Finding The Perfect Tree

  Wouldn't it be just perfect to hike through the snow, cut down the best tree, haul it back down the hill, and tie it to your car roof? Now I know better. It's so cold outside that I start whining even before walking out the front door. We saw a Christmas tree lot next to the hardware store today, with a sign saying they were from Marcus Farm, just down the road a few miles. That beats a Lowe's tree for sure. Local.  Freshly killed on Wednesday. Cheap.

Straight trunk?

Smaller and skinnier this year

Let's hope you don't end up like me

Day 2 of Vacation

He falls asleep every time he sits down

Guy talk

Is it time to eat yet?

Bit of sun after a day of snow

Guarding the yard against the snow plow/salter truck

Happy Thanksgiving

Run away! Head for the hills!

Let The Celebration Begin

Baked the cake I promised him as soon as I woke up

Driving home--started to get boogery

Really scarey(and dark) driving up our road

All swaddled like a little baby

Pre-decorated tree

Dog playing while I'm freezing

Are you eating snow again?

Wasps and Black Trim

  Now's the time of year to get the perfect wasp-nest, Mother. The wasps are gone, the leaves are gone, and I can spot them easily. Too bad they're all so high. I can see four huge ones on the way to Hornell. There's a nice one on the road to our place, but I'd have to jump the creek. K says it's doable, but I'd be the one doing it.

Impossible

Possible, but built around two branches

Rusty and I both fell in the same animal hole up here while searching

Hard to see the difference, but the black trim does look very good. Got a black dish drainer, too--wow!

Painted that little rooster thingie black

Hydrangeas dried quickly. Doesn't that look like a toddler Walt in drag?

Last Night's Sunset

   I chatted with Margaret last night while waiting for Rusty to do his business. I was miserably cold, so really appreciated hearing her talk about how warm it was there.  They even had the AC on. Mother told me the same thing. I think it's the wind that bothers me the most now--I hate it. There's no way I could live in Kansas, Sharon.

I wish I could capture how the sunlight beaming down makes the valley light up in a pale green mist, and why that is.

I'd Like to Talk About Cats---Courtesy Post by Rusty

  Not a fan of them. The end.

I caught my mom leaving food out for a stray cat that passes by occasionally.  She'll pay for this...

What am I dreaming about? See pic below

Roast Cat-it's whats for dinner! ( Margaret's Gordon, Mom says he's one of the good guys)

Sloth-Like

Finally re-potted this guy

 

Moved him near the sky light and he's gone crazy trying to reach it

Creepy cool dead apple tree

Sad sumac

Forgot to dig these up. Had to wait til last Friday when it wasn't freezing

Town full of cute buildings

Cute town's really gross latrine. Don't go in. Ken said it hadn't been cleaned since the county fair. Call me a snoot, but I never go in porta-potties. Clean your latrine, Larry!

Bought a vintage waffle iron. I spent an hour making it perfectly clean, then Ken spent 4 hours taking it apart and staring at the insides. Looks like a flying saucer, or a roomba, and makes great waffles!

Favorite find in Angelica

I don't think I did much the past week.  I remember being tired, hungry for chips(haven't had any in nearly 3 weeks,yay) and a bit bored. A favorite old show moved from 1l pm to 2 am, so that was a bummer, but we get a free channel this month that plays Parks and Rec and Party Down several times a night, so now I'm parked in front of the tv from 8 to 11. Oh--we did do something fun last Thursday.  We went to see Walt.  He looked extra cute. We stopped at the thrift store where he bought a Ouija board. Be careful, son. (There's a slight chance the  demon escaped the game box and traveled home with us,though. We heard a strange growling sound that night, and have seen a couple eerie shadows in the kitchen.)  I can't wait to play it with Debbie.
  Our big plans today include having Ken climb on the roof to see if any branches fell during the horrible winds last night, and maybe going to the grocery store for rice and coffee filters. I have to close my eyes most of the way down our road to keep from seeing all the dead deer hanging in the yards draining. Yuck.

Quick Week

 We've gone this week from snow to nice weather to very nice weather to rain and now back to snow.
K's painting the kitchen(different shade of white with black trim) and I've been polishing furniture; Liquid Gold--I've never used this before. Works well and smells like almond Christmas cookies.

Remember those high winds from earlier in the week? This was the top of a tree.

Middle tree that lost its top

I know I post too many pics of this--but its my favorite tree.

The hills are alive...with the sound of hunters. 7:20 this morning. I could hear multiple 4 wheelers on their way to adventure.

Can you see the bit of white on the bell by the door? That's not snow--it's summer bird poo from the nest-box above it.

Frosty Morning

I hate when it's total darkness at 4:30 in the afternoon, but waking up to a bit of sunlight is nice.

Some Things You Just Can't Teach

  We picked Walt up Saturday and immediately noticed something was a bit different. He was bright eyed, smiling, and obviously happy. What was it? He'd slept. And ate real food.  No more Mountain Dews and gummy worms. In bed by midnight, three nights in a row--seven hours each night! Every time we'd talked over the past couple weeks, I'd reminded him it wasn't good to stay up all night studying, 3 hours of sleep is unhealthy, one meal a day won't cut it, etc.  I guess some things you just have to learn for yourself.

Trying to fatten him up--look at those droopy drawers.