A Good Broom.....

When you have a big porch, and lots of powdery snow, one of these is really handy!

Cold Morning....

It's been one of those I~can~hardly~wait~for~my~first~sip~of~hot~coffee mornings.
It's almost half past eight, and still the thermometer is registering
-7 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This and That..

Last night my dear husband took me over to the house to see the wall he and dad put up in Miss Posy's room, and the progress he has made with the wiring. It truly is amazing what he gets done in the limited amount time he is able to spend over there. I am so proud of him. And the house, even in it's state of current chaos, really does feel like home. It is so easy to picture us living there..........I really have to try hard to keep from daydreaming about what it will be like when it is finished.........when we are all moved in..........my plans for arranging the furniture........where to put a vegetable and flower gardens.....a tire swing.........the lovely old barn, and where to put the chickens,(~ when we get them;)......I could go on, but I'll spare you. Yes, it is so easy for me to get lost in dreaming and not attend to the now........

(....like the dishes I should be doing upstairs, and the shelves I should be dusting.....)

Hoping you are all staying warm and cozy, wherever you are;) Tonight it is supposed to get down to -7 (!!!!!!!!!!!!) I'm thinking hot tea, a good book, and a roaring fire, will be just the thing!

Planning

Sat down with Blue, my knitting, and 500 Kitchen Ideas this afternoon. The plan is to get what we want "nailed down", so to speak, on Friday. That way my dear husband and Dad can start the wiring. Exciting........and a teeny bit stressful to think about.......but mostly exciting;)

Before Bedtime Reading....

"The sun was shining almost overhead. All the snow was a dazzle of sparkles, and the wood-haulers were coming down Hardscrabble Hill. High on the bobsleds piled with logs, the men cracked their whips and shouted to their horses, and the horses shook jingles from their string of bells."

~From Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

About Angels....

"Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs."

~St Francis de Sales

Shades of Blue...

~Just can't get enough of this little guy........

.........can't you tell? ;)