This and That

Carol here ~ 

What a change in the weather temperature!  I have definitely had too many clothes on the last two days on my walks.  It was also nice to not have the wind howling in my face.  I have been pretty consistent with my walking this winter, have missed a day here and there when it was storming or the wind was crazy.  The fresh air always feels good.

The Bluebirds have been back at our feeders the last couple of weeks.  We think there are eight of them.  They do not like to have their picture taken, in fact, if they sense any movement at all by us in the house then they take off.  I did manage to get this one picture of a pair of them.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening. It was a beautiful, clear day today with the best thing being there was very little wind. It’s windy again now, but most of the day was crisp but sunny. Vanessa and the grands stopped by for a visit this afternoon. We all went for a snowshoe walk on Mud pond. I think I wimped out first with Kailey then Jakob following along behind her. I was beginning to wonder about Carol and Nessa as they went for a long walk. All made it back fine, though a little tired. 

The sunset had a little color to it tonight. 

Ta-Da!

Carol here ~

Annie, Lena Longarm and I finished up Annie's quilt over the weekend.

She finished up the stitching her blocks together, picked out a backing and we loaded it on Lena.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening, here’s my 3 second time lapse looking out the studio up the pond at 9:00 this evening. 

Although I’ve sworn all day that today is Saturday I guess it doesn’t really matter because it’s supposed to snow then as well. In my life I guess one day is pretty much like another. We only got an inch or so of snow today but it was heavy. 3” of it would have been fun. Oh yeh, the 6-10” on Saturday into Sunday is supposed to be wet also. Requires several tree painting passes. I’ll be ready for the next one as soon as I clean up a little in the morning while Carol is at sewing with the car.

Proud Grandparents

Carol here ~

We are so proud of our two high school seniors, grands Parker and Kailey.  Parker will be continuing his education in the fall at Bates College in Lewiston and Kailey will be attending Maine College of Art and Design (MECA) in Portland.  So exciting!

Chickadee by Kailey

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening. Well I think winter is here now. I relocated about 5-6”of snow total today. I did it in two phases. I went out mid afternoon and again after supper. Not too bad, nice light snow. I have arrived at another term to use in the relocation process. After driving up the driveway through the woods I think painting the trees might be appropriate as well.

Last night I obtained a nice three second time lapse up the pond from the studio. 

Not so much tonight. The moon is trying to shine, but it is through the clouds.

Dan's Ramblings

 Dan here ~

Thursday evening, in the studio trying to keep warm. There have been many days this season I sure missed my wood stove. This was one of them. It has been cold even up in the studio. Warmer weather is bound to get here sometime. Then I can complain about the heat. Today was cold and very windy. I went out to the shed a couple times on trash runs but that is about it. Otherwise I’ve been in the studio.

Carol spoke the other day about us walking around the pond on the ice. Which I found to be much like a kayak tide. Calm when we leave then freshening to a stiff breeze blowing in your face the rest of the way home. This equals a much more enjoyable first half to the journey than the last half. It was a refreshing walk anyway. 

I don’t know if these folks are early for spring or never quite got to removing theirs last fall.