November Thankful Quote

To see a world in a grain of sand,

And a heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

And eternity in an hour.

William Blake - Auguries of Innocence

I'm grateful for my sight.

I have lost a bit in one eye, but that makes me even more thankful.

Today's riddle:

Always invisible, but never out of sight. What are they?

The answer to yesterdays riddle is: the #7 on a phone.

I love living up here on the mountain and being able to see for such long distances out across the mountain tops. Well, I can do that when I ever leave the property and get out to the side of the mountain. Otherwise, I'm surrounded by trees, which suits me just fine. I love living in the woods.

[1 egg today]

I think it is an Australorp that is laying,

but Kristine thinks it is

a Wyandotte?
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Dear Aunt Jean died unexpectedly this morning.
We're all a little in shock.
Hope you are at peace Jean. We'll remember you always.

Snow This Morning

What a strange day... I got up this morning picked up eggs, let the dog out, made Scottish oatmeal, took a photo of the bright shinning snow melty morning, went to eat my porridge, read my Daisy Dalrymple book and went to sleep. 

Hard to believe, but I just woke up and thought I had slept the clock around and that it was Tuesday morning instead of Monday after 6:00. I am still catching up on my sleep evidently or oatmeal is a great sleep enhancer.

I'll have to try making myself some oatmeal the next time I have trouble going to sleep. 

So, for the second exciting photo of the day I took another pic out the slider. The snow doesn't stick around very long once the sun comes out.

No snow forecast for the week so I'll be able to get outside. Yea!

And I would like to do some sewing this week too. I should be able to get something done. I feel sleepy and rested at the same time.

I gave Jean a call and naturally got her at dinner time. But she sounded like she felt better. I will give her a call later. 

Smiles

Snow Day

You can see from the photo that the snow is light

and has not covered the ground under the trees.

The snow is still falling

but sun is forecast for tomorrow

so I will enjoy the snow while it is here.

You can't really tell but the flag is wound up around

the pole because of the wind we had last night.

I was awakened by what sounded like ice or hail

pelting against my window.

But I didn't wake up all that much because

I went right back to sleep.

Now I wish I had got up to take a look.

[It is afternoon now and it is still snowing.

But it has stopped and I see blue patches of blue sky.]

Yesterday, I baked sweet potatoes

in my dutch oven on the wood stove.

I put a metal steamer in the bottom of the pot,

put the potatoes on that,

and put on the lid and in about

an hour they were done.

Pretty neat.

This morning I got to trek out through the scant snow

and collect 3 eggs and I made myself an omelet

with onion and red and green bell pepper.

Thing were working out pretty good

but I had the fire up a little too high and

there was a little burning starting

but

the real problem was

eek!

I picked up the plastic flipper for some reason.

I'm asleep?

You would think walking in the snow would wake me up?

Yes, I melted the flipper a bit.

Oops!

I will call Jean later today

and hope to catch her when she is not napping

or eating or having physical therapy

or something.

Maybe, I should just get her address

and send cards?

[Jean said her new room is much quieter

and she got a good nights sleep

and that may be partly why she feels better today.

She said she remembers Grandpa Joe

saying that if he got a good night sleep he could

put up with most anything the next day.

Her gout was bothering her yesterday

but the meds are helping.]

Smiles

Where'd the sun go? Rain? Snow?

Jean is not feeling well today.

I hope they find some pain meds that will work.

She was moved to a new room and has a different phone #.

Hugs and Kisses, Jean

Our sunny days are gone and we are due

for some rain and maybe even snow on Sunday.

I let the chickens out early so they could play

in the sunshine, but by 11:00 it was cloudy.

To tell the truth there was mist in the air

even when the sun was out earlier.

We need the rain, so it is a good thing.

I went to the door and called the chickens

to give them an apple core

and to take a cloudy day photo of them for the blog

but they are up to something

because they didn't come.

They must be behind the house?

They stay out and forage in the light rain

and only go in their coop if we get a heavy downpour.

The trees act like very large umbrellas.

I put out a fresh table cloth and this candle holder.

The holder used to belong to my step-mother Mary

and I got it by way of my mother-in-law Dolores.

I always loved its colors and especially

enjoyed watching green bayberry candles

burn in it at Christmas time.

I really don't care for the candle/holder

in there now but it is what I have.

I think I will go search around in my candle drawer

and see if I can't find something better.

Smiles

New Window

Looky there!

Tools

I was so glad that Tom found the screwdrivers.

So, I went outside to the chickens coop

to take off the broken window

and

found two eggs out in the chicken pen.

Very strange.

The girls have never done that before.

I put on the new window

and moved the ladder closer

so there won't be much room for them to hit the glass.

When Kristine gets home I will ask her

to take a look and maybe

we will just take the ladder out.

As soon as it warms up I will be leaving

the windows open.

I don't remember if I said before that my brother

built the chicken pen area originally as

two pens for his dogs and eventually

converted one of them to a chicken coop/pen.

Kristine and I have been thinking of enlarging

the pen by incorporating the other fenced area.

We will need to put on an anchor roof on the

other side to keep the critters out.

Another project for the summer.

These girls were giving me a bad time

as I fixed the window

and even as I bade them goodbye.

I thought I would put a photo of this wild plant

on my blog to keep as a record.

The plants grow near the fence line

behind the chicken coop.

There are not many of these plants and

only in a few shady areas.

I wish I knew the name of the plant.

I'm still taking it a bit easy

and haven't started sewing yet

because my eyes still get tired but

I'm better!

Jean sounded pretty good today.

Making jokes and laughing.

She had physical therapy.

Hugs Jean!

Smiles

Aunt Jean

Last night Aunt Jean spent the night in the hospital

because she fell and broke her ankle.

Hopefully, they will cast it

and she will come home today.

Dear sweet Jean

I hope you are doing better today!

Hugs and Kisses

Tom has gone to stay at Bill's and

he will stay to see if he can be of help.

I couldn't sleep last night thinking of Jean.

I'll try and get a nap in and I'm not

going to go rake leaves off the garage roof today.

Sleep would be good.

But I don't think that is going to happen

because Morgan is barking.

Oh well.

I'll need to go outside for a bit

and check out what she is upset about.

I told Morgan to be quiet and I went to sleep

for about an hour.

I can't believe I'm still awake.

Smiles