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No matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.

1 Corinthians 13:3 (The Message)

The Day I Celebrated My Birth

Monday, February 8

I liked what the morning sunrise did to these icicles.

After preparing some TFC mail for the post office, we went shopping for new flooring for the kitchen.  Cerwin had done lots of research, after which we settled on laminate. We gathered information on the internet, then visited two local business where we gathered more valuable information – and two samples (because we couldn’t decide which one went best with our kitchen.) We settled on the sample to the left.

I like this distressed look and the way it pulled all the colors of our kitchen together.

In the early evening, we went to Lilly’s on Main for my birthday supper.

We rarely go to this restaurant, but I like how they prepare and present their food. We like to reserve a table overlooking Main Street so we can watch traffic and people.

Cranberry Bread

My Salad

Because of the sun, we pulled the curtain for pictures. Our gracious waitress, Amber.

I ordered Amish Duck, duck sausage, wheat berry pilaf and asparagus. I have to be in a mood of wanting something unusual to order duck. It was delicious.

Cerwin’s meal was New York Sirloin, asparagus, and baked potato.

Street lights just below the window where we were sitting.

Dessert Choices

Cerwin decided against dessert, but gladly tasted a few spoonfuls of my Lemon Gelato – a delicious frozen lemon mixture.

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It is delightful to have a birthday.

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Fear-of-the-Lord—that’s Wisdom, and Insight means shunning evil.

Job 28:28 (The Message)

Remnants of Friday’s Snow

The Super Bowl

Sunday, February 7

…and the blizzard that blasted the northeast today

Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.

1 Corinthians 15:58 (The Message)

Another Snow Storm!

Friday & Saturday ~ February 5 & 6

Again, the birds knew they better eat now.

It was a good thing they ate up on Friday, because this is what happened to their feeders during the night.

My early Saturday morning view of our feeders.

Our front yard

We had about a foot of snow – not much compared to those just five miles to our south – as they received twenty inches. Our youngest daughter who lives an hour to our south received more that two feet.

I had just gotten up to get my second cup of coffee when I noticed this blazer coming up the road, and soon realized it was our oldest son, Jeff. He always did enjoy the challenge of maneuvering through snow. He was just opening the door when I snapped this picture.

After a short visit, he prepared for the six-mile trip home.

What does a mother do with a son who likes anything that challenges his driving skills?   Pray!

This neighborhood milk truck driver probably wished he could be at home.

The suet was popular with the birds, because it seemed to resist the snow.

We don’t often see snowmobiles but the open fields in front of us were popular with these three.

Cerwin opened our driveway after lunch.

The sky cleared by late afternoon…

…and the temperature went high enough to melt our driveway. (Cerwin was glad he took time to open it a few hours earlier.)

I never imagined that this snowy, cloudy, wintry day would close with a beautiful sunset.

Icicles on the house roof reflected the evening sun

So ended a wintry Saturday.

It is clear to us, friends, that God not only loves you very much but also has put his hand on you for something special.

1 Thessalonians 1:4 (The Message)

Birds and Snow

Tuesday & Wednesday ~ February 2 & 3

The birds knew that snow was coming, because our feeders were busy on Tuesday.

This is what it looked like when we went to bed on Tuesday night.

I was anxious to see what the landscape looked like when I woke up on Wednesday.

By daylight I could see the three or four inches of snow that had fallen while we slept.

I wanted to just stand at the windows and look at the white snow and pretty scenery, because the temperature was supposed to get above freezing, so I knew that most of this would be gone by evening.

I love snow. I love winter.

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

Psalm 139:14 (New Living Translation)

Today Was My Third Birthday

 Sixty-Three Years Ago