[rainmaker]

Very cold last night, so I made classic winter dinner: ham and bean soup, and french apple pie for dessert.

And then today, sunshine, blue sky, flowers blooming, birds singing, and I'm out there doing yard work.

Oregon has a lot of rain (which I don't mind at all), making the occasional really lovely day really welcome. Especially when almost everyone else in the country is floundering in snow and mud.

Take that, Aloysius!!