Pansy in a Snow Storm

We are having our biggest blizzard of the season, snowing and blowing to beat the band. I am tired of the sound of the wind, it has been howling since last night.. it sounds as though it is trying to huff and puff and blow our house in... it just roars down the fireplace chimney. 

I went into my iPhoto and started looking longingly at my summer flowers photos. Funny, winter has not even officially started, well it has weather wise, but I am craving warm sunny days already. It will be a long winter.

purple and white pansy

Wood Flower Earrings

I ordered these gorgeous wood and metal flower beads from Artbeads, I love them. They are really quite light. I made a pair of earrings with them for my daughter Megan. This is not the best photo in the world but I took it late last night. I was just so excited by these beads. They were pricey, but now I wish I had ordered more of them.