We have Daffodils blooming

This week we seem to be having spring weather. And my daffodils are opening up.  But Sunday it is going
to go back down to 20 degree's at night.  No snow. But very cold.  Crazy winter.  Must be global warming. I am very disappointed that Obama is supporting Fracking.  I will not be voting for him.  For anybody else who runs against him.  Fracking is drilling into shale under great pressure, using toxic chemicals to get the
gas out of the shale. It is harmful to the environment.  And time will show that.  But all they care about is money and jobs.

This morning I had a pack of hunting beagles running through my yard.  They came up from the woods behind me and slipped through a hole in my wire fence in the back.  Then they came up to the front of the house and got a scent and pushed under my chain link fence and bent it back.  Next time this happens I am keeping one of his dogs.  I need another dog and I like beagles.  We are finally going to get a new well. We have been living off the new schools well next door. But they are finally done with their Geo Thermal well drilling so they can come over and dig us a new well (for free) Since they not only owe us for the well they blew up, but also for the thousand dollars we put into the well before they blew it up.  I was reading about chickens.  I want chickens soooo much.  I would like Orphingtons.  They are white and gentle.  Well, they are cream colored with bright red heads.  But then I got to reading about lice, and mites and avian flu. And I got a bit scared. And it said to have a disinfectant foot bath in front of the chicken yard or house.  I guess to keep from tracking any asian flu germs.  I don't know. But I still want chickens so much.   Spring is coming I can feel it.  Have a daffodil.

Nothing New But Cold and Rain......

Well, I did get my broken molar looked at today and xrayed.  That was a load off my mind.  On Monday I have to go back and get an impression down, and a temporary crown.  I was just eating an egg sandwich. Nothing hard at all.  It's very upsetting when something crunchy like a rock shows up in your mouth. I am lucky I did not swallow the piece of my tooth.
There has been no more snow.  And I am very disappointed.  Plus the temperatures have been below freezing at night for weeks. Every night I have to cover up all the daffodils. There must be over 100 of them.  I cover them with mulch and leaves very lightly.  Then uncover them. Then cover them back up at night.  Spring....... please get here.  I want to see flowers.  Damn it.  If I can't be buried in snow then I want
winter to go away.  Tiny just wants cold, no rain, and no snow. He is not a fan of either.  I need to find him some doggies shoes.  Or a big dog that he can piggyback ride on.

we have had some spectacular sunsets.  And some very foggy sunrises.  Some mornings you can't tell the clouds from the mountains.  Some mornings you can't see out the back door. The fog comes right up to the door.  It was a nice drive to Cherokee today where I found a dentist.  Too bad I did not have time to go gamble at their casino.  Even though I never win.  And even though we don't even get to hear the

real jingle of money.  I hated the day they went to the little printouts and insert cards.  Just fill up your card with money. Funny money.  Cash in when you're done.  Noooooo Give me the buckets and the quarters and nickels.  I want those back.  I want to hear the,  ding ding ding ding ding ding of money falling.  Its like music.  Ok. This is all I got.  I am really sick of winter.  I'm sick of waking up with my throat glued shut because the heat ran so much and my mouth and throat dried out. I must get a humidifier.   I keep telling my husband. We have an electric blanket.  We can turn down or almost shut off the heat at night.  Just keep it up enough to keep the pipes from freezing.  I would rather be a bit cold in the night and be able to swallow when I wake up in the morning.  Maybe I should spend winters in Florida.  Just ignore the cemetery photo. I happen to like cemeteries and this one is nearby down the road.

Yes, it finally Snowed.

I would say we got about half an inch of snow.  Covered everything.  The dog hated it.  That is because he is so low to the ground.  Plus his feet got frozen.  He is too fat and I have not found a sweater for a small dog that fits him.  He is small but fat.  He is a mini dachshund and only supposed to be up to ten pounds. Well, he is fifteen pounds.  Lugging him up our hill has gotten harder.

