Summer, is that you...?

I can feel it: the sun is actually warm! Okay, there is still over a foot of snow...It is not just light any more, the sun is actually creating Heat. It is glorious.

Remind me of this when I am complaining about the heat in August.

oooooooooo mommy

I have recently developed a theory that southern food is lacking in umami. Ya know, the OTHER taste? Salty, sweet, bitter, sour, aaaaannnnnd UMAMI!

Umami - for those who aren't obsessed with reading food blogs and listening to NPR - is mushroomy. Meaty. GOOD. MSG is Umami.

Anyway, as Christopher has been trying new things, I think that the ones he never 'liked' have all been umami-ish. This is just a theory....

Bad Sign

I've been noticing references to 'spring' - on people's blogs, emails, conversations. Even the news, or at least more southern climate's news, is also mentioning it.

Spring. Granted, things ARE melting. The temperature IS above freezing for at least part of every day.

But:
Brattleboro is having a Winter Carnival.
Yes folks, that's right. WINTER carnival.
Winter. It is still winter. And we will continue to see ice heaves on our roof and sickles from out gutter.

The Frigid North

This is how winter makes me feel....

I am posting in honor of the fact that it has been above freezing for three days...in a Row! And. AND! Tomorrow it will be firmly in the 40 degree range. Remarkable. It has been in the low twenties and teens all the time for months now. I was almost accustomed to it being so cold.

(That is a lie: I complain bitterly. Chris then always, with out fail, quips, "Hey - you Wanted to move North!")

Anyway: here is what it has looked like:
Okay. So it is kinda pretty. But, damn it has been cold! Spring is almost here, right? Oh wait, not for several....months....