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February

February has turned out to be a rather cold month with many of the early morning temps in the single digits or below 0.  Life has been pretty routine around here- and so not much to report on or to take pictures of, but sometimes I try to take pictures of the ordinary so here are a few for your enjoyment. Music: we played several times during the month, and these are from our concert last Sunday: Lots of reading happening around here too! Hike, Hike! (translation: "Go dogs, go")  Matt has been enjoying the plentiful snow cover this year- and has his dogs out for runs pretty regularly. His current trail is 2 miles long and he usually goes around it 2-3 times. He would like a longer trail in the near future.  If blazing trail sound like fun to you- come on over!  Question: What makes these kind of tracks? Answer: Snowshoes!  This is Mom's specialty right here- Oatmeal Bread. It smells so ...

January Thaw/Groundhog Day

Happy Groundhog Day!! We had fun joking around at the breakfast table this morning... Including how Nate had heard an advertisement from a store who was having a ground "hog" sale today! 😄  There were also comments about how it was so cold that the groundhog probably wouldn't even make it out of his hole, (it was -14 with a stiff wind this morning). But the sun was out, so I'm sure that the groundhog saw his shadow and we are in for 6 more weeks of winter. If you want to know my sentiments about this day you can read last year's post  here . But Wisconsin weather keeps you guessing- just last Friday we had a beautiful day, with temps in the 30's and sunshine! Laura and I both ventured out with the camera at different times to see what was happening around the farm. This is a much-used piece of equipment for feeding the animals  Creation Closeup A world of whiteness Puss doesn't look so happy about all this snow. The dog ...