Fire and Ice

OK, now I've caught up my December photo project.

I took this one on the 2nd, the night I grilled out chicken and it was 50 degrees!

We have brilliant sunsets here in Nebraska.

Dusty miller dusted with snow

A cold winter morning, December 3rd. I haven't dumped these pots yet, obviously.

The squirrels like digging in there, so I'll leave them, I guess! Really the dusty miller was pretty hardy until we got a couple of nights in the low 20's!

Golden light

Well, I was going to do the December photo thing Jeannette's doing, but I've already missed a day or so!

A good friend of ours made this stained glass and tonight I put a votive candle in it and set it on top of the piano. It won't hurt it, will it, Chuck?

Old music New Style

This morning I found some old music in the cedar chest and just started playing through it for fun. I found some of my dad's old favorites. He used to sing this one, although not quite like this!! I also found "Fill My Cup, Lord". He had a BIG fantastic baritone. Used to scare us when we were little if he sang RIGHT AT US!

It's a good week to remember Dad.

Has Kelsey sung this in church? Seems like I remember her singing it. If not, she needs to sing it. I'll sing it with her!

Celestial wonders

Tonight's sky holds an amazing view. The crescent moon clustered with Venus and Jupiter. From what I've read, Venus is the brighter star.

I heard about this earlier in the day, but it was so dark and cloudy, I didn't think it would clear off for us to see it. But, sure enough shortly after sunset, the sky cleared and this first photo is what I captured.

It was still so amazing after dinner, I had to go out and try to get another one.

This last photo is intended to give some kind of perspective. I zoomed the lens in for the first ones, but this one I left it a little wider in order to catch the neighborhood lights in the distance.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Football, food, family. Oh, and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

Bless the Lord O my soul and forget none of His benefits.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Be thankful unto Him and bless His name.

We had a quiet day together. Andrew is getting over a mild case of the flu, so stayed in bed late and lay on the couch. I went to his house last night and brought him home. His housemate was gone and he was there sick and alone. Poor boy. Will and Den helped me. Will helped get everything put away after we were finished. THAT'S the worse job! Den and I went for a walk in the clear cold breezy late afternoon.

Now we're watching MORE football and I'm catching up or just reading what's on the Internet. Washed Andrew's clothes. Everything is clean. Our house is peaceful. Don't we have SO much to be thankful for?

She's alive! She's alive!

Remember this 8 year old rosemary from last summer? Well, it got yellower and never did a thing all summer. Dried up even more (this is the beginning of June). I thought I'd just leave it outside all winter and if it died, well, it was almost dead anyway. But I thought I'd try something. I dumped it out of the pot. The bottom was solid roots. I cut them off, shook out, dug out all the old soil that I could. I cut the plant all off so that it only looked like some dead sticks. Then I put it in new soil and brought it into the house.

And this is what's happening now!!!! Yeah!!!!