Oh, the wind ......

is blowing again ........ Yesterday was calm, fairly warm, and Sunny for the day. Alas, it did not last. Over night we had rain, and I do believe it gives rain and/or snow for the next few days. Dream will not be liking the potty arrangements. This picture was taken this past October.

And the drum goes 'round 'n 'round .....

......... the drum of my dryer, that is!

I was outside earlier for a short walk with Dream. Had hoped to take the opportunity to get some new pics of her; however, the wind had come up and we were in the midst of a snow shower. Neither one of us wished to tarry outside for long, though I did go back out with my camera for a couple of quick shots. One is the new blog picture of one of my snowy heathers out in the backyard, and I had to be sure and get a picture of Shel's woodpile. :-) Woodpiles are like barns and old buildings ..... they make a good subject for a camera, don't you think? Btw, I had to tread softly while on the wood verhandah as it was covered with a sheer coating of ice. Didn't want to do any fancy dance steps onto my face this morning.

Rain ....... again .......

Well, what can I say? ........ It's better than ice covering everything to make surfaces slick and slippery, and a danger to all ....... though, even rain presents its own dangers to mankind. I took out two buckets of ashes a while ago, and have now lit a fire in the wood furnace to provide domestic hotwater and ward off the chills of a rainy day. Enjoyed a nice weekend with hubby and am looking forward to his return on Thursday afternoon. Housework and laundry await me in the shadows ..... my oh my, what an exciting life I lead!

Something speaks to my soul .......

from this excerpt ..........

"Country life is a dream, a moment's observance of nature's wonders, the beauty of freedom, and the struggles of hard work. It's a sense of life I don't think you can capture completely in town; it's a way of life I hope my children will experience one day. I hope they'll taste a jar of wild plum jam or see a newborn calf and be able to picture pleasant memories. And who knows, one day maybe they'll begin to sense something special about the land. Maybe they'll feel the call to pick up a pair of reins, dust off a secondhand saddle, and feel the power of twelve hundred pounds of horse beneath them. Maybe they'll smell the sweat, see the indescribable beauty, and feel the love and quiet companionship these animals can share, discovering that they too have a legacy as children of the land."

Child of the Land by Cindy French .......... One of the many short stories in the book Leaning into the Wind, edited by Linda Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, and Nancy Curtis.

Did you know ......

that if you go to bed at 7:30pm because you've already been up for over 16 hours, and are weary after a very busy day, that your next new day can begin again at 10:30pm?! Really it can!! Must have been a 'power snooze' is all I can figure out.

Quotation

"Why is it that so many of us persist in thinking that autumn is a sad season? Nature has merely fallen asleep, and her dreams must be beautiful if we are to judge by her countenance." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

It's happening again .....

I'm suffering writer's block whenever I try to blog on blogger. Grrrrr ........ It's this love/hate relationship that we seem to have ........

Dumping Day took place yesterday here in SouthWest Nova and it was good that no major problems were encountered by anyone that I had heard of ........ no injuries and/or loss of life Praise the Lord! My son and son-in-law, who are both hired crew members of two individual lobster boats, had a safe day and each boat was able to get their traps set without incident. Their boats left the wharf again at 11:30 last evening as they can start hauling the traps at midnight. Jonathan's boat fishes inside the islands; however, Gene's fishes outside, which means a few hour's steam to arrive at their fishing grounds. Hoping for many lobsters in the pots and a decent price at the buyer's.

Not a good night .....

well, not right now, though it was nice earlier this evening. I read while Shel worked his radios, then bed for a few hours; however, I woke as a headache was starting so the remedy for that was to get up and come downstairs, take two Aspirin, and try to get back to sleep on the loveseat. Didn't work ...... headache is mostly gone ...... sleep eluded me ..... and now the pain has struck both legs and feet. Spending some time on the computer until I'm sleepy again.

Some of the last leaves that graced our trees this fall ........ until the winds caused the last of them to dance towards the ground .........

Another Good Morning! .....

coming up! Just that sort that makes you smile! :-) Did you see that flash of 'happy'? We had rain yesterday and over night, but now the sky is clearing in the east and the sun is making his appearance over the horizon ............ looking good!

Making a mental list of things to accomplish today before my energy fades ..... Just wanted to check in before the day begins in earnest .... and a certain little Basenji pokes her nose out from under the covers and decides to make life interesting around the place.

My old blog ......

is sitting out in bloggerland as lonesome as can be; yet will remain so, as I cannot get into it to post, or delete it. Grrrrr ......... Well truly ....... if I were 'computer wise' there might be a way. Presently that remains a mystery to me. Hopefully my old friends will find me soon and we can enjoy each others company once more. This past eleven months of no blogging have been busy and full of change at Wine Brook Cottage. That's life, isn't it?! ........ full of change ........ ready or not!! We're down in numbers ....... the goats have gone off to other homes ....... two homes in fact .... and good ones ........ where they are living the best of lives as pampered pets. They got to be too much for me physically to handle here so it was time for them to move on. Sad to see them go, of course; however, they are near enough to visit and I do keep in touch with one of the new owners.

Aren't they cute?? :-)

"Outside a church gate I picked up a discarded piece of paper. Thinking it could be a church notice of some kind, I opened and read it.

At the top, in neat writing, was the date and the heading 'Things To Be Grateful For Today'. It was a list of ten items, including: 'Finding That Secondhand Bookshop, Buying That Old Book, Seeing Those Puppies, Catching The Bus On Time and Meeting A Friend Again'.

Simple things, perhaps, but all obviously important to the writer. I was about to throw it into the nearby bin when, on impulse, I tucked it under the windscreen wipers of the clergyman's car, parked nearby.

Food for thought or maybe even an idea for the next sermon? That unknown person had the right idea. Perhaps we should all make a list every day and, in time, 'Things To Be Grateful For' would far outnumber 'Things To Grumble About'!"

Hmmmm ..........

Good Morning!

Dismal, rainy weather here today so I'm thinking of starting a wood fire to drive away the chill and sooth the weary body. Perhaps some knitting ......... Just what the doctor ordered! :-)

A bit of a struggle .....

...... trying to get back to blogging. At least I'm able to keep my same title, so perhaps old friends will find me again. It's been almost a year since I blogged last and Blogger has forgotten who I am already ......... unfortunately ........ :( ......... Let's see what happens when I try to publish this.