This mild winter continues, but we are supposed to get “colder than normal” weather soon, according to accuweather.com. The biggest problem of this is that I have noticed the trees on our property getting ready for Springtime flush. Growth is happening and buds are fattening on many of the trees. I up-close inspected the cherry-something-related…

Above is a link to my Flickr page via a photo I uploaded today. It’s from January 17th, one of those mild mornings after a stormy previous day, the sunrise. This very morning I didn’t take any photos, but it was also a “morning after” and as the sun was coming up the clouds were…

It’s been raining, again … we just continue getting more rain every few days, more off sometimes, then again it comes. We’ve had more rain this winter than we’ve had in “rainy” season sometimes the last whatever years. I mean, since we lived where we do, less than 10 years, we’ve had three or more…

Dh decided to get me something for my Half-Birthday, which was yesterday, today. A 6″ Cooks Knife, Wusthof Classic, as well as a 5″ Sausage Knife, Wusthof Classic, to add to my collection. Initially we got a “Gourmet Wusthof” set with oak block … just to get something, it was on sale for about $99…