We've been having unseasonably warm weather of late until late today. Until 2 hours ago. Flurries riding on strong winds have changed our muddy landscape, freshening it up and making us grab gloves and jackets. I have a secret. The thought of a snow storm, an actual blizzard, makes me giddy, like a kid going to a birthday party! I don't know why I love snow so much but I just do. I was raised in northern MN for my first 18 years so the long, snowy winters may have formed my love of snow. It was truly a winter wonderland "up north". We skated and sledded and ran around in heavy winter clothes for a good 4-5 months and it was fun! I get excited about snow like old-timers get excited about a lutefisk meal, I guess. So many fond memories.
We live in the country so our farm life is a quiet one but the coming new snow will bring a quiet that is more than just quiet. It's hushed. Well, except for the wind. We have wind nearly everyday, but on the rare day we don't, it's startlingly hushed. Can't wait to try to hear the quiet.
My designs are finally coming along and I've just published four new ones on my etsy shop. New enough that I don't have hooked samples of them yet. I find that my designing has to come in flurries, starting with a trickle, then building to a small flurry. It's a difficult thing sometimes to take all the possible elements and refine them into a pleasing design. I feel as though I can't possibly live long enough to explore all the elements that appeal to me. I do tend to default to flowers. Flower bouquets, flowery vines, twining vines, buds and berries. So many forms, colors and combinations. Do you find your creative energies come in waves or flurries? Or at a constant flood?
A good blizzard tonight and tomorrow will give me a nice chunk of quiet time to work on more designs and plans. I hope you get a blizzard if you want one or have spring just outside your door!