Well, we had a very cold morning!  ZERO degrees.  Not the first time this winter we have been in the single digits or near zero.  Probably won’t be the last.

Tony, Tyler, and Danielle came up today to ride four wheelers and build a snowman.  We also made some snow cream!  I had a whole bowl of that.  I think the kids had a lot of fun.

Not the first snowman that has been built on this property!  Defin won’t be the last. 

We might get more snow later this week – depending on storm track.

Some photos from today

Tyler and Beau

Tony and Tyler

Tyler eating some snow

Danielle

Danielle making some snow cream

Cam photo from tonight out front here

Well, it is a Tuesday.  A beautiful day outside.  Temperatures were in the upper 50s and lower 60s.  Pretty amazing.  Feels like spring outside.  I don’t think we will get used to that – not just yet.

Watching on my Canada shows tonight.  Makes me miss Canada.  Miss my friends in Canada.  Going to have to try and get up there as soon as I can to see them.  It has been way to long.  Maybe soon.

Doug has been traveling a lot.  That is good.  Sounds like business is going good – and that is good news as well.  Hopefully he has a good year.

Have not heard from my friend David lately – hopefully he is doing well and we can see him soon.  Others, as well up there.  Need to visit.

Life has been a journey – the last ten years have been quite incredible.  It was in 2000 that we left the United States and went to Canada.  That is 10 years.  Amazing.  Scary – how fast time passes.  Life is different now than it was ten years ago.  Quite different.  But yet life never really changes.  More like the circumstances in our life changes.  The people around us change.  We make different choices.  We figure out who we are.  We figure out how to be true to ourselves – or as true as we can be to ourselves.  I am not sure we are ever really true to ourselves.  Are we?

All I know is that right now life is going along pretty good – I miss some of my closest friends and hopefully we can figure that out before long, as well.

In some ways I feel home sick – from Toronto.  But, I am happy down here.  I guess I just miss a big portion of my life.  Doug, David, and some others.

We will get there.

WPSD did a story on the weather observatory and emergency management

From WPSD

Weather Observatory Streaming Emergency Management Information Online

By Meteorologist Trent Okerson

To help

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/impact/

Beautiful sunset tonight up here on the farm – it is also cold.  At 11 pm it is 4 degrees.  So, Tyler is staying over tonight – we made a cloud out of boiling water!!

Making a cloud out of boiling water – 4.5 degrees outside.  Flirting with zero tonight.

YAY

Weather instruments

BRRRRRR

Cold balcony this morning

The rooster is shivering

MISS DAISY!!!!!

Snowing!!!!!

Snowing out back

  We had a nice New Years Eve here at the farm.  Most of the family came over and played games – hung out.  Nothing major – just a peaceful evening. 

  It has been extremely cold.  Low temperatures here at my place have been in the upper single digits to lower teens during the early morning hours.  We even had a snow flurry or two on Friday night.    Looks like some real snow is heading our way for Thursday.  Maybe an inch or more.  Will see how it plays out.

  Still a lot of little things going on at the house – painting, landscaping, fixing the rails on the stairs, painting the garage floor, and so on.  Maybe another week or two before everything is finished.

  Need to get things wrapped up soon so we can go on our trip in February – to warmer climates.

  A few photos from the last few days…

House from the back with Daisy’s fenced in area.  Daisy returns on Sunday night.

Patio is finished

Daisy’s backyard area

Friends and family for New Years Eve

Thinking about snow!!!!  Doing a snow dance, as well.

Front of house landscaping is coming along

Daisy’s backyard area

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

I can’t believe it is 2010.