Guess we’re in Texas now :-0 Our first Christmas in Texas was really quite nice. The girls were excited Christmas morning to discover gifts under our little tree. Of course it meant more stuff in our small space that have no home, but I’ve managed to find places to put some things and today I’m offContinue reading “Merry Christmas, Wicked Weather”
Category Archives: Snow
A Homestead Kind of Day
Winter Storm Nika moved through last night and early this morning leaving us about 6 – 7 inches of snow. This required another snow shoveling work-out and after my work-out I decided it was a good day to enhance some of my homesteading skills. Since I was down to just enough laundry soap for maybe twoContinue reading “A Homestead Kind of Day”
What to Wear?
It’s snowing again. “Hello Winter Storm Nika,” and this winter I’ve begun to think a lot about my homestead wardrobe. When the weather is hot, I wear a lot of capris, short-sleeved tops and flip flops. It works well for the gardening and housework I do now, but I don’t think it’s going to work asContinue reading “What to Wear?”
Snowy Thoughts
The snow is coming down. It’s not coming down vertically as light fluffy flakes, but instead millions of tiny snow flakes are blowing horizontally across the yard. Every once in a while a stronger gust of wind sending even more flakes blowing off the roof of the house, spiraling down to the ground. Drifts ofContinue reading “Snowy Thoughts”
Batten Down the Hatches
2104 is ushering in lots of snow, wind and bitterly dangerously cold air. The snow is expected to begin here in the next 1 1/2 – 3 1/2 hours and while we are only expected to get 5-8 inches here, friends to the south of us are expecting up to a foot. Either way, once theContinue reading “Batten Down the Hatches”
Snow, Thru the Eyes of a Child
It began snowing early evening yesterday and as the sun went down, the snow continued. We watched the snow falling, sparkling in the glow of the street lights. Slowly, it began to cover everything in a blanket of white. When we awoke this morning, we peeked outside and saw our winter wonderland. Everything covered inContinue reading “Snow, Thru the Eyes of a Child”
