st. paddy's day

happy sunny sunday to you, and happy st. patrick's day as well!

i LOVE this video:

have a relaxing day, and enjoy a frosty guinness! i know i intend to do just that!

full SNOW moon

big full moon tonight! crazy dog, crazy cat, chickens laying eggs!

the february full moon is called the "snow" moon because of heavy snowfall during this month. the indians also called it the "hunger" moon, as hunting was often difficult with all of the snow.

we got a lot of wet, heavy snow yesterday. sure was beautiful this morning (will post photos!), but the warm sun melted a lot of it today.

happy monday!

i love my dishes!

one of my favorite things to find at the flea markets is a beautiful plate. i love the ones with flowers, and especially ones with birds or animals. they are a great thing to collect because they can be found quite cheap. i'm really not one for "sets"-i like to mix 'em up!

getting itchy for flea market season........

ayuh, it snowed!

this was saturday morning, while  snow was still falling! the town next to us reported 32"- it was very hard to tell how many inches we got because of the crazy drifting! i walked out yesterday and into a thigh high drift! brian had suggested i bring the snowshoes into the house on friday "because you might not be able to get to the garage", he said, , to which there was a bit of eye rolling, but he was right! i would never have gotten out to the chicken coop without them.

i balled up some yarn for a thrilling upcoming event!!! stay tuned!!!!!

i shoveled some serious tunnels! thankfully the snow was light and fluffy-perfect snow!

finished mom's socks. hi mom!! (and dad!)

 played with dishes!

i hope you enjoyed the blizzard too!

warm up #2

bake lots of cookies.

eat them.

bulk.

you need bulk.

don't forget to comment to WIN!!!

man, i am ready for the weekend.....

and an exciting weekend it is! tomorrow is the last day to comment to win the garland, so don't forget!! the lucky winner will be announced on sunday!!! yay!!!

up on the rooftop reindeer pause...

i do love deer, especially vintage-y deer. gives me one more thing to collect! i did a bit of christmas decorating this weekend , visited an alpaca farm(my photos were disappointing...), and knit, knit, knit.

lots of christmas-y goodness coming up this week, so stay tuned!

pink-y pictures for a grey day

oh how i wish that rain out there was snow.........

*****

flower painting by anne dubois.

have a good saturday!

chicken run

so, i have not had the best afternoon ever........came home, let the chickens out since it's a nice day, went to get my car inspected, did not pass. no big deal, but arrrgggghhhhh!!

come home, it's dark, so i go to shut the chickens up. chickens are on a schedule. when the sun goes down, they naturally go into the coop- they don't see well in the dark. so, i look in the coop-no chickens! but i hear a little clucking sound. so i run inside and grab the coleman lantern, go back outside. i finally find them on the other side of the fence(the yard is fenced in for the chickens and rosco), huddled together in the pricker bushes.....they are not smart enough to get back into the yard when they jump the fence, but they are smart enough to hide in the pricker bushes for protection. actually, i am probably giving them too much credit! anyway, after crawling around in the dark with my lantern for a half hour, i finally grab them all (i just have three) and toss them back over the fence, and in they go. all's well that ends well, i guess!

 happy thursday, and keep on smilin'!

peach jam

i'm having some delicious peach jam on my toast this morning that i got at the church fair this weekend. sooooo good!

kind of obsessed with this guy...beautiful song!

a dreary day here, but i'm excited to go to my friend laura's christmas concert today. i love christmas music, but only in december! have a good sunday!!!

birthday cake for breakfast

birthday cake for breakfast!!!

thanks to all who made my birthday so special~~~xo

in the kitchen

we had a  frost yesterday morning-chilly!

spent a lot of time in the kitchen this weekend, sewing and cooking. brian made the best chili i have ever had, and now he's watching football. i think i'll head upstairs and watch downton abbey. i watch it slowly because i don't want it to ever end....