This is what I'm working on during this spell of cold weather.  

 

I started making the dragonflies a couple weeks ago, and now I am in the process of positioning the dragonflies onto the background.  Not quite satisfied with the arrangement, yet.  But it should come together soon.  It is such a fun project.  I'll show it to you when it is finished and hanging on the wall.

 

Funny thing is:  I have to get upstairs and into my sewing chair before Gizmo takes it over for the day.  It's a race!!!

 

HAPPY WINTER!!!

 

 

 

This is a closeup of the deck rail.  Pretty, huh?  

 

Our whole world was frosted last Friday.

 

HAPPY WINTER!!!

 

Look at the Blueberry bushes!!  

 

And that weird thing in the garden, is the cucumber trellis.  It is chicken wire, and frosted with Friday's ice.  

 

HAPPY WINTER!!!

 

All day Thursday we were under a giant cloud of fog.  Overnight that fog solidified into ice on all the trees.

 

No snow on the ground, but a beautiful winterscape.  Everything was flocked!!!  And it lasted all day!

 

HAPPY WINTER!!!

 

We got our snow on Sunday night into Monday morning.  Not as much as NOAA predicted, but enough to make us smile.

 

There's nothing quite like waking up to snow.  

 

HAPPY WINTER!!!

 

I was hoping to post pretty snow pictures today.  

 

NOAA weather said we were supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow yesterday.  Fluffy snow came down about 4 am, but then it changed to rain.  I shouldn't complain, but rain and 38 degrees is (IMO) a waste of precipitation.  

 

Well, while we were lamenting our lack of snow, this is what happened.  This bright, bold, beautiful rainbow showed up in our western sky and lasted a couple of minutes.  We stared at it from the deck as it came and went and came back.

 

Shame on me, I thought, to grouse about the weather.  Our weather is perfect.

 

STILL HOPING FOR SNOW!!!

 

 

 

We are keeping our fingers crossed:  it might snow tonight.  

 

So we went down and painted over Santa and added the giant snowman hat that Patty made.  

 

If it snows, our snowmen will be there to watch it fall.  If it doesn't, then we still have snowmen.

 

HAPPY WINTER!!!

 

Hoping you all have a happy New Year.  

 

Love, Gerry and Jon

 

Bye bye Mr. Turkey, Hello Santa.

 

This is what we do for fun.  Yesterday afternoon Mike took the turkey parts home, and Jon and I repainted the haybale.  I can't help it;  I wake up in the morning thinking about this stuff:  How to turn a round bale of hay into something to make you smile.

 

It worked too, didn't it.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

 

 

 

Just to let you know that life here on the mountain is still good.  But I am out of ideas for a blog post.

 

Just give me a little time, and I'll come up with something cheerful to write about.  But for now, I'm going to take a little break.

 

Love to you all;  check back occasionally;  I'll be back!!

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!