A Change of Seasons

Greetings, readers:  Well, spring is in the air; the temperature approached fifty-five degrees the other day. This has been one of the coldest, windiest, wettest winter that I can remember in my sixty-nine years of life.

The wind has been blowing here in the coastal region of North Carolina for months.  I wonder what March is going to be like?  It certainly can't be any worse than January or February.

I just heard on the news that an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chili early this morning and that the force of it was five hundred times that of the one that struck Haiti.  That's very hard to believe and amazing.  Now, they're warning the entire Pacific Coast of an impending Tsunami, especially the Hawaiian Islands.  I pray that, even though conditions are perfect for a tsunami, no tsunamis strike any inhabited islands or coastlines.  

It seems that earthquakes are becoming commonplace these days.   It reminds me of what the Bible says about earthquakes and floods becoming numerous in the latter days.  I do believe that we are in the latter days and that Christ's return is not far away.   I just want to be ready when that day arrives.

As usual, I've been beading, beading, beading.   I've found a few beading blogs and have seen some of the beading done by others and know, without a doubt, that I will NEVER be that good;  I don't have that much time left to practice.  I wish I'd started beading when I was younger, but I didn't have as much patience then and with children to rear, beading would definitely have been put on the back burner.  Oh well, I don't have to be the very best;  I'll just do the best I can and enjoy the beading process, which definitely relaxes me and when I make up my own designs, I'm using the right side of my brain, which is supposed to make one smarter.  

It is a beautiful day here in North Carolina; sunny and still windy but not too cold.  I can't wait for some spring-like weather.  I can remember, in years past, that in February we would have a couple of days that were warm enough to sun bathe; not so this year.  My gas bill has been stupendous this year.  I got my propane tank filled up the other day and I haven't even looked at the bill, for fear of it being too high.   If I didn't have to pay gas bills, or grocery bills, I would have lots of money to buy more beads.  Ha.

I'm waiting for my granddaughter and great-granddaughter to arrive.  They're coming over for a little visit.  My great-granddaughter is walking now; so cute.  I can't believe that next month she'll be one year old.  Time really flys by, doesn't it?  It seems like it used to take a long time for Christmas and summertime to come around, but now it seems as though all we have is Christmas and summer.  The days are going by too fast for me.   It seems as though as soon as I get up in the morning that it's time to go to bed again.

Well, readers, it's time to close for now.  My grand and great-grands are here and I want to spend as much time with them as I can.  Later - Nana