Just so you know

Robins are here, and I heard a Red-Winged Blackbird this morning. Saw a skunk yesterday! It may be cold, but it IS spring!

Where's Spring?

So, I'm going through the old pictures of the house being built last year and I'm ready for spring. There were many more signs of it last year at this time. I wasn't going to complain - it has been a beautiful winter, but I miss my porch, and the green of the trees and plants. And, I really want to get out there and fill out that landscape.

I had Diesel this week while Andrea and Kelsey were in NOLA with Erin & Zac. He was great and got me on the trails walking. It's wonderful to be able to walk out the door and be in the woods. Too bad he's got that beagle nose, I don't dare let him run on his own.

Babysitting at Gretchen & Jay's

HI!






















"I wish we could get Grandpa to stop smoking!"

Still winter

This is the anniversary of building our house - we started one year ago today!






We're still experiancing a lot of snow, wind and cold temperatures, and it's been hard to add to the blog, when all I have are more pictures of snow. Every once in a while, we have a sunny day and you start to believe that spring is around the corner. I have noticed that the buds are starting to swell (I know there are doubters out there, but look at the tree branches - you can see a difference every day). And then there are the birds - the last Sunday in January, we had a flock of Bluebirds come through, along with Robins, and Cedar Wax Wings. I think the Robins were lost, but the rest have been hanging around.







We celebrated Gary's 45th birthday this month. He just started back to work after months of therapy and seems to be doing well. There will be years of recovery with his TBI, but he continues to make progress.









Alexis says "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!"

We're off to babysit our grandbaby, who has figured out crawling and is working on walking. She'll be a handful, but I think both of us are ready for a little hands on grandparenting. Arno is leaving next week for Florida, he'll spend some time with his dad on the golf course. I'm home babysitting the grandpuppy - and will try to figure out if I'm ready for a full time dog again. If I'm ready for Diesel to go home at the end of his visit, then I'm not ready to have a dog. If I'm crying when he leaves, then we'll start looking (ok, I'm already looking, just not ready to commit!).

Happy New Year!

We woke up to another snowy day. I'm glad we didn't have to go anywhere and could settle in to a long day of football. I did manage to get some laundry done and tried out the snowshoes. I'm not sure if they actually helped in the snow or not, but it was fun to try something new.

Alexis' first Christmas

Books are good!


We had Christmas at Jay & Gretchen's in Brighton. It was great to hang out -
Uncle Arno came from San Fran (Stacey too, just didn't get her in the baby pics).

Andrea & Kelsey

Did someone say it was the Year of the tiger?

December in general

Has been cold and snowy. We've dug out a few times and are glad for our "plow boy".





Cedar Waxwings hanging out