Clarise at the window...

Here are a couple shots of Clarise this morning...

Single digit temperatures today!

The deer is cold and saving energy.

New Gutters

We're getting new LeafGuard gutters this week. Monday the gutters were fabricated on site.

The longest section is fifty three feet!

Heat wave!

Temperature reached 39 degrees F today; first time since December 31 that we've been above freezing!
This must be the January thaw.

Silent Monks Singing the Hallelujah Chorus

If you poke around on YouTube you can find longer versions with other groups doing it.

Rudolph still looking!

Though we are beyond twelve days of Christmas, Rudolph continues to survey the back yard. Here he is last night with the glistening snow.

Snow Today

Snow today - we've had a little snow cover for a few days now and a little dusting many mornings. Today were expecting a few inches. the first set of pictures was taken between 9:00 and 9:30 A.M. before it really started-

This set was taken close to 12:30 P.M.-

By three P.M. we had almost three inches of new snow
and the forecast is for it to continue.About 5:30 P.M.:

Love - Hope - and Go Bucks!

Today the Today Show did a feature on Robert Indiana the artist well known for his LOVE paintings and sculpture from the sixties - even the post office embraced his work:

Now his word is HOPE:

Soup!

Leftover beef from Christmas, more beef, and lots of other good things!
We are staying in tonight.
Happy New Year!

A Little Snow this Morning

Winter has just started - we haven't had much snow - yet.

2009 in Review!

Christmas!

Here's the dining room table getting ready to groan -
Full table:

Not long after it wasn't the table that was groaning!

Christmas Eve -

Sunrise-

Late afternoon visitor to the bird feeder -

Holiday Preparation - Horseradish

To get ready for tomorrow's feast with standing rib roast as the main attraction I needed to prepare some famous (?) Ledge Lane Horseradish, so I went to the garden and began the process - it took less than one hour - the first picture was taken at 1:43 P.M. the last one with the final product in the jar at 2:33 P.M.

First - find the plants in the garden-


Next, dig up some roots -

Cut off the unneeded parts.
Clean them



Peel:

Cut into pieces:

Grind with salt water in blender:


Put in jar:

Tomorrow we will mix it with mayonnaise to make horseradish sauce.

December 23 - Thirty seven Years!!

December 23 was our 37th wedding anniversary - I know of a couple people who check this blog now and then were there! Here are a couple of pictures from this year before we went out to eat:

1972:

(I still have the necktie!)

Fleas NaviDog!

We were away...

We visited Ryan in Hoboken. Here you can see a shot from just outside his apartment building and then below a movie from there.

More pictures to come.

Wish...

Decorating

We've been putting up our Christmas decorations bit by bit. Today I did the village. Each year I try to add something new - not too much space left. This year I added the kids with the big snowball at the right side.

Thanksgiving 2009

Here's our bacon wrapped turkey - just a small one - only 12 pounds. It was very good!