NO SNOW HERE

... but it's all around us, apparently. The Malahat was closed last night for a time, and both Michael on Galiano and Monica on Mayne have checked in to say that they've got lots of it (and Monica was without power, as well).

We just got wind. Lotsa wind. For the third time since I commented a week or so ago that we hadn't had any windstorms to speak of. The forecast is still for snow, so it may happen yet ... but I'm skeptical, personally.

Meanwhile, I have finished a pair of socks that I can show you -- oh, yay. :)

(No, Esther, they are not identical -- I actually prefer fraternal twins, to be honest)!

My gratitude challenge for today was ...

Use the alphabet as a fun and quick format for making a list of things for which you feel grateful. Share this list with your social network through email, a blog post or a Facebook or MySpace page.

Well, I immediately started thinking of long lists of words, so I decided to limit myself to just 3 of each letter of the alphabet: 

A

Avocados

Autumn

Art

B

Babies

Books

Breathing

C

Chocolate

Canada

Chris Craft

D

Dancing

Daisies

Driving

E

Enthusiasm

Eyesight

Esther

F

Family

Floating

Freelancing

G

Gibson

Grass

Goodness

H

Hailey

Hands

Hoodies

I

Icicles

Ideas

Intimacy

J

Jason

Joshua

Jobs

K

KNITTING

Kites

Kiwifruit

L

Laughter

Love

Liberty

M

Mischa

Marriage

Michael

N

Needles (knitting, that is)

Now

Neighbours

O

Ovens

Ocean

Opportunity

P

Pyjamas

Penny (and Robin)

Purple

Q

Quiet

Quirkiness

Quilts

R

River

Rain

Rest

S

Sanity

Senses

Ships

T

Trees

Time

Tribulations

U

Understanding

Undergrowth

Usefulness

V

Vegetables

Valleys

Victoria

W

Wind Walker

Walks

Wendy (McD and M)

X

Xrays

Xylophones

Xmas (I know, that’s cheating… a little)

Y

Yarn

Yesterday

Yams

Z

Zaniness

Zest

Zinc (keeps electrolysis from harming wooden boats!) 

That was fun!  :)