I’ve been meaning to post for days now, yet I haven’t. Maybe that’s because not much is going on.

I can’t really talk about the weather since it is behaving itself and as I type it’s a balmy 44 degrees (F) out there this morning at not quite 8 o’clock! Not the single digits; not even below freezing! We’ve had a few flurries of snow but no real snow now for well over a week. I think the spell over our winter-enchanted piece of Earth has broken. The snow is slowly melting but it’s still treacherous to walk on. Maybe today it will be warm enough to slush up that icy crust.

Should I talk about my bra fitting a week ago at Intimacy on Madison Avenue in the city? No, you probably don’t want to hear about that.

Or should I tell you about my bird rescues? Bird Rescue #1: a blue jay rescued from the mouth of Bella that didn’t turn out very well, or Bird Rescue #2: a junco that flew into our sliding glass door that did turn out well.

Maybe my topic of conversation should be about our Colorado cabin and #1: the beleaguered Board of Directors of the Homeowners Association and all the problems associated with that mess. Or #2: the neighbor who lives back behind us and can’t access his property until mid-June because of a very deep snow drift that occurs on the road that goes through our property asking if we’d let them cut another road on our property to go around said drift or build huge ugly snow fences on our property that won’t help anyway. No, you probably don’t want to hear about that either. (We said no to both proposals, by the way.)

I suppose I could talk about why I am dusting off the old Rosetta Stone Spanish software and brushing up on my español. PANAMA (and quite possibly Nicaragua {Granada} too) in May. How’s that for an exotic travel destination? Rick has business and I am tagging along. There are other wives going too, so it should be really fun. I am hoping to see a rain forest environment and people say that a visit to the Panama Canal is a must.

Plus, we’ve been thinking about places to retire (six months in the States/six months “somewhere” else) and this is one place that was on our “maybe” list. This will give us a chance to see what it’s like. There is quite a large ex-pat retiree community in both countries.

So, see? Not much!

Sunrise this morning.

What would happen with your dogs and cats during those six months? Or would you pick somewhere you could drive to and take them all?

Elizabeth, by then we might be “pet free.” Of course if we still have pets by then they will go with us and will certainly be a consideration for where we go. We don’t have any firm plans, just exploring options at this point and trying to get an idea what we want to be when we grow up!

It looks like you have had a never-ending winter.  Beautiful pictures….lots of the snow has melted up here except in our yard of course.  Spring is just around the corner and can’t come too soon.  Have fun on your trip down south and get a good tan.  I hope the bra fitting went well, too.

Looking forward to hearing about the trip.  I think you could probably make a fun post about a bra fitting and that store looks wonderful (hey, they sell my favourite brand!)

Donna, and our winter isn’t over yet it would seem as we are once again expecting snow tonight!

Betty, well I have kind of a varied audience that reads my blog so getting too explicit would not be a good idea! What is your favorite brand?