It has been quite the winter, sort of a "not winter." This time last year we were under about 4 feet of snow.
This is my front door, we had to dig our way out one morning!
This year we got virtually no winter, at least not yet... The fruit trees are getting ready to bloom, all the trees are putting out their new wood, it is not really good. Could be a VERY bad year for fruit around here, however for MY comfort, it has been delightful. The wind can just HOWL here, even that has been pretty calm this winter. (We joke that you never hear anyone complain about the wind on Mesa. That is because the wind is howling so loudly you can't hear anything anyone says...)
We are almost at the 45th parallel, meaning our days get down to about 9 hours long around the solstice. That is a lot of dark and winter can just be a bit depressing. I have been in the habit of hunkering down and watching youtubes and playing words games wrapped in blankets and with hot coffee at hand from about mid-November to early March. I called it semi-hibernating, but it was not good for my back, or spirits.
This winter has been different in that respect also. I sit down with my coffee and surf a bit, but then I get OFF MY BUTT and go do something so I can make a steemit post about it. 😁 The time I once spent on word games is now spent blogging, which is a more fitting use for words. They are sacred, in my opinion. Just playing games with them is sort of beneath their station!
I hardly get on facebook any more, but I am having REAL interactions with people on steemit instead. A handful of real world friends have gotten involved, and we are building a little steemit enclave here in Idaho! It has been so much fun, and we are getting PAID?!! Say WHAT?!! It also got us all into cryptocurrency, who knows how that may bless us before all is said and done?
This winter has been the easiest I have experienced in at least a decade, and it is not just about the weather. Having this opportunity to make friends all over the world, to be my goofy self and have people laugh with me, to put my heart on my sleeve and have people cry with me... The simple every day burdens of life can grind us down over time, this gift in my "midlife" years has brought back a bit of youthful vigor! You folks added life to my years, and probably years to my life. I would like to thank every individual who has been so kind and helpful, but I don't think I could list them all, so please accept this heart-felt
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ON STEEMIT!
HERE'S TO YOU!!!
