This is where we have been living the pass two days in our camper. We had heat and a stove to cook on. The house got very cold fast. The temp is still very cold and the ice shows no sign of melting.

The back of the house

We got electricity about noon today. The village people were hit hard it my be next week before they get electricity. We talk to Frank every day. They have gas so in one room they have a little gas heater that he put in this fall. ( smart move) So they have heat and gas to cook with. He said he will be back to his blog soon. The place we lived in the village now has a tree in the living room. Was God's time not just right for us and our move.

What I Have Been Doing Today

looking out the window as the trees get more and more ice on them.

Opening the back door to put more bird feed out.

Playing with some left over knitting yarn

Making my ACT cards to mail for February. The lights blinking on and off we may not have power much longer. I have been talking to Frank about facebook ,can you believe that guy has facebook too. What a savvy person he is.

Sassy Little Pecker

We had a Northern Flicker come for a snack.

This little Red-Bellied Woodpecker run him off.

Hear ye Hear ye

( Trivia Monday ) The word " news" came from the first letters of the words North, East, West and South. This was because information was being gathered from all different directions.

Rufous-Sided Towee

I was so excited when this Towhee came to my feeder.

Acres of Blue

There's acres of blue up there," he said, Beyond all the clouds and rain; There's oceans of joy and love somewhere, Apart from sorrow and pain.

"There's millions of stars that man's never seen Where life can begin anew;

There's perfect calm where the ends of a rainbow

Dip into acres of blue

Thank God for the assurance of divine guidance, and pray that you may stand in the right relationship to all the impossibilities and improbabilities.

From Streams In The Desert

To All Plant Lovers

Easy and pretty ways to clean air. Go green, three of the worst offenders found in relatively new homes are from building mater and furnished with synthetic carpeting fabrics, laminated counters, plastic coated wallpaper, and other materials know to "off gas" pollutants in to the interior environment. This is my solution "Bamboo" with fake flower. Do the bomboo place mats count?