We Try.......

In many ways the creche, the manger scene, has been created. Plastic, wood, ceramic and cloth figures are put together to recreate the scene. More times than not because of commercial reasons that it sold but at least we still have the freedom to buy or view the manger scene.  I appreciate that we do try for the one reason to recreate a very special event in this worlds history.  As our world is changing and as good now is bad, and bad is good, I hope that it can be turned around. Evil wins in disguise but we do know the Truth. We must not ever accept evil under the disguise of tolerance and we as a country must correct the mistakes that are all around us.

Stark and Cold.......

My riverbirch displays the starkness that comes with cold. I notice the outside temperatures were dropping more during breakfast.  The lowest temp we had before I went to school we a -1 degrees F. (-18 C)  I think it should warm up from there to 20 degrees F. (-6 degrees C.). The faint green of the grass in the background should be history quite soon.

Fixed the Gate.....

During the whole summer the blue gate had given me grief.  You can kind of see that it is crooked in the opening. The bottom of the gate would drag and I couldn't easily open it. The last warmest evening that we had, which was two days ago, I declared it to be "fix the darn gate now" day! It was a post problem that was not standing straight.  The fence was being stressed by the weight of the gate on the post so the fence allowed the gate post to pull away from it. The nails were a fourth of the way out of position.  It wasn't a hard fix but I did have to remove six or seven nails and straighten the gate.

I placed a three inch piece of wood under the gate so it would hang straight again.  I then renailed the fence to the post making the post stand straight in position.  Too many words,  I know, but I guess I needed to revue the process for myself.  Now when it snows it will be easier to open it unless there is a four or five inch snowfall.

The photo is archived from my spring files when the clematis was blooming.  I have saved seed from the plant hoping to plant it to see if I could get some starts from them.

Tiny Tim......

A year ago Tiny Tim was just four or five months old.  Now that he has grown bigger he has almost lost the tiny part of his name.  He is filled out and still comes over to get extra food when they let him out of the house. This was last year's photo when he had not become tame and was hiding in a bush, peaking out at me. He was so slim and small we thought he was a female, but he is not a female cat.

Snowing up North.......

Last night's weather showed a pattern of snow that stretched from Duluth, Minnesota to out to the Dakotas and beyond.  Grand Marais is on the top northeastern end of the North Shore of Minnesota and I bet they were having snow also.  We are being told that it will be heading our way soon along with very cold air.

The Season Starts.............

An archived photo from the poinsettia of the past.  I find it strange that I was off for 9 straight days and didn't get any photos taken other than bird pictues.  We usually don't buy a plant like this as they warn you about the dogs getting sick if they ate a leaf from it.  Our dogs don't eat plants other than grass out in the yard but we just don't buy them anymore.  This one was a gift from our oldest son and his wife.

Blustery Day.........

I don't know what he was eating but he did stay there a long time nibbling on his prized item.  It could have been a fallen apple or a walnut from the neighbors tree.  Whatever it was he sat out on that limb in the strong cold wind and persevered.