Umm, not quite yet.

I was just going through some old photos, when I came upon this picture of X (red shirt, Black Flag cap) from a Girl Scout event in the autumn of 2005.  It still cracks me up every time that I see it.  She has never been one to hide her displeasure.

The girl in the Puma shirt doesn't look too thrilled either. 

I think that this is the most photographed corner inside of our house.  I return to it again and again ... the light, the view, the spider plant, and the mirror.

The mirror is very heavy and it hung over the sink in the original kitchen of the house where I grew up.  When the house was remodeled with new cabinets in the mid-1980's, the mirror was saved.  And, when the home was eventually sold, it was one of the items that I salvaged (along with my mom's hope chest and the so-cool modern Danish bedroom set that my parents had when they were first married (1969); more on that another time).

Although it hangs in the dining room, it is still opposite the kitchen sink, and I can see the matured reflection of the little girl that once did dishes in front of that mirror so long ago. 

Despite my love for winter and my sadness to see it go, I welcome the vernal equinox and what it brings (gardening!!  hikes!!  photos!!  flooding!!  thunderstorms!!).

(Also?  The forecast calls for 3-6" of snow this evening.)