Come on in, the water's weather's fine!

I feel for all of you who are enduring brutal cold; hard to believe that in some areas even intrepid mail carriers have hung up their bags! We might get our first snow late this coming weekend . . . but I'm not holding my breath.

Here it's pretty sunrises and a little frost in the mornings; mild in the afternoons; and blue skies, sunshine, and green grass all day. Monday:

Tuesday:

This morning:

This moon is still so bright!

The snowdrops have opened up, 'airing their undies' so to speak. I think they are enjoying our weather, too!

The ewes are enjoying GRASS, and stretching their legs

And today, for the first time in a week, I got to enjoy some quality time on my big, glowing goober:

Last Thursday we drove to Walla Walla, WA for a three-day basketball tournament. Brian's team lost all three of their games and sustained several strains and sprains (half the team's ten players had to sit out the second game). But none of the injuries appear to be serious and just going is a highlight of their year, so Brian had fun and we enjoyed ourselves, too. It's always great to get crafting time, too; I finished spinning my flame-colored Christmas gift roving and all but the seaming and buttons on a Baby Surprise Jacket.

A couple photos from the drive:

During our absence our dogs were well cared for separately, Dozer at a friend's, where he was perfectly happy,

and Jackson at my MIL's, pining for our/my return. But once we did return, he happily demonstrated how he and Grandma spent part of their time together:

Before we built a fire to warm our cold house Sunday afternoon, Rick cleaned the glass doors and touched up the paint on the face plate of our insert. It made the resulting fire look as good as it felt!

Wishing you warmth, from . . .