At first I kept covering up the daffodils that were stupidly trying to bloom in Jan.  But that meant when the sun came out and it warmed up that I had to remember to uncover them.  A friend who knows more about bulbs and such said, "Just let them be."  So, bloom, don't bloom. I don't care. Get frozen by the snow.  We had an unseasonable warm up.  Up to 65 the other day. Unheard of in January in the mountains. So, of course the daffodil buds are getting yellow and bigger. But now we have a 30 percent chance of snow showers Wednesday night.  Now, I love snow. Snow falling during the daytime.  Graceful floating snowflakes. I don't like blowing sideways snow that falls after dark.  So far that is the only kind I have seen here.  And I can't even use my toboggan yet.   But, I did almost ice skate on a sheet of black ice.  That was kind of fun.  It is looking like the old guy who lived here,  planted daffodils all over the entire garden. I have to be careful where I step, they are coming up everywhere.  Well, not on the path.  Just in the circle garden, around the crepe myrtle, along the side walk in the planters.  Unless the snow ruins them.  They might just get to bloom before Wednesday. I am rethinking ordering my Orpington chickens.  Not because I don't want them. I do. And I want goats and a beehive. But then I will be tied down.  I mean, you have to be home if you have chickens, goats and bee's.  Well, maybe not bee's.  A friend's son up here raises bee's. I must get with him. I really want to be a bee keeper. My lawyer in Florida put in a beehive and he told me his crops in his garden doubled in size.  On a sad note. A piece of my back molar broke off yesterday.  I was just eating a regular egg sandwich for breakfast. Nothing particularly hard.  Welcome to old age.  So, a few pics of the snow.  And yesterday we had a rainbow when it warmed up.  And we had rain instead of snow.

Spring is coming early.

Next week it will go down to 12 degree's.  But I just found bulbs coming up around the house and in the garden behind the fish pond.  Of course, we just bought this house in July so I have no idea what these are or why they are trying to come up.  It was 25 degree's last night.  Not the time of year for flowers. I guess
they might be crocus?  My husband took our motor home in to be winterized today because it was costing us a fortune in propane to keep the water pipes from freezing here.  In Florida we did not have to worry about that as much.  I walked around the yard trying to take some photographs of the birds here.  Things

seem different here in winter from Florida.  In Florida I had dense woods. Here I have hedges, woods at the bottom of our hill. But in Florida I lived in the woods itself so I had huge flocks of birds. I miss that here.  I see bluejays and red cardinals but they do not seem to come to the feeder. All I get are chickadee, titmice, these rosy finches and a few sparrows.  We do have bluebirds around but they do not come to feeders.  We have not had any snowfall at all and my dear husband is depressed over that. He said he came here for snow and now it does not snow.  He bought a toboggan and all.  This is all the news.  Here are a few photographs from around the yard.  Enjoy.

Christmas is Over

And I feel a sense of relief.  For me it is a lot of anxious shopping, cooking.  The Christmas I would like to have will never happen. Because for that to happen my husband would have to agree and share in my desires.  I would have liked to serve in a Soup Kitchen on Christmas Day.  Or cooked and invited a lot of single, elderly or homeless people to dinner.   And to adopt a family having a hard time and buy presents and food for their holiday.  One year a neighbor and I adopted a family through social services. We bought for the entire family and besides toys and clothes included a grocery gift certificate for turkey etc.  It was the best Christmas I have ever remembered.  The true idea of Christmas.  Instead we have our 3 year old

grandchild who gets so many toys, twice being the only child of a divorced couple.  And a very spoiled granddaughter who travels far just to get the best and most expensive presents.  That is not really Christmas.  Christmas is in giving of yourself.  Not just material things.  No snow.  Today rain and maybe ice by tonight.  Not the nicest winter thus far.  Tiny certainly enjoyed his two Christmas presents. I have a toboggan ready for sledding for Tiny and me.  Bring on the snow.

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And also look at the website.  It is beautiful with a sort of indian spiritual kalideoscope motiff.  We have had cold rainy drizzle and temperatures around 40.  Is that not the worst weather.  Cold, I don't mind. Snow I don't mind.  But rain and cold.  brrr... Or cold and sleet. Ugh.  There will be no white Christmas here in Franklin so say the weathermen.  But on the worst day of the year. I will go and look at this sunrise photograph my husband took here in the backyard one morning. And I will remember, after winter comes spring.  The tree is decorated. We have a few gifts. My husband bought me a new purple martin house to go on our pole. I cannot wait until March to put it up.  I also have two new movies to watch on Christmas Day. The last Harry Potter movie and The Help.  (a book I read and loved)  My little dachshund is soooo funny.  I can't leave his two presents wrapped under the tree because he would just open them or worse, hide them. So since he can't seem to find anything under the tree he thinks is his. He stole my husbands ear muffs from under the tree because they are not wrapped. And they are furry. and of course all his dog toys are furry.  It was hell getting it away from him. He turns into a hell dog guarding his prey.  He has also taken to sitting on top of the wrapped present which my cousin sent me.  Its soft. He thinks its a dog toy but its a nightgown.  lol.  You just have to love Tiny.  Merry Christmas   ♥