February is the least photogenic month in the year. I love taking pictures and looking at pictures, but something about February in the Yakima Valley just kills my photo-interest. February was also a bit of a holding pattern for us. Day one of track practice was set for February 28th, so I kept feeling this urgency to enjoy my husband's company while I could. A few weeks ago, Jeff signed a new coaching contract, effectively ending his days as a "carefree" assistant track coach (coaching a group of 20 distance runners) to the much more intense position of head track coach, with five assistant coaches and over 80 teenage participants.
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Thursday, February 17, 2022
February Sunshine
This has been the gentlest February of all time! February was pretty warm last year, but it was also much windier and more volatile outside. So far February 2022 has been mild and sunny with only light breezes--plenty cold at night, but with sweet yellow sunshine warming up the daytime. Our tulips poked up leaves this week, and yesterday I saw a happy yellow crocus blooming in our front flower bed--the first! I know enough about the Yakima Valley to know to enjoy these gentle days when they come. February can either be endless frigid hard gray blizzards or soft and sunny, but March is always ferociously windy here. We are doing our best to make the most of the gift of this sweet tender February while it lasts.
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Happy Birthday to Rose
Rose turned eleven years old on Monday! We began celebrations a day early and had the local grandparents and cousins over for birthday mac and cheese dinner on Sunday night. We set up a folding table in our family room for the adults, and the kids ate at our kitchen table a few feet away. Our little house was bursting with family and life, all celebrating our sweet Rose girl. Everyone chowed down on the triple batch of macaroni and cheese that I made (3 pounds of macaroni noodles!) with roasted veggies and kielbasa sausage on the side. We had one small bowl of macaroni leftover.
Thursday, February 3, 2022
January Books
January: the month of cold gray darkness. Thank goodness for sweet bubblegum books to keep it at bay! This month I especially appreciated my happy fluff-books because they balanced out the heavier topics I encountered in my non-fiction reading. Balance is essential when it comes to learning about the social injustices in our world. Based on my reading list this month, it takes six happy fluffy books to offset one heavy nonfiction book.
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