It's nearly midnight and I'm ready to crash, but first a few words.
We had snow this weekend and it made for a lovely Christmas day. Cold though, very cold but the nearly complete barn is doing it's job to provide adequate shelter to our limited livestock. My writing studio above looks wonderful all tucked against the bare winter trees in the middle of our 7 acres and the broken up concrete from the old well house, which we used to make a sidewalk to my studio, looks like a snow covered quilt.
I still do not have electricity or heat in my studio so won't be writing much in there until spring.
Above and almost perfectly center, you'll see Keith in the early morning sun, pushing hay in a wheelbarrow out to our steers. Once fed we drove the 12 miles into Pontiac where we met with our four children and their families to celebrate Christmas at oldest son Colton's house. His wife Tab, provided us once again with gallons of coffee, hash brown casseroles, chocolates and homemade cream puffs. Heaven it was.
Our day and our hearts, were overflowing with blessings. Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas, I read your blog everyday! Happy New Year too!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Donna, I plan to blog more in 2018. Yes, it's a threat.
DeleteMerry Christmas - you ARE living the good life.
ReplyDeleteWe are. It is good and busy and satisfying.
DeleteAnd exhausting :)
Belated Christmas greetings to you, Donna. Your writing cottage looks picturesque surrounded by all that snow.
ReplyDeleteHaving been away from blog reading for nearly 3 weeks, I've spent time catching up today. It can be time-intensive but also nice to read how folks spent their Christmas. Yours sounded wonderful as well as delicious.
We were "on the road" for 3 weeks from after Thanksgiving till the week before Christmas. It wasn't exactly a vacation, but more of an extended road trip that included checking the VA house and getting some minor repairs completed, then learning the closing date would not happen as expected (details to follow in a blog post). We did see friends in DC and attended the USAF band holiday concert (a wonderful and free event). We also went to our granddaughter's 1st birthday party in PA.
I hope that the coming new year holds wonderful things in store for you and Keith (all good, of course).
Me too. Catching up on posts and responding to posts and thinking about writing more posts. I miss road trips and so live vicariously through others like you. Our homestead budget does not allow for many but that's ok, we have 7 acres to walk about!
DeleteMerry Christmas to you and yours, as well. Sorry I'm late, but my ISP decided to break for the holidays, lol. Better late than never. The snow looks lovely. :)
ReplyDeleteYou're not late! I'm late. The older I get the later I get. Soon I'll be over on your blog apologizing for being late. Crazy blog world!
DeleteYour studio looks ideal. Just the right size, attractive, and away from the house. I NEED ONE.
ReplyDeleteI keep visiting it this winter. Sitting in a chair I bought until I can't stand the cold but NEXT winter we'll have some heat in there. Can not wait. Now, go build one of your own. You won't regret it.
DeleteA belated Merry Christmas and an early Happy New Year! I'm catching up, too! I love your writing studio, but I wouldn't be writing without heat, either! :) Many blessings in 2018!
ReplyDeleteWow. We're all behind the times aren't we? Life. It really sucks the life out of you.
DeleteMerry Christmas Donna to you and your family. We do have so many blessings...I love your snow quilt! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Rain. 2018 is going to be my year of making more cheese so expect me to be on your blog lots more.
DeleteMerry Christmas, Donna. Here's hoping you & Prince Farming enjoy a happy and healthy New Year. Be well. Kris
ReplyDeletePrince Farming and I are indeed doing well and now well into 2018 we're excited about all the projects in 2018 we have planned. we have no money to do them, but still we're EXCITED!
DeleteI hope you and yours had a wonderful Christmas.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly had the weather, it looks magical even if it does slow work down when there are so many outdoor chores to be done to keep livestock happy and fed.
All the very best for a wonderful New Year. xx
Thank you Sue. This weekend all the snow will melt and we'll get mud. Ah well, still better than -20.
DeleteLate getting here but returning the greetings anyway. Happy New Year, also!
ReplyDeleteMan, we're all late! Someone (me) needs a private secretary. Actually I used to have one and I miss her (Jean) every day.
DeleteAlso belated Christmas & New Years wishes. Sure hope you are faring well through this deep freeze weather! Look forward to seeing if the new insulation around the foundation has helped.
ReplyDeleteThe new insulation on the outside did help! I'll post about it soon. Happy New Year to you!!
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