Cake Time!!

 

A special Thank you to my sister for sending the

card and DH for his card.  To my two special 

sisters Kathleen for the phone call and singing

Happy Birthday.  The texts for the dog food

information!  Sable even sends her best!!

To Janis for the cyber cards and chatting all 

day to make my day special.  To our son for the

text, I know you are working way to much!

DH is enjoying the cake!

Forgot the Spammer whom keeps sending spam,

by the way they all were reported to  Office 365/

Microsoft for violation of the Code of Conduct.

Cross Stitch

November 28 of 2023 I started 

my winter hobby of Cross Stitch.

I love it!!  It keeps me busy and off the computer!

 

2/5/2024

I'll try to keep the photos coming!

1/11/2024 Still Blooming and Seedpods

 

Just a few seedpods from the 

Brugmansia House.  More in the

greenhouse.

An Artic Vortex Headed Our Way!

 High winds and snow so they 

say is headed our way. By Sat.

freezing temps!  What fun!!

1/9/2024

First snow of the season!

1/10/2024

By noon the snow was gone 

in our area but the next storm

is headed our way.  More snow!

Come on Old Man Winter!!

I really need a rest!

1/11/2024

A day of rain before the huge

storm hits tonight, so they say.

1/13/2024

A lite dusting of snow and cold

this am 17 degrees.  So far this

am.  

We got between 4 to 6 inches, 

just depending on where you live.

But the high winds are to hit here

and in watching Portland's news

tonight and all the down trees reports.

If you didn't notice, most of the trees

were huge pine trees with shallow roots

systems.  I really feel for those people

that have to deal with the damage to their

homes.   Pine Trees can be very dangerous!

More snow and wind over night!

1/14/2023

A layer of ice over night.  

This afternoon I was able to get the 

sidewalks and driveway all scooped

out.

1/16/2024

The ice storm has hit and they have 

closed the gorge highway.  75 MPH

winds in the Gorge. 

Stay safe and stay inside.  Watch out for

those frozen pipes!!  Water damage!!

110 hours of deep cold!  

No garbage pickup today if you didn't

get the notice/

What fun!!!

1/17/2024

A great day to stitch, everything 

is covered with ice and the area is 

shut down for today.

1/18-19/2014

Nothing but ice and not fun to drive

in.  The main roadways were clear but

icy.  

1/20-21/2024

Finally warming up so this weather is

headed east!  

I had a request for snow photos!  

In cased in ice!

Happy Valentine's Day!

A Week Of Rain!

January is usually our wet month.  They

are prediction a week of rain!   Come on

rain the roofs and gutters are cleaned!! 

Yesterday storm dumped a lot of rain here

and in the mountains they had snow!  More

coming our way.  Winter is finally here!

Just a little more trimming to do.  I'm also

seeing spring flower popping up due to our

warmer an normal Dec.

2024 Yard Clean Up List / January

 1/1/2024

Today I took 2 bags of pine needles

and leaves off the yard. Then husband

cleaned off the shed, he took 2 buckets

of pine needles, branches, pine cones and

leaves off the roof of the shed and what

dropped between the greenhouse and the

carport.

1/11/2024

Removed a full bag of pine needles and

leaves off Sable's area and to the west of the

greenhouses.  Leaves are still coming out

of the trees where they landed on the pines.

1/29/2024

I took 1/2 bag off Sable's area of pine needles

and leaves that had blown into the yard. Since it's

been so wet it's hard to pick up much.

New Years Day!!

Let's just say it was clean up the 

yard day after taking the lights down

and putting them away.  I had to blow

off the roof and clean out the gutters.

I couldn't believe all the spent fireworks

debris on the roof this year.

Then it was vac up Sables area and 

the south yard where the leaves blew

in.  The it was blow off the driveway 

and the circle! Last was to finish cutting

back some of the flowers and the Cardoon

that were missed due to no room in the

yard recycle bin. 

This next week I'll be trimming back some

trees and shrubs once the bins are emptied.