Visitors at the feeder

A picture from my walk yesterday around the Farm Loop

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This morning it was only 7 degrees outside and when I looked at our road

it looked like a sheet of ice so I decided to get my steps inside today.

We had a bit more snow last night but today there is bright sunshine.

Finished up the rest of my house cleaning this morning.

Haven't had many birds at the feeders this winter but today a
few stopped by.  Got a picture of these two out the back window.
A Cardinal

and a Mourning Dove.

This afternoon I sewed together some weave-it squares on the next baby
blanket I'm making and did a little reading too.

Tonight is the Couple's Banquet and while we are awaiting Dianna and Carroll
to arrive I thought I'd get this posted.

A happy day to you and a smile from me to you.
happyone 🎈

"You cannot do a kindness too soon,
for you never know how soon it will be too late."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A bit of sun today

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When I got up it was 13 degrees and dark.

I thought I'd better wait until it was light out so I could see where the ice

was.  After missing an outside walk yesterday I was determined to get out

there today.

I didn't leave until 9:30 and walked the Farm Loop.  Figured it would be the
road with the least amount of snow and ice because the school is there
and they do a pretty good job of keeping the road clear.
To get there I have to walk along the main road and that is clear too.
Also the kids were in school so there were no school buses to pass me along
the road.  A good plan and a good walk.  😊
The temperature had warmed up some too and it was 19 degrees
and at times the sun was even out.

Didn't see anyone else out along the way.
Didn't walk my usual 6 miles though.  When I got back to town there
was lots of ice around and I didn't have my grippers on so just went home
and during the rest of the day got the rest of my steps in around the house.
 A couple of pictures along the way.
Just turned off the main road here.

A left turn about a 1/2 mile up the road from the above picture
puts me on this road which runs pretty much parallel to the main road.

Walked 5 miles
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Another day at home for me and got some more house cleaning done.

Finished reading my book, Still Missing by Chevy Stevens.
Annie is a realtor and is abducted by a man at an open house.
From the cover,

"Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent captive in a 

remote mountain cabin - which unfolds through sessions with her

psychiatrist - is a second narrative recounting the nightmare that follows

her escape:  her struggle to piece her shattered life back together......"

The book was for sure a page turner for me and I thought it very good,

though there is some bad language in it.

Ken had to go out this evening so I was on my own for supper and can
you guess what I had for supper?
Pancakes.
I put some mini chocolate chips in them so it was like eating a dessert for supper.

A happy day to you and a smile from me to you.
happyone 🎈

"What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter
to give it sweetness."
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