Winter is here

The cold winter winds have been blowing. This morning I woke to a very cold house. It was in the 50's in the living room, making getting a fire going in the stove, the first order of business.

Even the sunrise looked cold this morning.

I saw on the news today that the record low for this day in our area was 1 F in 1912. I could not help but think back to the family that lived in our house then. It was just a simple batt and board structure, no insulation. A 3 room house, rooms in a row. Living room, bedroom and then the kitchen. I figure they had a parlor stove, and a wood cook stove in the kitchen, with both those going, perhaps the bedroom, sandwiched between those two rooms with stoves, stayed a little warm while the fires burned.

Emery brought in a lot of wood this morning, which most of which I have burned.

I spent the morning working on some little needle felted birds for Mei-Ling to play with. She is a real bird watcher. Loves birds and imitates the songs of her favorites and is learning how to use my crow caller. A child's love of nature should be encouraged at every turn.

After working on a shawl I am crocheting for some of the morning, I set about to make a needle felted cardinal and snowy owl for Mei-Ling to play with.

Sitting by the fire, in my cozy warm house on this cold winter day, I feel so blessed for all that I have in my life.