Books

It is amazing how far your mind can go just by reading a book. And you can pick which way you would like it to go. For instance: You are on a battlefield and the enemy is on your tail; your best friend has been shot. Do you have the strength it takes to get to safety along with your friend before the enemy reaches you? Or how about you are in a magical world with wizards and mages; in order to save one of the wizard's from peril, you are sent on a journey to gather everything you need for a potion that only a witch can brew to save it's life? Along the way you encounter many enemies to stop you.
All you have to do is dive into a book and be swept off your feet.

The Old Out House

If you are old enough, and can remember the old "Out-House", then you will chuckle at this one........

 

 

The Old Gas Station The service station trade was slow. The owner sat around, With sharpened knife and cedar stick. Piled shavings on the ground. No modern facilities had they, The log across the rill Led to a shack, marked His and Hers That sat against the hill. "Where is the ladies restroom, sir?" The owner leaning back, Said not a word but whittled on, And nodded toward the shack. With quickened step she entered there But only stayed a minute, Until she screamed, just like a snake Or spider might be in it. With startled look and beet red face She bounded through the door, And headed quickly for the car. Just like three gals before. She tripped and fell -- got up, and then In obvious disgust, Ran to the car, stepped on the gas, And faded in the dust. Of course we all desired to know What made the gals all do The things they did, and then we found out what The whittling owner knew. A speaking system he'd devised To make the thing complete, He tied a speaker on the wall Beneath the toilet seat. He'd wait until the gals got set, and then the devilish tyke, would stop his whittling long enough, to speak into the mike. And as she sat, a voice below, struck terror, fright and fear "Will you please use the other hole?  We're painting under here."

Seamstress Sewing Machine

This is my Seamstress sewing machine. It used to be a foot paddle one but was changed into electric. It really is a tough little machine. The only draw back is the bobbin. It does not hold very much. My husband recently had to rewire it.

Winter Hum Drums

This is the time of year where you wish the cold and snow would just go away. I must say we have had an unusual winter up to this point. Last week it got up to 51 degrees one day! That never happens. When this picture was taken a few minutes ago it was 15 degrees with a wind chill of 1 degree. The blue sky looks so heavenly; we haven't seen much of it. We have a lot more snow than this too by now. The family members that live in the south report temperatures between the 70's and low 80's. Oh my!!

Freezing

This is our coldest week of the year. It got up to a whopping minus seven degrees this morning. The week is expected to not be above ten degrees until Friday morning and then it is going to be fifteen degrees. My niece wrote that she was going to the park with the kids because it was going to be in the sixties in Texas.  Someday we will see that again. Can you tell I am tired of this cold? Ha!

The Weather

The weather has been unusually warm this past week. It even got up into the upper fifties at one point. Of course we lost a lot of the snow we had but I am sure we will pay for it in the coming weeks. It is already starting to get colder again.

Our Little Devil

Our little bugger tried so hard to get to his Christmas stocking and packages this year. As you can see I put up a gate but he was smart enough to know he could still get to it.