It seems that global warming is visiting us today. It is not quite the end of February which is normally nearly the dead of winter here still and it got up to 81 degrees ! They predicted 86, but it didn't get up quite that far. The inside temp in my house is 77 right now and I haven't had the heat on since yesterday morning and that was just long enough to knock off the morning chill as I was getting ready for work.
It was sunny this morning and everything was fine, but by noon it was getting a little too toasty in here for me, even just sitting doing my work. Fortunately, my floor fan was still here in my workroom and so I plugged it in and turned it on low to help keep me comfortable the last few hours. I was determined I was not turning on the air conditioner for a day in February. I refuse !
A little while after lunch I noticed that the sky was beginning to get cloudy. I could see the tops of the Bradford Pear trees out the window. Their blooms aren't all the way opened yet, but they are pretty close and I liked the way their fuffy snowy blooms looked against the lightly greying sky. I put my work phone on "personal" and stepped out on the back porch to take this photo. Kind of nice.... and a little calming somehow.
I was only outside a minute or two, then came back in and got right back to work. Within 10 minutes, all of the sudden rain began to hammer down really hard ! It made the loudest roar as it poured onto the house. It began so fast it was almost alarming for a second.
Funny as I looked again at the way I cropped the photo below, my mind wanted to make a tiny snowman out of the top of the wooden rocking chair that is on the porch. I kind of liked the illusion.
It didn't last long though, before little rays of sunshine starting peeking through the clouds again. Some of those warm rays came in my window sideways and lit up some of the happy things I have in and around it. I enjoyed seeing the way it made the colors glow.
After I signed out at 5, I took a photo from the other side of the window. It was time for the sun to begin going down. It usually sets behind these trees and makes all kinds of fun light to look at in the evenings as it slowly says.... so-long.... till tomorrow my sweet.
I realize that photos never quite seem to capture the whole beauty and mood the eyes can see, but I wanted to try to share it with you anyway.
My evening is just beginning. I have the glass up on the back door, allowing some of the now cooling air to come inside the house through the screen. I'm hoping to take that 77 degrees down a bit before bedtime. I don't have a plan otherwise, but there are so many things that would like to be done around here, so it's not like I've nothing to do.
I hope you've been having a good week this week. Mine has not been too shabby.
