Last April we finally found a Sunday featuring good roads and good weather, allowing us to visit my family to celebrate Christmas. Originally the get together was scheduled the preceding December, but an ice storm, followed by an intense winter of Sunday’s with bad road conditions, conspired to postpone the trip until April. This Christmas… Continue reading “Keep drapes closed and pretend it is a lovely day outside.”
Author: Maggie Turner
Little Green Car – Sold!
We received about six inches of snow all told, yesterday and last night. This morning the porcelain blue sky gently peeks through the white tangle of tree branches that surround the house. It is so very beautiful. Sometimes I try to capture it with my camera, but it is beyond my skills to harness the… Continue reading Little Green Car – Sold!
Stormy Weather
Today is a day to work on the genealogy book. It is painful, trying to get the images just right. Layout is tricky business too, where to put what is crucial to a tolerable result. So far I have prepared eight images to the correct specifications. I have yet to successfully place one though, on… Continue reading Stormy Weather
The Gales of November
The first snow squalls of the season arrived this morning, as the day wore on they intensified, melting away between squalls. They were heralded by an event. I was sitting at the table, enjoying a late breakfast, when the house went still and quiet and dim. The hydro was out. The wind blows, the hydro… Continue reading The Gales of November
The Ideal Vehicle
Yesterday Attila arrived home, and broke the news that the alternator had died in the little green car. This is the first serious problem that we have had with the this little car, a 1998 Toyota Tercel, that we purchased new. When we bought it we were stretching ourselves to our very limit. We could… Continue reading The Ideal Vehicle