Snow.

Totally stupid weather. Period.

This afternoon's sleet turned into snow. Huge fluffy flakes that stuck to everything except the stone courtyards, the wet road, and the wet driveway. The yards and the pastures are white, white, white. The tree branches and the bushes are covered in a layer of snowflakes. The field around the pond is all snow-covered and the pond looks like a mirror in the middle of it.

We opened the door for Gatsby, our outside cat (who's been mostly inside since Thanksgiving), and that pure Texas cat took one look at all the snow (not knowing what it was, of course) and he turned right around and went into the bathroom to use the litter box.

My husband went outside to take a photo of the house and the property as the snow was falling. I haven't seen the picture yet, but I'm sure it looks like a post card. Looking out the windows at all this snow (less than an inch, really) it is so hard to believe that we're still in Texas.

Maybe the Wicked Weather Witch has waved her wand and sent us to Kansas. I have a pair of red shoes in my closet..... if I put them on, click the heels three times........ maybe summer will magically begin and this snowy, sleety, freezing day will be just a bad dream.