Winter's Tight Grip
Well, winter is still here, and in January we experienced a few days @ -25 degrees. With such cool temps, Holly has started her art work, and here are two completed works. The sketch of Tess is her next project. If one looks familiar she studies by coping famous works like Homer's. In mid Jan. our Pastor and his wife were invited to Ireland for a 13 day trip, and they asked us to watch their two children, (boy 13, girl 11), while they were away. So we were quite busy feeding, directing, shuffling off to school, making dinners and doing homework. It was something different for us, and we survived just fine........ the children made it too. Here is our property...only 3' deep snow drifts are keeping us from visiting. The snow just keeps adding up & up, with this year having a record snowfall. Maybe next year will be mild for us. Pete had his hernia surgery 1-24, and was housebound for a few days after that. He is just now, (2-5), getting around with ease, but on 2-11 he