These pictures were taken in early January this year. New snow is breathtaking, especially when looking from the terrace out to the backyard and woods beyond. 
Today it's a warm February day with the temp hitting 50. A taste of spring to come. The yard and driveway are terrible messes of mud, soggy grass and leftover ice. This beautiful place in the spring, summer and fall is a horror for most of the winter. If it's not snow and ice on the uneven slate steps leading down from the terrace to the driveway, it's mud and deep puddles of water. I never leave the house without workboots, a fashion statement much different from that of my previous life, before I remarried and moved to this small town south of Albany, NY.
So today the weather is unlike winter, not unusual in this climate of upstate New York where there are always changes and nothing is ever certain.
Life changes - Likewise our health can never be taken for granted. At some point in our lives, we can't be sure what the next doctor appointment will bring. My husband has a history of cancer, so we are never certain what changes will happen to his health. The scare brought about by the cancer we thought had returned -- about which the doctor was certain had reoccurred -- has temporarily been laid to rest with a negative biopsy report from the pathologist. Original tests of a different nature than a biopsy, though, showed cancer cells, hence my reservation about jumping for joy and my feeling the good news is temporary. Two weeks from now another specimen will be sent to the lab and so we will wait, for what may be another life change.
So today the weather is unlike winter, not unusual in this climate of upstate New York where there are always changes and nothing is ever certain.
Life changes - Likewise our health can never be taken for granted. At some point in our lives, we can't be sure what the next doctor appointment will bring. My husband has a history of cancer, so we are never certain what changes will happen to his health. The scare brought about by the cancer we thought had returned -- about which the doctor was certain had reoccurred -- has temporarily been laid to rest with a negative biopsy report from the pathologist. Original tests of a different nature than a biopsy, though, showed cancer cells, hence my reservation about jumping for joy and my feeling the good news is temporary. Two weeks from now another specimen will be sent to the lab and so we will wait, for what may be another life change.
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