Kids and grandkids

Terri and Jamie dancing to YMCA at the Bar Mitzvah party Saturday night.

My boys...Johnnie and Josh at Josh's new house in Decatur. We were in the kitchen hanging out while I made spaghetti for dinner per Johnnie's request. He said he hadn't had it in a long time...it wasn't too bad either.

On Monday the guys put up a privacy fence in the backyard while I watched the babies...2 of them at 19 months. We had a great time but boy was I ready for bed that night!! Here Grampa is chasing Jamie away from the work site. I think they are both enjoying it muchly.

This is my girl Annie...ain't she a doll?

This is the big boy himself hanging out in his playhouse.

Just peekin

Peekin out over Daddy's shoulder...not sure about all these strange people around yet. He does warm up later.

Hike at Rocky Point

Last Sunday, the 15th of Feb we helped our friends Jerry and Judi celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary by going on a hike to a place that David dubbed Rocky Point...Judi and I are comfy sitting upon the namesake.
We all take a breather on a couple of downed logs. It was a beautiful winter's day.

This is the best rendition of a camel rock that I have ever seen...it has that casino beat out for sure!
You might want to zoom in but this is a pretty cool "lizard" rock too.
Believe it or not this is the same area. One side was full of gorgeous rock out-croppings and the other was oak groves with fallen leaves that reminded us of Arkansas.

come on spring

It snowed, the wind blew like crazy and it was very cold. It is February and it isn't near as fun as snow in December. The wood was out on the porch and the snow blew all over it. I thought it looked like how I feel about late winter...put upon. Now if we got a wonderful med-heavy snowfall without all the wind it would be romantic and heavenly...ah, then who could complain? Oh yeah, it was moisture and we have had a very mild but dry winter thus far so should I complain at all??? NO...but here I am...oh well. I do look forward to spring even though we don't really have much of one here in the mountain west. It seems to go from late winter in May to hot summer in June. But still we can dream of spring and so I do. It is really a nice day out today and soon I will get by butt out there and be thankful for the temps and the blue sky and the wonders of nature. That sounds better doesn't it? Yeah, I thought so.

winter some more

What a glorious sunset. If someone would have painted this, one would think it their imagination...
You have to click on this to enlarge it, then look just above and to the left of the statue's head. It is 5 degrees outside and sunny but there is a cloud overhead dropping ice crystals out of the sky and what a sight with the sun shining on them. Look through the tree at the "fog" like substance...that is hundreds of ice crystals coming down.
Okay...so this isn't my cat. But we share the same sentiments.
It is now over 10 degrees...whoohoo. The ice crystals are slowing down. Maybe I can get warm enough in front of the wood stove to get dressed now. It is supposed to get to a balmy 28 by this afternoon! Stay warm and be well...

Cozy inside, snowy outside

Yes...I am warm in front of the stove where the fire roars. It is cold and snowy outside.
A view from the window where it is white out there but still warm and toasty in here! Notice the dutch oven on the stove cooking dinner as we watch and smell the wonderful aroma...oh yeah, you can't smell that from your computer! Leg o' lamb roasting on an open...okay, closed fire for Solstice dinner. Yum!
The tree with the birds...in better weather that is. We finally put bird seed out. There has been an abundance of natural food all of autumn. But alas, it is finally winter.
The front porch in snow. I did cook a chicken breast or two on the grill for lunch. You should have seen the subsequent steam from the heat. I love snow. There is no question about it! Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas and Have a safe, healthy and happy New Year!

just stuff

We had 6 deer come up real close to the house one evening just before dark. We have on the ground water feeders for birds and rabbits but had never seen deer water there before. I attempted to take their picture through the living room window but it was too dark. The colors in the sky are pretty though.
Tigger and Psssk are doing pretty well. We have renamed Tabby a few times over the year. She is now Paranoid Schizophrenic Kitty thusly we call her PSSSK for short. You can tell she really likes us. She even follows us into the bedroom at night to sit in the window but we still cannot touch her. Tigger can though, he is her hero!
And then there is Bubba aka Roly Poly Catfish. You would probably just want to be called Bubba if you had that name. Everybody loves Bubba. We sure do. We may be in for some snowy weather the next few days. If so I may post some snow pics.