If you are in Michigan or Colorado reading this, you will probably get a good laugh. I am not amused. Here in Tennessee we usually have one or two snows a year that actually stay on the ground for a while. Even then, they don't usually come until February. This year we had snow for Christmas. It was fun. It isn't fun any more. It stops snowing for a couple of days and, just about the time the snow starts to melt, it starts snowing again. The highway department has run out of salt and had to get in another shipment. Businesses and schools are closed. The grocery stores are low on supplies. We are simply not well prepared for that much snow in this part of the country.
At this point it is nothing more than a minor inconvenience, but I hope we thaw out soon. I feel a bad case of cabin fever coming on. I don't like being cooped up in the house, but I'll just have to make the best of it. I've made a big pot of lentil soup. In a little while I will put some corn bread in the oven and light some candles. Then I will put on some music, snuggle with my sweetie, and enjoy a big bowl of home made soup while we wait for the snow to melt.
I haven't been able to get out of the house so I didn't get to the thrift stores to look for goodies to decorate my mantle. I scavenged some things from around the house and this is what I came up with.
Not exactly what I was hoping for, but at least it's cheerful. The tray is one of my favorite thrift store finds. It is vintage and hand painted. The teapot on the right is a Mary Engelbreit, a gift from my daughter. The one on the left is thrifted. The photos are of my adorable grandchildren. Looking at them always cheers me up. What cheers you up when you are feeling blue? What ever it is I hope that you have plenty of it around to last until the snow melts!
The Gingham Girl
