We woke this morning to a storm; hard to believe on April 20 that we would be facing the possibility of 30 cms of snow, but looking out the window, I believe the predictions. It's pretty to look at and I am happy I have no need to drive anywhere today, but I was so hoping that the 15 cms of snow that fell on the weekend was the last roar of Winter. Not so.
So what does one do on a day where one is confined to one's home? In our case, it gives us all the more reason to stay in. The chores that may call us outside the house, even in the winter, can wait; snow clearing, checking the roof, bringing in wood from the wood shed, all this can be left for tomorrow. There is a warm, cosy feeling in the house as the snow lays down its white blanket around us; and a lovely sense of helplessness. This offers up every excuse to read without measuring the time, to embroider what ever project falls under my fingers, to enjoy the hot homemade soups which always seem to be ready for such a day. You could say it would be a lazy day, but in fact, the day just simply takes on a different kind of busy-ness.
If we had planned a chocolate egg hunt for the weekend, we would have had to provide the children with snow shovels. A egg hunt in the garden was always part of our Easter tradition, but this year, if the grandchildren had come, we would have had to do a quick turn around and organized ourselves inside the house.
Happy Easter weekend to you all.
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