Fine. I concede.

It's winter. We have about four inches of snow, a layer of ice, and another couple inches of snow that's still falling.

I just watched someone ski past my house.

Awesome.

Blessed be Electricity

Hurricane Ike made itself known in Cincinnati on Sunday in the form of some insane wind. There wasn't really any rain, but the wind tore piles of leaves off the trees, and brought branches and trees down everywhere, including on top of a neighbor's poor car, crushing it pretty thoroughly. Power went out, and shortly thereafter, the wind dropped-- as did the temperature to a comfy 70. So that's where we've been for the past couple days. All things considered, it was not a bad time at all, though everything in the fridge will need to be replaced. The temperature was lovely, and the time was quiet and relaxing. We got a bunch of reading done, and I worked on a couple craft projects. People were out chatting and clearing branches off lawns, and even the neighbor with the crushed car was in pretty good spirits.

The project du jour was a tiny door to the Little Country. A fairy door, if you will. The plan is to secretly have it installed in the home of a niece and nephew for Christmas. I've assembled everything, and now I just have to add shingles and frame it with basswood, making it possible for the door to open a crack to show a coat rack and a bit of hallway. I have a tiny umbrella and scarf, along with a miniscule key that fits the lock. Em and I are debating giving Mini M the tiny key for Christmas, (maybe on a bracelet?) and telling her it probably goes to a little door. She'd find the door herself. Since it's going to be a Christmas door, I've made a tiny wreath for it out of paper twisted around a little copper wire, snipped and painted. More photos to come as things get finished.