Waiting for the Wild Creatures

Sunday - January 13th - 50 degrees

Lou mounting the camera under the eves 

Lou aiming the camera at the right angle

Two of Lou's kids went together and got us an outside Mini-Cam Infrared Camera for Christmas; however the day after receiving the camera Lou got sick and we received 20 inches of snow and we weren't able to get the camera mounted.

We have had several days for thawing and yesterday we decided to venture down to the barn and find a place to mount the camera.  Lou came up with the idea of mounting it under the eves of his work shop and that way it would take in the large seven acre field, creek and the barn lot.  Now the camera is mounted and we are awaiting the arrival of the "wild creatures".  We have an apple tree in the barn lot, and last year lots of apples; however, no apples this year.

I will keep you updated on what appears before our lens.

Catching Up with Old Friends

January 9th - Wednesday

During the evening we received a phone call from friends from my high school days wondering if we were going to be home around lunch time today.  Lou had to be at a friend's home to help him with his tractor again, but said he would be home in time for lunch.  Our friends said they were bringing lunch and they would be here around lunch time.

Lou and I were up early and Lou was out the door bright and early to help his friend and I thought I would stir up an Oatmeal cake for dessert, I had just taken the cake from the oven and there was a knock on the door, there were our friends.  Much to my delight a little early, I didn't get everything done that I had wanted to do but it didn't matter, we just picked up from the last time we saw each other and got caught up on the years.  What fun to remember all of the years and happenings, things forgotten, that the other remembered.

Lou came home at lunch time and we enjoyed a very hot cup of coffee as he had been working outside in the cold and wind.  Once he was warmed up we enjoyed a lovely lunch of Subway sandwiches, corn chips, soft drinks and the cake for dessert and more conversation.

We dragged out the yearbooks (The Nessmuk) and looked at pictures and that is when we realized that many of our classmates were no longer with us and many have just celebrated their 50th anniversaries.  God has blessed all of us in many ways.  He blessed the four of us with a wonderful afternoon.

Taking Advantage of Warmer Weather

January 8th - Tuesday -  Beautiful Sunny Day - Started off at 10 degrees and reached 42 degrees.

Today was the day that Lou meets with his retired buddies from Schweitzers and I thought it was a good time to start a fire in the garage and do a good cleaning.  Lou's workbench has accumulated several projects to be completed, bits and pieces of this and that, so a lot of time was spent in sorting before the cleaning could start.

Once Lou's workbench was cleaned off it was time to move on to the craft area, where we had sorta dumped all of the outside Christmas decorations.  I got them all picked up and packed away for another year.  Now the windows have all been washed inside and out.  The carpet has been swept, the other side of the garage has been swept and mopped, curtains washed, ironed and all looks clean and smells fresh
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I split wood late this afternoon and filled the wood box back up ready for the next day we need a fire.  I have to admit, it really felt good to split wood and carry in wood.  That used to be a task that I did each and every evening.  Something that I enjoyed doing.  A task that I could do outside in the cool evening where there were no telephones just the sweet outside and the sound of the owls and once in a while the sounds of the fox.  Great memories.  Tonight I put a clean car into a clean garage.  Great feeling.

More Winter

Doves eating from feeder with Chickadees

Matthew enjoying the snow

Is there anything prettier than snow?

January 7th Monday

Just have to share some of the pictures of the snow with my family in the south.  I just can't seem to get enough of it.   Some of my family here think I am a little "crazy", but I do enjoy the snow, especially if the wind isn't blowing.  When Matthew and I were out in the snow, we could hear an owl hooting over in the woods and it reminds me of the many times I would go to the garage to put wood on the fire and I would hear the owls and the fox in the woods, they were good memories.  On moon light nights, I would be able to see the fox in the field at night.

My plans for today are to build a fire and get the garage nice and warm to get my outside Christmas decorations put away, with the exceptions of the snowman, soon will be time to decorate for Valentine's Day.  If we don't go to Florida I am going to enjoy the holidays here with outside decorating like I used to do.  I have several projects that I would like to accomplish.