Sprucing up the mantel

Got dressed this morning for a rainy walk.

Opened the garage door and saw that the driveway was a sheet of ice.

I could have ice skated down it.

So back in the house I went and had to walk in the basement.

It warmed up later in the day and the ice melted and we just had rain but by that time I had gotten all my steps walked inside.

This morning I gave the hearth and and mantel a thorough cleaning and put different things on the mantel.

I wanted to put only white objects on the mantel so walked around the house and found some.  

It is like going shopping in your house. 🙂

The stove is gas and the pots and kettle are just for decoration.

I could cook on it but the stove throws off so much heat by the time whatever was cooking was done it would 90 degrees in the house!!!

The afternoon was spent reading The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston which I'm thoroughly enjoying. 

Mistaken identity puts Frederick living Bernards life in a nursing home.

Making hamburgers and tater tots for supper so better get them started.

Thanks for popping in for a vist and hope you had a wonderful Tuesday.

HappyK 👩🏻‍🦳 ❤️

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GrannyM - The woodpecker that made those holes in the tree is a pileated woodpecker.  We had what we usually get at Brenda's a cheese pizza. 

Brenda's

28 degrees this morning, cloudy and windy for walking.

Supposed to start snowing at 7:00 and there was a few flurries and then nothing.

Sunrise 7:48

Started my walk going around the lower cemetery and then it was up the hill to the other cemetery.

The sky had a pink glow for a few minutes.

Piles of manure waiting to be spread out over the fields. 

Not a particularly nice smell.

From there went to the ball park and walked that loop a couple of times.

They chickens were all out again.

The woodpecker has been at it again at the ball park.

I walked back to the Jeep and got a DVD and walked to the library and put it down the drop.

On the way there Karen, a friend from town was driving out of the drive thru at the bank as I walked by and she stopped to talk a bit.

Bill (town worker) was just getting to work and he also stopped to talk.

Then it was back to the Jeep and home again.

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The sheets got washed and put back on the bed like every Monday.

This morning I tackled the laundry room, giving it one of those super good cleans which took the whole morning.

I was finished cleaning for the day after that.

Read some more of my book and knitted some too.

A quiet afternoon but I enjoy my afternoons.

No cooking supper today.

Leaving in a little while to go to Brenda's, it's half price pizza day.🍕

Years ago before covid we used to go most every Monday.

Then during covid we starting making our pizza every week.

Now it is a treat when we go to Brenda's once in a while.

It snowed on and off all day but we just ended up with a dusting.

Hope you enjoyed your Monday.

Thanks for popping in for a visit.

HappyK 👩🏻‍🦳💕

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