I don't talk about politics much here. And I won't be talking about it much today either, except to say I hope you vote. This is the most exciting election for me in many years. I won't be voting today because our caucus here in Maine is not until Saturday. How amazing is it that no matter the outcome of the primary season, the nominee of the Democrats will be groundbreaking -- either a man of color or a woman? How many of us would have imagined that would come this soon? In the midst of all the other difficult things happening in the world, this is one point of light for me. And just think, one day the fact that among the candidates are women and people of color will not be noteworthy. It will happen.
It is lightly snowing this morning. We expect to get around 3 inches and then perhaps some of the not so wonderful wintery mix. We haven't had a substantial snowfall in several weeks now and I am starting to miss it. I would far rather have 10" of snow than sleet, freezing rain and rain. It's still a long wait for spring and I know there are snowstorms yet to come.
It may be snowing outside but on my windowsill, this beautiful new amaryllis is slowly opening and showing this dramatic deep deep red.
Election returns and a snowy day mean lots of time to work on Arabian Nights -- here's hoping I get far enough to start on the center motif tomorrow!