Only two things can make me smile like this:

I woke up to snow this morning. The west bench is glazed with the good stuff. Down valley, in Inkom, there’s a generous dusting to behold. These hills come alive with a little bit of white. Also, it’s doggone brisk outside. I’d say that today we are experiencing our first cold, fall winds in Pokey though the word cold doesn’t do the breeze justice. I tend to refer to the fall winds as freshly flung daggers of ice that penetrate wool, down and fur like they’re cutting through jello (I have a flair for the dramatic though…). If you live in my town or in my area of Idaho I know I’ll get an amen from you. One of my favorite things to witness, when the weather turns cold, is all the emo kids in their skin tight pants and greasy hair under dressed for the weather and walking down Main Street like freezing to death is cool. Even the Ramones wore coats and whilst they weren’t really emo, they DID wear extremely tight pants if you recall. Hey. Ho. Let’s go.

Holy crow! While preparing this blogpost, RW walked in the door!

1. I had a terrifying fit of insomnia last night. Tonight I’ll sleep deep and I’ll feel totally safe.

2. The Snake River Hotshots are officially unavailable which means RW is almost done work which means I’ll have a family again very soon.

3. Hot tea and books in the living room tonight.

4. Farley will be ten times less neurotic since he’s going to get to hunt 7 days a week starting today.

5. Cooking for two is so much easier than cooking for one. No more pita chips and hummus for dinner!

Whew. I have to get out to the studio and do a bit of work now.

I hope you’re feeling the season change where you are!

Oh gosh. It’s blizzarding! What a welcome sight.

Skis, down parkas, mittens, rosie cheeks: