There seems to be a fair amount about snow these days, how people like to get into it. I am not one of those. I like snow from a distance. When I was a faller, I had the unpleasure of working in it. when it snowed in the wood and we were unlucky enought to work in, it was ugh. In the morning, every time a tree that went down, we would have a white out. In the after noon, it melted a bit, it was like it was raining with big chucks of the stuff come barelling down. Around the trees sometimes had a hole around it, some 3′ deep, and hard to get away when the tree went down. We’re not match stick trees, we’re average 4′ feet. A lot of the time’s there was too much snow on the trees, and would go home. Thank heaven. I just loved it. ugh.

 Christmas was a housefull, and these are just the kid’s. You will notice the dog’s in the picture. I put him in with paint shop pro. The dog’s eye seems to be getting better every day.

Gone for coffee break.

Our nice sunny but cool weather is now a memorie. We are now having some rain. I don’t mind rain, it’s only water, and one does not have to shovel it. Our little dog, got one of his eyes scratched on christmas eve probably while checking out the vegetation. It’s a bad looking eye, but seems to getting better. We are doing eye drops 4 time’s a day, and puting a down payment on the animal hospital. Thanks for the hug danth.

CHristmas is over, right. I start celibrating when christmas is over. I seen enough sanata’s, angel’s, and goodie two shoes sayings. BUT THEN,—-Here come new year. That’s when all yelling and kissing, and hugging goes on, and they look at me as if I should jump up and down, too. Well, the number of the year is changing, SO?. I know people, have great expectations, for something magicial to happen over night, and it’s allright with me. But don’t expect me to jump up and down about it. I Know that things are allways changing all year, every micosecond, or smaller.  I wish all a happy new year however you see it.  

 Besides the yummy chocolates, I got this jigsaw puzzle which I can hardly wait to get into. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

It is a nice sunny day here, and temp. is 4, in american, 40, clear and no snow. We are having -3 at night. Christmas eve, went without a hitch, only 17 people in a small house. I did get one box of chockolates, not black magic, but will be able to survive. Liqour one’s. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Whats a christmas spirit? It should be christmas fever. Every body and their dog seem to be parked In malls and such, looking for that special item, thats going to put a smile on some ones face, and their supposed to say thank you, just what I wanted. I am trying to be as notty as I can so that santa don’t get the idea I want something. One year, people kept asking me what I like. I said I like black magic chocolates. Would you believe I got eight boxes that year. Over kill. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

A few years ago, every year, we bought a green christmas tree. They are nice. They smell nice. They look nice. But they dry out nice. About five years ago, we had one of these trees. We tryed every thing to keep it from drying out. But it just kept doing it. It was getting dangerous, and the needles kept dropping. Boxing day, we decided to throw in out. Went to town, and bought a artificial tree, and put it up untill after new year. Now we use it every year, no problem. No more stress from the christmas tree.

When I was a mere boy many years ago, living on a farm, we would go out and get a christmas tree off our property. It was quite a thing to get the right tree. We would bring the tree back to the house, proud of the tree we got and it would be decorated. In those days, we didm’t have electric christmas tree lights, but we did have candle holders to put candles on the tree. To think of it now, makes me cringe. What a fire hasard.