Memories are priceless…they are like hot chocolate and cozy socks on a chilly night. This past week as I watched videos of the winter storm along the east coast memories of a particular winter in Iowa when the wind chill was reported to be 60 below zero visited for a moment or two…it was then replaced with memories of family photos of the winter in Portola, California when the snow fall was recorded at 9 feet.
Donna, Portola California
Even though January is my birth month, I often experience the winter blues in January as it is usually the longest, coldest, darkest month of the year. Not so this year in Northeastern Colorado…weather forecast for today is partly cloudy and 47 degrees.
50% tip…Rachel Maddow’s tipping rule…there is gratitude for the compassion she has for those who deliver pizza through the rages of nature. Maddow: Terrible weather tipping rule is in effect:
a meditative journey 
While I turned my head
that traveler
I’d just passed…
melted into the mist
Shiki
I so enjoy sharing wonderful words and photos with you:
Not the snow of flowers,
That the hurrying wild wind whirls
Round the garden court:
What withers and falls away
In this place is I myself.
~Fujiwara no Kintsune
Wow amazing photo! I love your gratitude at the end. 💜💜 Happy birthday! Blessings Debbie
Thank you Debbie…hope you are keeping warm during this time of “crazy weather.”
Memories are indeed priceless….