Sunday, February 10, 2008

What hope looks like to me:

Do you see the tiny little tulip bud just below the snow? That thing is springing out of the ground in the faith, against all evidence, that it will be spring again, and it will have sunshine and all that it needs to survive.
A hummingbird nest in the tree in front of my house... it hopefully awaits the return of those beautiful little birds in the spring.

Winter is a hard time in Colorado. The beginning of it is always joyful for me. But around this time of the year, it is just dark, depressing, and difficult. It is difficult to run. It is impossible to ride a bike. It is too much trouble to go swimming (even indoors.)

I know that the day will again come when this dreary feeling will be gone. My neighbor and I just stood outside and made our plans for our annual trip to the greenhouse - to purchase our flowers, plants, maybe even a tree! The trip isn't until the first weekend in May, but we both look forward to it - even though it is nearly 3 months away.

I slept until 7:30 this morning. I never sleep this late. The phone rang and I spent over an hour talking with a good friend who is going through a difficult time. God Bless Him.

I am feeling much better, and it is sunshiney and in the 50s outside, so I am fighting the urge to go outside and run. But I am going to force myself to wait until Tuesday. I will be more careful in my running now. I do not want to have this kind of pain again, it was unpleasant!

And I want to thank the few bloggers who continue to comment on my blog. I do appreciate you.

8 comments:

dAAve said...

As Todd (Hell's Kitchen) might say ...

Chillax!

Mary Christine said...

What is chillax?

Pammie said...

Hardly anyone comments on the weekends for some reason...me either.
It would be very hard for me to live in you kind of climate. I was barefoot outside today.
Let me know when you are planting flowers, I may do mine at the same time. Ya know what? I've never planted flowers!!!! If you don't know what you are doing down here the sun just bakes them to death.

dAAve said...

Chill + Relax = Chillax

(see Todd's recent post)

One Drunk to Another said...

Ah, I LOVE reading your blog, even when I don't comment. Blessings to you today!

p.s. That's the kind of Bud I enjoy today!

Syd said...

I like it when the first signs of spring come. But in this place, where it gets so hot, I am hoping for a bit more winter.

Anonymous said...

I confess that I am a non-commenting reader. Partially because I didn't want to provide an uninvited link between this blog and your other one and also because I've never mentioned this on my blog. But, I enjoy reading and appreciate what you share here. I'll have five months on Sunday...it has only gotten better. I know you can check the commenting time with sitemeter, but if I sign-off with wenster, I'm pretty sure you'll know who is leaving this comment. Hope you had a good day.

Mama Dukes said...

when I read hope and saw rocks I wondered if you see rocks in a similar way---but then I saw the bud.
Hope is good, they tell me spring always shows up