Ending and Starting

Old "Creation"

Today, February 28, I washed 6 panes of one window! Yes I did! I was going to do one pane a day until all 72 were clean but things got out of hand. Of  course I picked the easiest because I didn't have to move much to get at them. Remember, I only have one arm that can reach and it isn't even my dominant hand. If my original plan was really put into action they would be cleaned by mid-May. Well...my intentions are at least good!! Oh, by the way I did clean the three large dresser mirrors and a wall mirror in the bathroom as well. Yay me!

My outlet is manipulating photos and designing creations from scratch on the computer. Yes, I know...I spend way too much time on this activity but it is relaxing for me. I can express energy and emotions. Here are two recent ones.

This is from an original picture of my orchid.

I call this one "Bubbling Over."

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Seeing Clearly

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ... and I should wash the 13 cabin windows! Each one has 6 panes. One is filled with the A/C. That makes it only 12. Oh well, now I will have to have 'someone' do it this Spring. It is a tricky procedure here. First of all you can only clean the storm windows from the outdoor side. To get the inside of the storm windows you have to open the inside window. Sounds easy, right? NOT! Furniture has to be moved. Curtains have to be taken down. The nails that hold the latches tight have to be removed. The sliding latches have to be unlatched - sometimes with a hammer. Then, sometimes the window still won't swing inwards and you have to take a large putty knife and pry the frame to get it to open. THEN... you can clean the inside of the outside storm window, clean the outside of the inside window, shut it and secure it and clean the inside of the inside window. Then put everything that you moved or took down, back! It is a fun job that the Mister always did every year and both 2020 and 2021 it has not been done. 

It really didn't used to be so hard but traffic has picked up on the dirt road making terrible dust over the years here and we have sealed the storm windows with putty. The windows are never opened anymore except the inside ones to clean the glass. Enough dust seeps in the old cabin anyway. For fresh air, the front and side doors are equipped with screen doors. Besides all of that, the settling of the logs has made window opening and closing very difficult.

Of course my dad and mother could never have realized that being so very close to the road would be a dust problem sixty years later. It would have been better to have had their summer retreat cabin set back about fifty feet, right next to the cow path that ran all along behind at the property edges. Of course, at that time it would have caused different problems!

So, here I am, looking out through sunny and hazy windows hoping for a seasonal change that I know will come - in its own time. It could be worse, right? I love my home and I'm lucky to have one! 

April Showers

All I can say is that I know better and warmer days are coming. On April 21, 2021 around noon the stuff came down and it was a white-out!

Next comes the May flowers... They have ten days to get here! The sooner, the better. They bring the hummingbirds!

 

The Sun is Out and it is COLD

Again, I'm looking out through the windows of the cabin and the views are fine as I'm warm indoors! Note that the temperature was 0° at 7AM.

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Crazy Weather

My little flowering plants are anxious to be outdoors, BUT...no can do. Tonight there is expected to be severe wind and rains. The temperature reached 76° today. Tomorrow there will be more rain and Sunday might be a good day to transfer them if the forecasts are wrong. More rain. The tuberous begonia that I started with a September leaf from the mother plant is now showing more buds, but is also growing too tall!

My window washer guy got 5 storm windows done on the outside. There are 13 here and he also has to do the inside (both sides) and the storm (inside) so his work is cut out for him.

Meanwhile back in the kitchen the baker has produced a nice loaf of white bread. It lays on its side to cool so the top doesn't get squished! I have a plastic thingy that has slots so when I slice it each slice will be even and straight. How about that! I have had it for many many years. (French Toast for supper!)

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