“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?” – J. B. Priestley Thursday Throwback to Riley’s first big…
April 15: April Fools?
“Some people can’t be fooled on April Fool’s Day because they were fooled too many times during their entire lifetime.” ― Akash B Chandran I could not believe my eyes this morning when I looked out the window! You have got to be kidding me!!! I know this is Michigan, and anything is possible, but…
February 2: Snowglobe
“Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people’s legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world.” — Sarah Addison Allen (The Sugar Queen) There is truly something magical about snow in slow motion. It is magical, just as though you are in a snow globe, feeling each and every perfect…
January 19: Icy out there
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck (Travels with Charley: In Search of America) It was an icy -12 C on our walk this afternoon….and we have a problem, because Riley does not like to get his bottom too close to the ground,…
January 18: Snow day
“Wow, it really snowed last night! Isn’t it wonderful? Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand new! A new year … a fresh, clean start! It’s like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! A day full of possibilities! It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy … let’s go exploring!” —…