Burrrr!!!! 20 degrees. It's a dreary day outside. Maybe snow tomorrow. I'm just having my last cup of coffee for the day. Boyd's in the barn, putting tar paper on the outside walls so the wind won't come through the cracks as bad & he can work out there this winter. Why does a farmer love his barn more than his house? Got my first Xmas card yesterday, it's from cousin Allen. It's nice to know I'm on somebody's list, and nice to get mail that isn't a bill or junk mail.
I'm sitting here at my computer, looking out my window at the gray sky and the rolling hills on this old farm. Then I notice that on the leafless bushes just outside the window there are hundreds of tiny shiny raindrops clinging to the branches like rhinestones. How pretty! Leslie
Well here I am again. Time is going slow on this old farm. We just have a little snow and it's been cold, but more snow is coming, and it will warm up this week, they say. Boyd was gone for 6 days, I loved the quiet.
We got lots of goodies as gifts for Xmas, two boxes of chocolates, home baked cookies, snacks, Huckleberry Jam, Venison, Elk, Alaskan Salmon, honey, crab, pumpkin pie and a restaurant gift card. I think our neighbors and family think we are starving. Sheryl fixed a delicious Christmas dinner. Ummm, ummm, good!!!
I had plenty of time to eat because my internet was out for a week during the holidays. I called the Indian reservation to complain and kept getting their answering machine. I think they all took the week off. It's back on now but really slow. They said they would give us 2 weeks credit. We'll see. Anyway I watched lots of Christmas movies on Hallmark, and scanned a lot of old photos that Jim sent me.
I was doing the laundry when the spin cycle quit and I had to wring the clothes out by hand. David came and got them to take to his house to rinse. So now the laundry is piling up, until we figure out what to do.
So it's been a quiet month here and except for Boyd's allergy attack last week, we're both healthy. No one looks at this blog or website anymore, but I still send my love and best wishes to all. Leslie
It's really warm for the middle of winter on this old farm. In the 40's. Only snow is on the mountains out our windows. When my internet is working then my two websites are off for updating by Multiply. Frustration!
The other day I was on my computer when I heard two gunshots outside my window. I ran to the door and looked out, seeing a young man picking up something off of the ground next to our farmhouse. Someone had shot from a car on the road in front of our house and he ran out to pick whatever it was up. I yelled at him "Shame on you!", several times but he put it in the car truck and they drove off. We have such a few game birds here but we enjoy watching them and Boyd puts grain on the ground for the birds when it snows. It's not hunting season, it's against the law to hunt from the road and he trespassed onto our private property. So shame on him! I fear for the dog and cats when people like that drive by.
Just watching TV and praying for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti the last couple days. It makes me think of my blessings and be thankful for all that I have.
Some of the family are ill, or having surgery, or doctor visits. When people used to write letters, and I had my siblings to talk to, I kept up with all their lives, but now there are just a few lines on facebook to keep me guessing. I have no idea what's wrong with anyone but I am praying hard for all of them to get better.
It's like spring here, got up to 50 degrees for a few days. There must be a hundred little birds chirping outside my window. So cute! Golfers were out this week. Sure different from the thigh high snow of last year. Last year Boyd was on the barn roof shoveling snow off and this year he is cementing out there, trying to brace it up before the old thing falls down on all the work he's done out there lately. How would he keep busy if he didn't have this old farm?
I'm still active scanning family and church photos that Jim E. mailed me, and when I'm tired of scanning I add pages to my Church website. Old memories are bitter-sweet, remembering the "good old days". Thank goodness for my computer to keep this old lady busy.
Well, January is almost over and the weather has been great, not too cold, very little snow. The exact opposite of the last two years. Still waiting to get a new washing machine, the laundry is piling up. The last few days we've had trouble with the septic tank. That's what comes of living in the country. We spent a lot of money having it emptied but it didn't solve all the problems.
I'm scanning 2 of Betty's old Riverside High School scrapbooks and putting them on the web. 1940 & 1941. That will take at least a week. My internet provider is giving me a month free for all the trouble we've been having with them. Hope our troubles there are over. No one has been on this "family fun" site but me for awhile. Hope that all the work on it is not lost, I really want it to stay on the web.
