This is what it looked like way back in November 2010... All that white fluffy stuff just seemed to pile up and pile up with each successive snow storm as the weeks and months rolled by.  Well it's now starting to melt and with the melting snow the ground is starting to look ugly - leaves, cigarette buts and bits of trash covered by the white stuff are starting to show.

First we have the back-breaking work of shoveling the snow (if we haven't got a snow blower to hand) and then when it's gone we have the back breaking work of cleaning  up the yard!

In an email addressed to Karin was the wise and true saying, "Life is like taking a hot bath... the longer you're in it the more wrinkled you get."  Maybe we do feel our age and maybe we do show our age with each passing winter, spring, summer, and fall (or autumn as it's called in Britain) but one thing is certain: getting old is bloody hard work!

If you are young and you think life is one big party - or should be - just remember this: after each party you will experience  that hangover that will make you feel more miserable than death warmed up!  Headache pills will not cut it and there's no cure.  Age will eventually bring about the realisation that going to church rather than to the bar not only frees you from the promise of a hangover, it really does give you a feeling that your life means something.  With Jesus Christ right there in the center of things, your life does mean something and you can do something with it.  Sod the party, really live!