Daily Notes- March 8th

The view from the front door.   The steps are cleared of snow and ice and sprinkled with sand.  The sidewalk is a sheet of ice.   The day I took this picture there was no sunshine.  Today and yesterday we had sun but still so very cold.  The outdoor thermometers read 20.  Our drive is a curve starting next to the mailbox and cutting diagonally across the lawn and up against the side of the garage which faces east.  This is the north side of the house.  The cold side.  Winter black and white.

Yesterday was a bad day and I got through it with the help of a my dear internet friends.  Thank you. I even reworked my Life Circle (which was such a bummer) with insight from Grace.  I now have a nice expanded star shape.  My dots are closer to the edges.  I am counting my blessings as the old song says.  And I am thinking a visit to the Magic Attic counts as an Artist Date.  It is the Magic Attic and always an adventure.

I watched a Hallmark movie yesterday.  About a doctor and a pear orchard.  One of the October Harvest Movies. While watching I was reminded of Dee's Hallmark Bingo Game which uses plot devices in the Bingo squares.  "meet cute" was cars meeting on a one way bridge and each person thinking they had the right of way and it also involved "mechanical failure".  We had more than one "misunderstanding".  All the movies share the same set of formula plots.  The movie wasn't all that bad.  The night before I watched three episodes of a mystery series. Top quality production which is far BEYOND the usual standard.

Connie asked about the pie.  No, I didn't make it.  Bake it. I would have been the only one eating it as G is in his "picky eater" phase. I did get a bag of Texas Red Grapefruit and peeled and segmented them for easy eating with yogurt.  I bought vanilla Icelandic yogurt.  I also got a bag of Cara Cara oranges for snacking while watching evening television.  I am trying to finish off the pot roast leftovers.  Still some mashed potatoes so I might get G to eat some.  He doesn't usually like leftovers.  But I will need to make some fresh coleslaw.

I haven't even thought about a plan for today.  I have some excellent books from the library that I could start reading.  I have some sashing strips to sew.  I have dirty floors that need the vacuum.  The pants I am wearing need some re-mending (patch) alongside the zipper- and this time I should NOT use white thread!!!!   These are my favorite LLBean bargain pants.  Someday the seat of the pants will wear thin and I will be devastated.  But will still try to patch them.  Boro.