I Love New York Travel

This is a winter shot of my Secret Garden. Here it lies dormant, awaiting warmth and greenery again.

It’s 30 degrees here in Upstate New York today– practically balmy! I saw some teens in breeches at the store yesterday– you know summer is right around the corner when the young ones break out the shorts and tank tops. :-p Why do kids do that?

Well, anyway, sloooowly our daylight hours are gaining on us. And the sun has made a few appearances lately! It’s been a horribly gray, gloomy winter, and I am glad to be rid of it this year. I don’t look forward to the drenching humidity of summer, but I am eager for spring, definitely. I will soon be ripping apart my kitchen in preparation for a renovation, soon, too.

Oh my , how I have spent a long winter’s nap with this blog! I am not a very dedicated photographer, am I? I’m thinking of handing this blog over to my daughter. Of course, she’s busy, too… but not as busy as I am, heh heh. And she only runs ONE blog!

This photo is last year’s winter blast. We’ve seen much colder temperatures this year, although very little snow. During my childhood, I remember making large castles of snow, filled with large furniture made of snow. My children have had sparse snow experiences. And here I thought my snow memories were common winter weather patterns; it turns out the 70s were rather snowy for the time… too bad. I’d like my kids to experience snow furniture sometime. I’ll be sure to do something my parents never did: take photos.

Taken up in the rural elevations of Sauquoit, NY. Winter got a late start this season. We had seen no accumulating snow until this day (December 2008). Plenty of cold temperatures and icy flakes, though. January would boast subzero temperatures, and we did manage to get a few feet of snow in Februrary 2009.

I used to love the cold weather and snow, but as I get older I find the winter weather more uncomfortable.