Earlier this week, I sat down and reviewed our Website.
I should really do this more often. It’s too easy to just leave it once it’s up and running, especially since writing on the blog every other day makes it feel like our Web presence is continuously updated. While it still represents us fairly well, our site has fallen out of date, and needed improvement.
I kind of hate to say this, but I feel like we’re running out of winter!
We make an effort to celebrate and appreciate winter for its own sake, rather than merely as a setting in which to celebrate Christmas. After Twelfth Night, our traditional end of the Christmas season, we replace the trimmings of that season with more general wintry decorations.
Michelle has made sets of table and sill coverings for each season, including a winter set bedight with snowflakes in silvers and blues. This is distinct from the Christmas set, with its traditional red and green color scheme. We use snowflake and other winter-themed design sheets on the bed. We play a lot of music inspired by winter. We drink from winter wine glasses (see Samhain Welcomes Winter).
All of which has been largely for naught this year. While sections of the lower 48 battle “Snowzilla” and other winter weather events, it feels like March or even April on our homestead! Throughout the south’s snow crisis, we’ve had heavy rain and temperatures up to the low 40s.
