no words...just the sound of her fingers making music on the aged ivory keys...be still my heart...

Attempting to capture the lunar eclipse...

What a glorious site to behold...it was rather cold so I kept running back and forth from the porch to the house to warm up...I can only imagine how much more spectacular it must have been out in a field!!! The camera did not manage to capture the redness of the moon, but nevertheless one gets the idea, if only slightly...

Welcome Levi...

A very excited Isaiah!!! Being a big brother is a ton of fun so far!!!

Wee Levi being loved on by Grandad Riley...

So thankful to finally hold this precious boy!!!

A wee chat with Mom...such an alert wee man!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

Sam and Claire were thrilled to have such entertaining eggs for breakfast this morning... Sam of course loves his pepper!

the old grey mare, she ain't what she used to be....

nuff said!

Shannon and her Kylie crafted wirework coffee scoop....

both Kylie and I ordered the choclate terrine with mango and raspberry sauce....

Sannon and Shelley went for the warm banana bread molton something or other~

Celebrating us!

The wonderful menu for our annual birthday dinner...this year we chose to go to Stories, a beautiful restaurant in the Halliburtan Inn. From the moment we got through the door we were treated like queens! We had our own room where we spent the night laughing 'til we cried...

Shannon was quite taken with the miniscule cornmeal muffins.

Amy our most gracious hostess, who I think we managed to exhaust by the end... although we stayed quite late, she made no effort to remove us, and just let us enjoy ourselves to the fullest!

rather well fed contented souls....

Shelley's duck...

Kylie and Menen both ordered the bison, deer, and quail...very, very tasty!!!

Shannon's guini hens...

Rosa and I each enjoyed the sesame crusted salmon with lobster mash....amazing!!!!

Shelly with her candle holder for the patio...

all the stuff I need for a perfect relaxing bath...all by myself. So sorry Sam!!!

Rosa very excited over her beautiful vase!

Kylie set for overnight travel in style!

Rosa's something or other panna cotta with drunk and sober berries...

Our happy post dinner crew....not wanting to go but the hour was late and we were well past last seating...

One snazzy Rosa! She has come through this year with amazing grace and courage and we pray she will have many more years of the same!

Booga Bag before and after...

Booga Bag and i-cord all knit and ready to be felted...

All finished after five runs through the machine. Still not nearly as thick as I was hoping for, and it does not stand on it's own like it should. I'm going to try another bag, and see what happens...