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 On a Sunday afternoon at home, by the fire, sub-zero winter sunshine, music, the creak of the warming stove, and the quiet hum of the fan for my only company. Everyone else is napping or having his own alone time. It's very quietening and lovely.    We had an ordinary week. Everyone worked or did school… Continue reading The Color In Our Lives

 Finally, my "new" camera has arrived. Photography 101 is the newest winter project.I want to continue with this blog; but I really need to improve a few things. The first, is camera prowess. So I listened to my first ever, serious tutorial on how to get a great picture. Oh my, I really am a… Continue reading New Camera

    It's a cold January day. Elv is home today puttering about beams with a level and jacks, posts and ceiling tiles. I hear him and Brad down there now talking and deliberating about how much to lift it. Elv came up here and laid the level on the floor here and there asking himself,… Continue reading Cold January Day

It's the time of the year for short days, winter blahs, and viruses. The sun is somewhere but we don't get to see it so often as we'd like because it's cold outside and we live where the trees filter both the sunrise and its setting.It's the time of the year for too much stuff… Continue reading New Year Inspirations

2015 is ending with new snow every few days and happy times with family. We've been spending our vacation days at home playing with the baby, drinking Frank's lovely lattes, playing games, reading, keeping the fires going, coloring, looking at our awesome winterscapes outdoors and blogging. It has been great. Elv and Amy are working… Continue reading The Last of 2015

Family evening walk at Christmastime. Snow came in time for a lovely white Christmas.  This poor quality picture was taken with my phone. A small edit made kind of neat like a painting. There's no mistaking the snow and the beloved forms of my family and the dog, though.                                                                                                                                                                                   Francis and Josh carried Anne… Continue reading Christmastime 2015

<!--[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]-->                                                 We send greetings of comfort and joy on a Sunday afternoon in December to all of our friends and family around the world. Another year to watch for miracles and to spread the good news of salvation is before us. We’ve been blessed in the past year and wish… Continue reading The 2015 Christmas Letter

The Christmas letter must be written. And so must the writer’s group packet assignment.  Neither of these pieces will write themselves. Effort and forethought and vision must take place in my head and heart. It’s time, again.I must get an idea. Build on it and maybe make an outline of it.  Write it out. Get… Continue reading The Christmas Letter

 Rain and clouds and no snow continues. Every day the sky is cloudy and grey.  Many of our customers are really quite pleased with no snow. I have assumed that people who live in Wisconsin or Minnesota enjoy winter best with snow. But I want snow.    Along with cloudy days come the need for Vitamin… Continue reading Rain, D3, And Simply Pretty For Christmas