Right Under My Nose

Well..kinda.

I found out about a place in Springfield that I have to visit...soon. The fact that I can't go right now is driving me insane - its actually kinda nice today (as opposed to brutally hot, which it has been for a few days now), thanks to the rain.
Its the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden - just the site's photos have me swooning in my chair. I Must Go Soon!
They also host a Japanese Fall festival with performers FROM JAPAN! How cool is that?

Ok, so go to the site and ogle with me :)

I'll post my own photos once I actually get to go.

Snow!!

I was talking to my friend Kory who lives in Iowa about 2 hours ago. We were having misty rain/snow mix at the time. He was talking about how much snow they have and will have in the next few days. I said "Hey, send me some of that." I guess he did.
This was 3:00 pm - we were starting to get a small bit of accumulation...but it was sporadic.

And this was taken after I talked to my husband at 4:00. I had told him that we weren't getting much and the concrete was clean, but wet. I had to call him back after I went out for a smoke and took these pictures...lol.

And now it is 4:30 and coming down harder and faster than ever. OMG...we are getting an entire blanket. I have to say - there are two things that I live to see and that is 1)Rain and 2)Snow falling. I'm a happy, happy girl.