happy Tuesday!

I took this the other night when it was still warm here...

just to see how the camera did at night...

my other camera could not have done this...

and again, not zoomed in all the way and without the tripod...

not bad...

it has turned so cold here again...

I will not be able to go out and shoot the super moon...

:(

if I get cold, I have full body muscle spasms...

and it is not fun...

I might be able to get a shot out the back door, but not holding my breath on it...

but...

spring is coming and summer...

I can shoot the moon all I like then...

even with the tripod!

have good days!

My new camera is...

another Canon...

here is a link to the Walmart page for it...

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Canon-PowerShot-SX420-IS-Digital-Camera-Black/49907511

I highly recommend this camera...

I am so going to love shooting things come warm weather!

nice weekend...

DH went to Paris this morning for supplies...

and then took me for a drive after his nap...

our new Family Dollar...

I have no idea when it will open, but it can't be long now...

I am still trying to get over this cold...

taking cold meds and sleeping a lot...

and we didn't get too far today...

but it was a good test run to check out this camera...

and, boy. is it better than the other one I had...

I am going to love back roads this summer...

I even got the moon, and this is not zoomed in all the way and without the tripod...

so I am a happy camper!

hope your Saturday was fun!

where does a whole week go?

I took these photos on Monday...

and nothing since...

I haven't gotten a whole lot done around here, either...

I sit at the kitchen window sometimes and just watch...

if nothing else, they are entertaining...

can you see me?

scaring the birdies...

you would think we would have 40 pound squirrels by now...

but they do seem to run it off...

we have a few warmer days here...

but February is showing highs of 20s at least the first two weeks of the month...

I sure hope they are wrong...

but, after that, spring is just around the corner...

we will have our warmer days in then...

counting down to spring and playing in the dirt...

have wonderful weekends!

this weather is all over the place...

yesterday, DH and I ran out to the school to take the plastic bottles to the recycle bin...

the fog was pretty dense all day long...

and all night...

early this morning, thunderstorms went through...

and the fog is gone and its pretty windy out there...

got another storm coming in this afternoon and we will go from upper 50s back to the 30s for a day...

then warming back up again slowly through the week...

the are calling for 60 mph winds when that goes through...

its trying to be spring, but its still a bit early for all of that...

but we had 2 days of doors open and fresh air in the house...

its nice to blow the stink and hopefully, the germs out of here...

:)

still have the tail end of the cold...

hoping its done with by the time the weekend happens...

have good days!

been garage saling...

online, of course...

love this crock...

$7

$15 for the pair...

Pioneer Woman...

I love the little one the best...

$5...

King size quilted bedspread...

going on the deck in the spring...

its on the couch right now...

we are above freezing and the melting has begun...

I can see mud in spots...

both guys working today...

I am home alone...

except for the critters...

and that's a house full...

:)

have a good weekend!

here comes the warm up!

took these the other day...

we are the proud foster parents of 8 funky squirrels...

our walnut trees help draw them in....

but its the feeder this one likes...

there is one in every bunch...

the one with the hurt front paw is on the mend...

above freezing today!

looking at 40s and even a 50 coming this weekend...

but the 51 day will be rainy...

but that's ok...

I have been up half the night online with a friend while she was in the ER with her daughter, Lexi...

Lexi had her tonsils out last week, but keeps having problems...

and last night she started spewing blood and spitting up clots...

Lexi is in high school and around 17...

the same thing happened to Craig, but we were at another hospital and they took him into emergency surgery, found the bleeder and got it stopped...

he could have bled out...

and so could she...

begged her to get her to another hospital...

worried sick, because this other hospital sent her home and told them it was normal...

so if you could pray for her...

if I were able bodied, I would hop in my van and take her myself...

but I can't!

aggravating...

this girl was in a wreck, a bad one...

almost 2 years ago now...

she is the only survivor...

she lost her best friend and her boyfriend...

so this family knows loss and how fast it can happen...

and I know this mother well enough that if something happens to her, she will never get over it...

and she has 2 younger children to raise...

so please, pray for them...

both guys are working tomorrow...

I need to take a nap so I can lay around tomorrow, too!!!

LOL

its hard holding down the fort some days!

have a blessed weekend!

a girlie photo shoot...

this little girl came to sit a spell...

out the kitchen window this morning...

and I kept shooting...

and she kept posing..

spending the days and nights...

coughing and my sides hurt sometimes...

blowing but not a lot comes out...

taking cold meds and pain pills...

and I have 2 sneezing fits per 24 hours...

to the point that I either almost pee my pants, or I do...

:)

its not fun but its not bad...

a common cold is what it is...

a pain in the butt to deal with and manage...

while pretending to lead a normal life...

which probably isn't happening around here anyway...

LOL

so...

its another day of snortin'...

I think the critters find it amusing...

they sit and cock their little heads sideways...

a couple even put their paws on my arm or leg....

trying to calm me down, I think...

sometimes it amusing...

:)

Lysol wiping everything down...

it the cold doesn't get you, that stuff just might...

we only have one more day after today of cold, cold weather...

and then it gets above freezing and all this stuff is going to melt all over the place!

the long term, rest of the month will be above freezing during the day!

could spring come early...

stay tuned to find out!

another blistery weekend...

we got another 3 inches of snow this weekend...

and everyone came out to partake of the all you can eat buffet....

and after looking closely at these photos...

I have a mission this week...

besides doing the laundry...

and all the other things I do around here...

I need to keep shooting squirrels...

see the one on the right...

he has a bloody paw...

pretty sure its frost bite...

we cannot do anything for him unless we can catch him...

and as long as he keeps moving around as good as he is...

that ain't happening...

so my plan is to keep shooting squirrels and enlarging the photos...

keeping an eye on his paw...

and since I cannot tell one from another...

from the kitchen window...

I will have to shoot them all and hope I get him...

we had 9 male cardinals yesterday morning...

that's the most we have ever had...

DH went back to work this morning...

Craig is off today...

bottom part of the furnace in coming today...

and I want a nap already...

LOL

still making snot and blowing my nose all the time...

I don't feel real bad or nothing like that...

but cannot bend over without dripping...

so ready for spring, even with the allergies...

have good days!