Pics around and about

Viking boy with a baby rabbit

Pics of some Koi at a local garden center

They are as long as my arm

One of our windows

A window going up our stairs

I'm Dreaming of a Foggy Christmas?

Since the beginning of December we have been swamped by fog.  No snow but the fog is so heavy that it's been freezing to and frosting the trees, bushes, and pretty much everything else so thick that you would think it had snowed.  The ice formations are really amazing!

Lilac branches with spiky ice

Apple leaves ringed by frozen fog

A thick layer of frost that has dropped from the tree above so thick it looks like snow.

A frosted tree

Viking Boy can't be convinced this isn't snow

Pics of around our place

Smokey doesn't look happy

Three little cuties

Thor and Ceili asleep

Princess in Waiting, age 7, took this pi  of the parlor fire.  It turned out pretty neat!

Princess In Waiting with Thor

Loki doing his gazing into the fire routine

Pics around our place

Warm and comfy on a cold morning

Naptime at our house.  Viking Boy with his "baby" Thor

Thor our narcoleptic kitty.  He will literally fall asleep anywhere!

Smokey has finally gotten over his snit and likes to groom the kittens

Loki gazing into the fire.  He does this regularly

Smokey and Loki - BFF'S

Pics of around our place

Viking Boy all tuckered out

Princess in Waiting (red fairy), Captain Submarine (Bumblebee), and Viking Boy (Moooky Ghost)

Eldest Daughter playing her French Horn

Eldest daughter (in light dress) and best friend dressed up to go to the Victorian Ball

Best Buddies

Chillin after a hard day of play and work

Eldest Daughters Harvest Party costume

Some Pics from around our place

Lavender

Roses that were here when we moved in and have a heady old rose fragrance.  They were almost dead when I cleaned them up and are now growing into a nice hedge.

Dinner time

The chicken coop revamp.  New painted doors, windows, and wood all around

sunflowers in the evening

Loki thinking up further mischief

Sometimes it fun to just be girly!

On Sunday we try to make it a true day of rest. We have so many things that need doing that we can easily turn Sunday into another hectic work day. So I try and force us to relax. These are some pics of eldest daughter decorating me and Princess in Waitings hair in the warm spring sunshine. It was lots of fun for everyone and she made us look so pretty!

Pics of Beauty

Here are some pics that I find interesting because of the contrast.  One set is of the stained glass at our 100 year old church built by the founding pioneers.  Sitting in church with the sunlight (and it almost always is sunny here) filtering through these windows is lovely. 

The second set is of the sun coming streaming through the clouds out on the farmland.  I don't know if it comes through the pictures very well but it was so gorgeous we had to pull over and look at it for awhile.  My breath was taken away.  It makes me realize that God is so good to us to make our world full of wonderful things, He didn't have to do it after all.  Artists strive to create something that comes close to the perfection and grandeur of what we see in nature but no matter how many massive or opulent buildings are built, or paintings painted, or sculptures chiseled.  They can never outdo the magnificence of God's varied creation.