Where are my cuties? There they are! Under the "tent" I set up in the living room for Brownie to hide under when she hears all that thunder (our snowstorm was complete WITH thunder and lightening and she's not crazy about thunder). I came around the corner and there was Pooker with his head under the tent, too. I had to get my camera. Loved the way they are both looking at me in the second picture.
I loved the way the ice was melting off my rose bushes and how the snow melting off the roof formed droplets on the leaves. 
And this beautiful concentric circle--loved it! (The snow was melting from the trampoline and with all the rain we've gotten, the water just dripped in such a steady flow that it kept the water rippling in a circle for hours.)
We got at least six inches of rain (probably more), then the next morning it turned into big fat snow. It snowed all day yesterday and we ended up with at least three inches of snow. It turned our yard into one big mess. Brownie sure enjoys playing in it, though. She loves to bury her ball in it and "find" it by pouncing on it and dragging it through the snow. (I love watching her play in her pretty pink jacket.)
These patterns are just a few of the items I've been working so diligently to get in our Etsy store. I came back from the funeral with a big bag of patterns Nee had cleaned out of the drawers in Mom's sewing room (although to call it a sewing room is a stretch due to the fact that I have her sewing machine and it also contains the washer and dryer). They have been lots of fun to look through and I'll eventually get them all on, but it just takes a while to do it. I'd rather just do two or three here and there and work my way through it that way (not so overwhelming).
These top two are teeny tiny gift tags -- only an inch by an inch and a half!
1970's Tupperware
1989 Wilton Reindeer
1970's made in Hong Kong
We really love to sit outside, especially when it is nice. We managed to sit out there yesterday afternoon before it turned cold in the evening (went into the 20's at night after being in the 60's during the day). I plopped down and she plopped down right beside me. We both sat there and just enjoyed the warmth and looked around. I'd reach over and pet her every once in a while. Right there, in that moment, all was right in our world.
We ran across this swaying gently in the breeze during our family walk. What it is doing hanging from a tree in a place where bikers go to ramp and such, I can only guess. I saw a man with the city park service a few days later with a garbage bag down there collecting trash. I can only assume he snagged it out of the tree (and put it in the trash rather than in his pocket) as it is no longer in the tree. 
We went for a wonderful family walk a couple of weeks ago. We were on lots of trails and spent some time where bikers go to do their jumps and twists and spins and what have you. Brownie enjoyed going up them and then jumping down. She loves going for walks, but she especially loves it when we all get to go together. It makes a little dog's day.
Over the last couple of weeks, we've been seeing that the pansies are out! The only drawback with the pansies is we have to walk where people have planted them as they don't tend to grow wild by the river. Right now, we're kind of more into wild by the river as that's where we've stuck close to for our walks the past week and a half.
One of our walks was on a cold, overcast day and I liked how the sillhouette of this tree branch looked against the hazy blue sky. I found it quite interesting.
Brownie and I were taking our usual walk when this guy in a pickup pulled into the parking lot and backed into a space facing the river. He got out and he had on those hip waders (that are attached to the rubber boots). We watched him open his tailgate and pull out this tiny, lightweight kayak and paddle and put them in the grass. He went back around to the cab of his truck and pulled out a large cooler. He looked up and saw us staring (but we quickly looked away), then went and put his cooler in his kayak. He closed up his truck then proceeded to drag his little kayak (and cooler) down the steep incline from the parking lot to the bank of the river. We tried to casually get closer to watch him get in and shove off, but he looked back up at us (probably wondering why we were so interested) (it's because we're the curious sort). We continued on our walk and when we saw him in the river, I took this picture to show you. 
We weren't home for long over Valentine's Day weekend, but this is all the pictures I have to show for it. I've got to try to remember to take pictures of people, but seems like when we all sit down together, it's to eat! (And the food is soooo good.)
These are the Victorian gift tags I made this week and put in our Etsy store (am selling them in five groups, 13 tags in each). Those are the last of the Victorian pictures I had (thanks to my sister for giving me her odds and ends), so when these are gone, that's it. 
We found these on our walk by the river. I think I've taken a picture of those springs before, but they sure weren't there by the large rusty pipe. I guess either the current of the water moves things around or someone picked it up and put it there. I also found this little firepit someone had made in the riverbed. The river has been low for a few months and someone may have made themselves at home with a little fire to warm them. I didn't know you could do that, but people do lots of things they aren't supposed to do. 
