{{ 45 }} Food

Maybe this doesn't look to good...hahaha
I found a recipe/tip on Balancing Beauty & Bedlam
and tried it out. Yay! I can do oatmeal now!
You simply saute your apple bits in a little butter and add the oatmeal. Cook, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. I make sure I do lots of apple. This is a great time to use those apples that are on their way out...
you know, the kinda not crisp anymore apples.
I feel good knowing I'm eating something healthy.

{{ 44 }} Red

I'm learning to to like Nandina.

When I first came to this house I could have cared less.

One day Mom and I were walking around my yard and she said how much she liked them.

I think I found an appreciation that day. 

One of our past times in the country, when we were neighbors,

was to walk around our flower beds and talk about how our plants

were growing and living...we loved that. I miss it.

Now Moma lives far away and there's no one to walk around my garden with me.

{{ 43 }} Lanterns

 Wouldn't it be neat if I had thought to light the lantern?
I didn't want to disturb the snow.  Lanterns have always
been attractive to me. They make me imagine what life was
like in old days, hold a mystique, make me thankful when
the electricity is out. It takes you to a simple time and with
life as busy as it is...Simple is nice.

{{ 42 }} Blackbirds

Four and twenty blackbirds.....
Brenda feeds the kitties on the front porch and with this snow looks like someone else was hungry too.
I'm sure the blackbirds are a nuisance to some but I miss them.
Used to love them covering the fields in the country and listening
to their swoosh as they flew away.

{{ 41 }} Lines

Lines.....

Oh yeah, and snow. Again.

{{ 40 }} Snow

The snow was different this time.

You could see the tiny formations of the crystal.

Pardon me for not knowing the correct terms....

We don't get three snows in one year.

{{ 39 }} Valentine's Day

I remember the days with my sweet children when we made Valentines.

There would be glue, scissors, paper, doilies, crayons, glitter.

Miss the days of see ing what their little imagination would dream up.