6 Below zero…

on a bright sunny morning in the heart of Illinois.    The temperature is to rise to 7 above today.  I have hope though because it is only 42 days on the countdown till Spring!

I got out yesterday and cleaned the snow off my car again.  Our latest snowfall was 8.4 inches.  Put that on top of the 7 plus inches we had a few days before that and we have an impressive amount of snow here.  Our total amount for the year stands at close to 40 inches.  We have more snow predicted for Saturday.

Yesterday was a non-productive day where I got nothing done.  I wanted to do something but I just couldn’t make myself.  I am having some back problems.  I have had back surgery in the past.  I would never recommend back surgery to anyone except as a last resort because the pain is still there afterwards.  Part of it may have been because I did use the vacuum on Tuesday.  Let that be a lesson to me.  LOL

And now for some fun.  The following is a cartoon from Julie Larson.  She is an Illinois native from Lincoln Illinois.  I sent her an email once and told her she must be patterning her cartoons after me.  she replied that she was the model for the cartoons.

Copyright Julie Larson…

Copyright Julie Larson…

Have a wonderful day.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

 

Sunday morning sunshine…

It is a beautiful Sunday morning in central Illinois weather wise.  The Illinois River is at flood stage along the river front in Peoria and various other locations in this area including here.  We have more rain forecast this week  so that sounds iffy.

River Front Peoria Illinois 21 April, 2013  Flooding Update…

A concrete barrier is being constructed along Water Street from the 401 Water parking deck to Liberty Street in anticipation of record flooding.  The barrier will be sandbagged to try to prevent water from crossing Water Street.  Water Street is currently closed from Eaton to the 401 parking deck and will remain closed for several days.     

http://www.peoriariverfront.com/index.php?section=1

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I had to include this cartoon from my favorite cartoonist, Julie Larson.

copyright Julie Larson

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Have a peaceful day.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

The Dinette Set…

~ Copyright Julie Larson ~

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Have a peaceful Sunday.  stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Drizzly Monday…

but this too shall pass and make way for sunny skies and mid 70s the rest of the week.  It is only 7 days on the countdown to Spring which is one week from tomorrow.

I feel good this morning and I am having a halfway decent good hair day.  what more could a person ask for?

I have to leave in a few minutes to run errands but first I had to share Julie Larson and the Dinette Set with you.

 

 

The Dinette Set by  my favorite cartoonist.  ~ Copyright Julie Larson ~

Click on the pictures to make larger.

I hope this is a good week for us all.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

I couldn’t resist…

 

~ copyright Julie Larson ~

Poor old Burl!  I love Julie Larson’s cartoons!

It is 27 degrees this morning and sunny heading up to around 40.  Right now the sun is shining but rain is on the way for tomorrow.  Better rain than snow.  My niece and daughter are coming for lunch today.  Other than that, I don’t have much planned.

I hope you all have a great week.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth