But if some of you living in the colder climes are longing for June, here is a beautiful song I heard on an American Songbook online radio station today. No video - just an album cover. Lucy Ann Polk is a completely new name to me, and I will go looking for more. Memphis in June was published in 1945, with music by Hoagy Carmichael and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. Lucy Ann Polk recorded it in 1957.
Oh, Nan, your snowy pictures take my breath away! I would walk that lane as far as it would take me, put out some treats for the birds and squirrels, and carry in some wood for a fire, if I could step into your scenes. Thank you for sharing your farm's beauty.
ReplyDeleteSuch nice words! Thank you! That "lane" comes up from the main road about .2 of a mile away. It continues on up into the woods in the other direction, but isn't driveable except for the tractor and four-wheeler. You can see part of the wood piled on the terrace.
DeleteMy daughter said they got about an inch in Cornish Flat, NH.
ReplyDeleteWe got about 6 inches! School was called off.
DeleteBeautiful! A great day to stay inside and appreciate the views from the window!
ReplyDeleteYes! We took care of Hazel while Margaret had to drive through the snow to work. We had a very fun inside day!
DeleteFantastic! So envious! And I *adore* your new header pic.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you read the "blog header picture" tab but if not, Tom took this around 7:30 in the morning of November 8 after the first snowfall the day before. It really is a fantastic picture, and with only an iPhone 6!!
DeleteBeautiful photos, Nan. What a wonderful sight to wake up to that must be.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It is magical, whether you are one or one hundred!
DeleteThe first snow does indeed have something magical about it, doesn't it! I am happy to wait until Christmas - snow in the city is never much fun, except for those first few hours while it is still white. But a snow-covered countryside is beautiful, and I am pretty sure we'll see some of it rather sooner than later this year.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your winter pictures!
DeleteIt's refreshing to come here and read that you love November snow, no moans and groans about it. Your header photo is beautiful with the snow on all the different shapes of trees and shrubs. And your porch pictures immediately took me back to snow mornings when my kids had snow days and no school. Mornings when they ate their breakfast by the wood stove that we heated the house with. Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for lunch and always rice krispy squares they helped me make. Even when we lost power I cooked a pot of chili on top the stove. Wet gloves, scarves and boots sitting by the stove later in the day. Can you tell that the dusting we got the other day just didn't suffice me?
ReplyDeleteI grew up listening to Hoagy Carmichael but don't remember this song. But his Buttermilk Sky was a favorite of my fathers. Lovely memories!
Memphis in June can be nice, July and August not so much!
I so love snow days! Around here they often begin with a "two-hour delay" and then make a decision whether to close all day. I think it's better to tell them right off that there is no school rather than stay in school clothes and wait! I love your memories of them. I'm sure your kids remember those days fondly.
DeleteI like HC, too, and I dearly love this song and her singing of it. That's what most southern state inhabitants say - the springs are wonderful and the summers "not so much"!
This is very similar (but probably an inch or so more) to what we had day before yesterday. And it is still very cold, not much melted at all. Beautiful, but way too early, I think. Love that song. Like the music on the radio when I was very young.
ReplyDeleteVery cold here, too! We almost always have some snow in October, but this year we were all lulled by the beautiful autumn days that went on and on. We just got the allium and frittilaria bulbs in the day before the snow! And people are lined up to get their snow tires on!
DeleteIf you click on that music link, you can listen to that music again. They call it the "home of the American Songbook".
Love the pictures! Always so beautiful in your part of the world at this time of year and upcoming weeks. I say that, but I wouldn't want to have to deal with that much snow. Nan, do you know that we had some snow earlier this week? Crazy, right? Snow and sleet and quite a bit of freezing rain. They delayed school two hours here as well. It was sleeting hard when the buses would have been out picking up kids. We'll see how the rest of the winter goes for us. Ha!
ReplyDeleteI did hear that! Margaret's friend's mother was visiting, and mentioned it on Instagram! Nice for her to have more time with her grandson. She said there were strong winds.
DeleteWe were in Michigan when the big snow blew through. There was 12.5" on the patio table there. All halted for a day or so which is unusual where we were. It sure was beautiful. When we got home there was and is still some snow on the ground but not this much. I love the snow too. If you are going to have winter why not snow? It makes all so pretty. I liked the Memphis in June song too. It sort of warms you just listening.
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