Snow Days, Mothers, Birds, and Snurfboards

I'm not a fan of snow but as a teacher I love a well placed snow day. Even better - when they call school the night before. Today met both those criteria - well placed and announced at 6:30 last night. I always think I'll get a whole lot of stuff done but usually I end up in my favorite chair, reading.

I spent some quality time in the aforementioned chair but in addition to reading I wrote some haikus. My favorite of the bunch is posted above. I'm not sure how good it is but it brought back some great memories.

My mom loved birds. She had a feeder right outside the kitchen window and nothing made her happier than when the cardinals visited. As I watched the birds this afternoon I thought of my mom and I thought about snow days when we were kids. I liked them so much more then. We had this tiny little hill in the backyard and we would ride my brother's snurfer, the precursor to today's snowboards, from the top of the hill into Mrs. Legler's yard. And it was so very fun.

If you spend a lot of time reading the news these days it's hard  to find joy and I'm always thankful when something as simple as happy birds remind me:

LIFE IS RANDOM LOVE IS NOTTM