February 2, 2014 Photo (033/365): "Crêpes"
C'est la Chandeleur: La Fête de la Lumière et le jour des crêpes.
Wouldn't you rather eat crêpes than wait for the Groundhog to see his shadow? Before enjoying your crêpes, hold a gold coin in your dominant hand and flip the crêpe with your other hand. Make a wish and catch the crêpe in the pan. If you succeed, your wish should come true and your home will be bless with prosperity. So much more fun! Yet la Chandeleur also comes with weather predictions:
À la Chandeleur, l'hiver cesse ou reprend vigueur| On Candlemas, winter ends or strengthens
À la Chandeleur, le jour croît de deux heures | On Candlemas, the day grows by two hours
Chandeleur couverte, quarante jours de perte | Candlemas covered (in snow), forty days lost
Rosée à la Chandeleur, hiver à sa dernière heure | Dew on Candlemas, winter at its final hour
Today was was sunny and cold, so we are in for forty more days of winter. The Groundhog confirmed it. Only 40 more days of Wisconsin winter? If only...
February 1, 2014 Photo (032/365): "Confection"
Mother Nature blessed this first day of February with a generous sifting of powdery snow, transforming January's bleak leftovers into lovely, sweet confections.
January Reflections: Bitter Cold, Beautiful Palett. Keep trying to explore outside, but find ways to warm up inside!
January 30, 2014 Photo (030/365): "Enough"
Are you sick of pictures like these: Snow clinging to branches and drifts obscuring the landscape, the bluish hue of the January air...? ME TOO! Sure, the snow is beautiful and I really do love this color palette, but I've had ENOUGH:
Enough of bone chilling temperatures,
Enough of salt-stained boots and cars,
Enough of cabin fever,
Enough January!
Yes, I know that February will likely bring more of the same...Yet the promise of one fewer month of winter: a month filled with crêpes for la Chandeleur, hearts, flowers, and words of love for Valentine's Day, Marquette basketball and the Winter Olympics, birthday wishes and time with family, a month with only twenty-eight days...That's ENOUGH!