Where's the Buddha?

Buddha under a snow blanket with a snow cap on his head  :)

I think that somehow our weather patterns here in New York got switched with those of Siberia.  Or the North Pole.  Or the Antarctic.  I'm expecting to see a Polar Bear any day now.  And it's still snowing, supposedly all day, through tomorrow with some freezing rain and ice accumulations thrown on top.  Slippery!

For me, I get to look outside and admire the beauty of it, not having to worry about having to be somewhere.  I am really feeling though, for all the people that have had to trudge out in this weather every morning, with the stress of driving in dangerous conditions.  That has to be taking it's toll and my heart goes out to them.

Yes, the Buddha under almost two feet of snow in this pic is the same Buddha from the blog header pic, who peacefully sits under the lovely Redbud tree in my backyard.  Quite a difference in weather conditions!  Spring to winter, how things change.  And not just the weather.  When I snapped that picture in the spring, there was not a thought of cancer in my head, today I'm three months post op and cancer free.  Amazing!

The view from where I sit...just a little snow

I'm expecting that by later today we won't be able to see Buddha at all anymore, but we'll know he's still there.  We may not see him again until spring...along with many more changes in weather, and surely many other things.

A quick update on how I'm feeling...thankfully the pain has been lessening (can I get a Hallelujah!) and I'm taking less and less pain medication.  I took my first drive by myself last week.  It was to the post office, not very many miles away, but in progress for me, it was light years!  What has stunted my moving forward over the past few weeks has been my asthma.  I was coughing so hard a few days ago I hurt my rib...creating a line of pain from my skin graft on my back around the side of my body to my rib cage.  Ouch!  More pain meds.  That has been healing though, and the asthma is not as bad, but it is still not good.  I think I have been inside too much with all this dry air.  I really can't get out much though, because somehow we have been transported to Alaska!  

You may have noticed that the Malachite mini mala disappeared rather quickly, which was nice.  Then one day I was just called to create the Turquoise mala I talked about in my last post.  There was just no stopping it!

I couldn't help myself...Turquoise and Red Jasper, 108 beads

I will definitely take pictures when the Polar Bears arrive, I promise.