Snow day..........

Everyone knows that you must have a clean house in order for Santa to visit. Here she is busy at work.  Might be a good plug for Dyson. Look, maneuvers so easily your two year can vaccum for you.  Do you think I should ask for royalties?   Anyway, she did a great job.  She actually had fun doing it.  Oh, how quickly that will change.

After our cleaning was finished it was time for playing. And play we did.  Cailin thought it was really great to throw snowballs at Ama.   She also thought it was really fun to go sledding, as long as Ama would pull her.  Otherwise, it was just way too much work.  Up the hill, down hill, down the driveway, up the driveway, and up and down the hill again.  Okay, that's Ama's workout for the day, enough.

As I watched my granddaughter play in the snow and dodging her vast amount of snowballs. I couldn't help but think of playing with my own two small children in the snow.  Then, falling in the snow meant laughs and giggles, now it means aching bones.  Where has the time gone.

Mother Nature...How do you like her now?

Well, as most of you have heard we folks here in Wisconsin got dumped on pretty well last night and today.  We ended up getting about 15 inches of very wet heavy snow.  Anyone who lives in a climate with winters knows that wet heavy snow means power outages.  There were several thousand of people without power today.  Lucky for us, we were not one of them. Along with the heavy snow and blowing winds, we also had snow thunder and lightning last night.   The question comes to mind, "you enjoyed Novemeber?"  Well here you go, how do you like it now?

This picture was taken from the same place I took last weeks shot. A tad bit different I'd say.

This is our clothsline that I was just using two weeks ago.

The fence around the garden.  The garden which it seems we just dug carrots from.

And at last, the lonely gazebo that not so long ago enjoyed  laughter and dinners under its roof.

The Beginning....

What a sad day it was, last Thursday we had our first accumulating snow.  Of course it had be knitting night that it arrived.  I found that there are a few die hard knitting groupies out there. 
It was just one of Mother Natures funny little jokes she plays on us.  She has yet a much larger joke in strore for us tomorrow.  She is going to wave her arms around, blow with all her might and produce 12 plus inches of snow with 40 mph winds.  Ain't she cute?

Tis the Season

Three weeks ago when we hit 70 degree weather we decided that it might not be a bad time to get the Christmas lights hung. We are getting way too old for frozen body parts.  According to Karen's rule, no lights will be lit until after Thanksgiving.  Well, it's after Thanksgiving so here we go, lights are lit.

Sami decided that he needed a "cats eye view". 

Post Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving Day started off with the turkey, like most Thanksgivings do.  After all, he is the star of the show.   If you are wondering what is up with my turkey, let me tell you. I have a sister who just happens to be the "queen of kitchen gadgets".  Every once in awhile one finds itself getting mailed here from back east.  This one happens to be a very useful one.  It is a silicon cord on a stainless steel needle. Thread the turkey up, leave it all in there, roast it and let me tell you it isn't coming apart.

We all sat down to a very yummy dinner which consisted of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, squash au gratin, green bean casserole, gravy, homemade rolls, and  cranberry sauce.

She was just making sure that PaPa was carving the turkey properly.

  

As if that wasn't enough food we had pear pie and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert.  A serious food hangover was had by all today..

So, as you can all see I have an awful lot to be thankful for.  The faces around the table say it all.

This and That

I have two "older" sisters who seem to think that all I have to do is write for my blog, well here we go.  This is what has been going on.  Sit back and start reading.

I started my day early watching the moon set behind the trees.  Although it is a beautiful site nature gives us, I think I like seeing it in pictures better. Pictures, that someone else snaps that is.

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Then I did a little raking with just a ton of help. As you can see, she does love to help Ama.




Of course the boys had to get in on the action too. 

Not sure how much help they were but they did keep a close eye on things.

After we finished raking, we went for a walk on the trail through the woods. I wasn't really clear on the purpose of the stick, but I was told at one time that is was to chase porcupines. Now, has she ever seen a porcupine in the woods?  I'm thinking not, but that is the beauty of how a two year old thinks.

As we all know it is pumpkin season.  This year we relished in the pumpkin theme.

         We "growed up" pumpkins, we danced with pumpkins, we looked for just right pumpkin, and we walked through the pumpkin patch with PaPa.        

 After all that hard work a hot dog was in order.

Well, there you have it. Now you are all caught up on what has been going on here.

All A Glow....

Usually the three maples that we have around the front of our house turn a brilliant red, bright orange, and some yellow.  This year they decided that it was all yellow for them. I don't know why, I'm sure some enviromental guru could probably explain it to me.

 Do you think we might have some raking to do?  Looks like a job for the lawn mower.  I'm all for recycling.

The yellow of the leaves is so vibrant, it looks like the sun is shining constantly.  Which has been a very good thing because we have been socked in with rain for the last week.

When I would look out the window and see the yellow shining in, I couldn't help think of my Grandmother.  She has long passed by now, but I remember her saying when they painted her house a bright yellow that now she would always have sunshine.  Strange how unrelated things bring back memories.  You just never know where you will find them, I suppose.

If you look at this picutre really close you will notice a small rainbow in the upper right hand corner.

I guess the trees are our gold.  Hmmm.....who says your gold has to be monetary.