my garden 2008
In January, in Wisconsin, it is cold, the days are short and everything is white or gray, even the sky on most days. So in the summer, when my garden is in bloom, I take lots of pictures! Now, I open them and look at them to remind myself that soon it will be warm again ... and everyone will switch from complaining about the cold to complaining about the heat! But it's all good ... the bugs, the bees even the mosquitoes! In January I welcome the thought of slapping away mosquitoes just as in July a snowfall sounds wonderful! Like everything it's all a matter of perspective. I know right now as we up here in the north have had enough of the snow, ice and cold there are people in the south who are thrilled when it snows! So, Wisconsin is, and always will be, the land of changes. In the last week alone the temperature has varied by as much as 70 degrees! By the end of summer it possibly will be 140 degrees warmer than it was this past week. Crazy to think about, but true! From -40 to 100 ... that's Wisconsin!