Burrrr!!!! 20 degrees. It's a dreary day outside. Maybe snow tomorrow. I'm just having my last cup of coffee for the day. Boyd's in the barn, putting tar paper on the outside walls so the wind won't come through the cracks as bad & he can work out there this winter. Why does a farmer love his barn more than his house? Got my first Xmas card yesterday, it's from cousin Allen. It's nice to know I'm on somebody's list, and nice to get mail that isn't a bill or junk mail.
ReplyDeleteI'm sitting here at my computer, looking out my window at the gray sky and the rolling hills on this old farm. Then I notice that on the leafless bushes just outside the window there are hundreds of tiny shiny raindrops clinging to the branches like rhinestones. How pretty! Leslie
ReplyDeleteWell here I am again. Time is going slow on this old farm. We just have a little snow and it's been cold, but more snow is coming, and it will warm up this week, they say. Boyd was gone for 6 days, I loved the quiet.
ReplyDeleteWe got lots of goodies as gifts for Xmas, two boxes of chocolates, home baked cookies, snacks, Huckleberry Jam, Venison, Elk, Alaskan Salmon, honey, crab, pumpkin pie and a restaurant gift card. I think our neighbors and family think we are starving. Sheryl fixed a delicious Christmas dinner. Ummm, ummm, good!!!
I had plenty of time to eat because my internet was out for a week during the holidays. I called the Indian reservation to complain and kept getting their answering machine. I think they all took the week off. It's back on now but really slow. They said they would give us 2 weeks credit. We'll see. Anyway I watched lots of Christmas movies on Hallmark, and scanned a lot of old photos that Jim sent me.
I was doing the laundry when the spin cycle quit and I had to wring the clothes out by hand. David came and got them to take to his house to rinse. So now the laundry is piling up, until we figure out what to do.
So it's been a quiet month here and except for Boyd's allergy attack last week, we're both healthy. No one looks at this blog or website anymore, but I still send my love and best wishes to all. Leslie
It's really warm for the middle of winter on this old farm. In the 40's. Only snow is on the mountains out our windows. When my internet is working then my two websites are off for updating by Multiply. Frustration!
ReplyDeleteThe other day I was on my computer when I heard two gunshots outside my window. I ran to the door and looked out, seeing a young man picking up something off of the ground next to our farmhouse. Someone had shot from a car on the road in front of our house and he ran out to pick whatever it was up. I yelled at him "Shame on you!", several times but he put it in the car truck and they drove off. We have such a few game birds here but we enjoy watching them and Boyd puts grain on the ground for the birds when it snows. It's not hunting season, it's against the law to hunt from the road and he trespassed onto our private property. So shame on him! I fear for the dog and cats when people like that drive by.
Just watching TV and praying for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti the last couple days. It makes me think of my blessings and be thankful for all that I have.
ReplyDeleteSome of the family are ill, or having surgery, or doctor visits. When people used to write letters, and I had my siblings to talk to, I kept up with all their lives, but now there are just a few lines on facebook to keep me guessing. I have no idea what's wrong with anyone but I am praying hard for all of them to get better.
ReplyDeleteIt's like spring here, got up to 50 degrees for a few days. There must be a hundred little birds chirping outside my window. So cute! Golfers were out this week. Sure different from the thigh high snow of last year. Last year Boyd was on the barn roof shoveling snow off and this year he is cementing out there, trying to brace it up before the old thing falls down on all the work he's done out there lately. How would he keep busy if he didn't have this old farm?
ReplyDeleteI'm still active scanning family and church photos that Jim E. mailed me, and when I'm tired of scanning I add pages to my Church website. Old memories are bitter-sweet, remembering the "good old days". Thank goodness for my computer to keep this old lady busy.
Well, January is almost over and the weather has been great, not too cold, very little snow. The exact opposite of the last two years. Still waiting to get a new washing machine, the laundry is piling up. The last few days we've had trouble with the septic tank. That's what comes of living in the country. We spent a lot of money having it emptied but it didn't solve all the problems.
ReplyDeleteI'm scanning 2 of Betty's old Riverside High School scrapbooks and putting them on the web. 1940 & 1941. That will take at least a week. My internet provider is giving me a month free for all the trouble we've been having with them. Hope our troubles there are over. No one has been on this "family fun" site but me for awhile. Hope that all the work on it is not lost, I really want it to stay on the web.