Dancing

I love dancing 

always have

always will

I started on my Daddy's toes

then graduated

to going solo

or joining my sisters

and in my teens 

'I rocked'! 

dreaming of dancing 

for a living 

until I met a new dance partner

who set my life a twirl

taking me in a new direction

years later my life changed again 

and I lost my dance partner

but I still danced in my dreams 

and then a new dance partner 

entered my life 

 who still sweeps me off my feet 

I hope to dance forever

all photos from the internet

Okay people
 the time has come ~
lets all think

Thank You! 

Great Day

We had a wonderful sunny day today.  Started it out by treating Thom to one of his favorite breakfasts - which I seldom make because they are just too darned good to be healthy!! And of course homemade is always made with love so they just have to taste the best! I know it's not quite the same but  here's a little food for your eyes: 

Cher's Cherry Cream Cheese Crepes

Recipe:  I just kind of make it up 
as I go along ... somehow they always turn out 

We ended the day with going out to eat with our new neighbors. If you remember my Dec 12th posting about the world renown organist Dave Wickerham stopping in for a visit ... well ~ he and his family moved next door to us. We have new neighbors!  Good food and good company is a great way to end a perfect day. Hoping your day was as good as ours.  Have a wonderful Super Bowl Sunday! 

Just a sampling of 

Our Backyard Birds 

Gates

~ Gates ~

They always stir my 

curiosity as to what lies beyond! 

Back Then

 ~ when I was just a kid; we used to walk down through the rocky field stopping to play on the big whale rock that sat just before the creek.  Then wandering down the old 'corduroy road' another name for the old trail through the woods made up of wooden poles laid in place wherever needed to get vehicles, tractors and such across the swampy spots.  The poles are nearly all rotted away now but that is the trail still used to this day to access my sisters place through the land from our old homestead where Mom still lives.  Anyways ~ back to my story - We used to walk down to visit Grandpa and Grandma O. who lived just beyond where my sister now lives.  Back then when my legs were even shorter than they are now (I can only imagine my sister's snickering as they read this) that seemed like a long walk. Now its a breeze, even for me!  Well Grandpa and Grandma had two old Adirondack chairs and when I spotted them as we ended the trail, I knew we were there! We made it to Grandpa and Grandma's! 

As I was surfing the net and saw this picture - it bought back a flood of memories of those wonderful visits.  Oh how I miss those summer days and even more so ~ Oh how I miss them! 

SnowDay

Hand feeding the birds! 

Heavy Snowfall 

New insulation layer of snow!

8 new inches accumulated

on our bare deck

Hands and Knees Playing ~

My son just exchanged this little story with me and I thought it was so darned cute that I just had to share. First I must say that I love the fact that he gets down on his hands and knees and actually spends TIME playing with his son.  Not in front of the television or playing endless hours of electronic games, but good old fashioned hands and knees playing.  He just shared this exchange with me:  

My Son: "The kitchen is officially closed due to the railroad coming through and kitchen wide town construction. Including a barn yard, space station, parking garage, hospital, race track, sea world, two separate rail yards, a port, an airport and zoo. The 5 yr. Old mayor has ordered out for pizza because I don't have a permit to cook in his town !!!!!!"

Me: "that grandson of mine sure does remind me of his daddy! lol"

My Son: "Ha, not only is he mayor he has also taken the roles of sheriff, vet, doctor, pilot, fireman, race car driver, ship captain, conductor and everything else that I wanted to be. Making me a mere tax payer !!!!! Sure do love working for the man."

Getting organized ~

I've had loads of lids crammed in a container for too long ...  so when I spotted a CD rack at the Goodwill store and it jumped out at me saying "I could be the answer to your lid problem!"  I grabbed it. And it is!  Who'd a thunk it?! 

How do people function without it? 

I would be lost. 

I'm Baaaacccckkk!

Wow ~ can it really be possible that I last posted in mid-December?  We went to visit the kids over the holidays and I then stayed on for a few extra weeks to help out after my daughters surgery.  All is well, she's on the mend and I'm happy to be home. I think it's true, no matter how much I love my family and friends, whenever I go visiting somewhere and then return home; as I enter my own house I catch myself thinking "there's no place like home!" 

Our load of love! 

Our Loves