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 team (with Ranger running ahead of them)

Notice how none of the dogs are looking at the camera in this picture!

So we tried again

Fixing equipment yet again...

The baking urge struck! The Christmas goodies are pretty much cleaned up and it was time for some fresh treats. These didn't last long, cookies never do around here, they are always polished off in a couple days with the boys favorite line "Well --they won't get any fresher"... True, my brothers, true.

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A Spring Get-Away

We had a great trip this past weekend. Our family was able to get away for a few days before everything gets really busy on the farm. We headed south to the state of Missouri, and it was really fun to see tall green grass and trees fully leafed out, but then hard to come home to cooler weather, bare trees and brown. But spring is on it's way here too, right? (As I write this, it's cold outside and it's snowing- Can I go back to MO?) Enjoy some snapshots of the trip. The Laura Ingalls Wilder cabin near Pepin WI. I've always enjoyed her books and it was interesting to see just how small the "little house in the big woods" was. Only now it's surrounded by fields and cleared land. Not very big is it?! We made a stop at Bass Pro Shop near Des Moines (a city that was incorrectly pronounced for fun the entire trip). This was probably Silas' favorite part of the trip. He loved it and could have spent hours there.... however some of us were ready to ...

Montana 2024

For our family trip this year we went to Montana! We took lots of pictures and I am finally getting some shared with you. Enjoy! On the way out, we stopped to see the North Dakota badlands in Teddy Roosevelt National Park. The first night we camped at a campground on the East edge of Glacier National Park. The next day, we made our way through the park. Then we crossed the 560' Hungry Horse Dam and camped on the reservoir. The next day we went for a hike. Huckleberries!! The mountainside was covered in huckleberries and we had a lot of fun picking some to bring home. We went back to the East side of the mountains to camp that night, then hiked part way up the mountain the next morning before heading for home.

Groundhog Day 2020

Happy Groundhog Day!! Do you remember one of my first posts about Groundhog day? You can find it here . Hope that you have a great February! I've got some pictures on the camera to share with y'all- and I hope to do a post later this week. :)

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