It's cold out there!

The one thing I love about Iowa is the weather and the changing seasons. It is never dull. During the spring and summer we can go from sunny to severe thunderstorms and tornado's in a very short time. It can be chilly or darn right cold one day and the next it is hot and humid. Winter and fall also bounce back and forth between yo-yo temperatures. It is seldom predictable and often we will go from one season to the next within the course of a day or even hours. It is ever changing and actually kind of fun.

I learned a long time ago, as a farmers daughter, the weather is unpredictable and always changing and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it. I love the seasons. I would go nuts and probably struggle if the weather was always warm and sunny. I need my seasons.

And of course everyone has their favorite season. As a kid and teenager growing on on the farm I loved spring. It was a season of fresh and new. Birth and spring planting. Summer to me was a season of work. I suppose this was because I was on summer vacation and I worked on the farm-loads of fun. My favorite season now and probably most of my life is fall. I love fall on the farm. And all the colors and cool crisp days and nights. I love snow in the winter, especially before and at Christmas time. After that I can take it or leave it. But having a layer of snow is better than brown, bare ground. To me that is dreary. I'm not a fan of mud nor of snow in April or worse, May. But it is what it is. I don't like ice because it's hard to walk on and tends to bring down power lines!

Mother Nature tends to dish out some nasty and wacky weather at times. People complain, get their panties in a wad and make anyone who will stop long enough listen to their complaints. It's the weather-there is nothing we can do about it. Enjoy the beauty of the seasons and all that comes with it.

So as try to warm up after being without power for five hours in sub-zero outside temps I'm reminded of how much we take for granted and forget to appreciate. If this had happened during the summer, we'd be outside enjoying the fresh air. Right now I'm thankful for a working furnace and a warm bed for the night. It may be cold outside but spring is right around the corner and then it will be summer, followed by fall and winter again....it makes life interesting!

Positive thought of the day: Enjoy the beauty of the seasons and the weather it brings with each one. We're just along for the ride anyway!