More winter...........

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Yesterday................Check out the look on his face. Is he ticked that it's snowing and miserably cold again or did the squirrels eat all his seed?


Rufus towhee and a very fat mourning dove. Wonder if cooks.com has a recipe for dove.




The heating pad was on low while I was reading. I got up from my chair for two seconds to stir the soup on the stove and this is what I came back to. She was already washing up!









TODAY 2/11

Temperatures reached 46 today!! A winter sun has been out most of the day and a dry brisk breeze. It's been unusually cold and every couple of days we get two days of snow showers and gloom. About 2 weeks ago a flock of robins flew in and landed in our front garden ravaging the ground for bugs. Their internal clocks must sense spring in the air somewhere because they're still around. Lowes and Home Depot have put seeds, bulbs, and cold weather plantings on their shelves. More harbingers of spring.

Lauria, Jim, and children made it safely through the 2nd storm and are still in their home. Winter has been cruel this year in many places. I would have made a lousy pioneer wife. I don't know how those women did it years ago. Trudging along rough rocky roads with the wagon train through the miserable cold weather and mucky conditions, broken wagon wheels that needed to be fixed, no restaurants or diners to stop at, uncomfortable sleeping conditions, children whining "are we there yet," and husbands who wouldn't admit they were lost or ask directions. Not for me! Anyway, I'm in better spirits since Lauria, Jim, and kids are back home. Thank you for your positive thoughts and prayers.

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ralph said…
and still a bit more snow to come, too. :( i don't know if you are slated to get more or not. hopefully this will be the last winter event for us and then the sun with come out and birds will appear and the snow will magically melt away...

we had such a great outpouring of love and generosity from friends and family that last week of frigid cold. thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

we have fire logs and bottled water now. :)
February 13, 2010 at 8:53 PM
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