Thursday, January 30 Your Fortune Awaits

Wednesday, January 29th Waiting

Do you suppose this is how Walter spends his days until Mo comes home from work?  This is how I found him when I stopped off to deliver a few things to the house before Mo was home.

Tuesday, January 28th Blue Sky Monkies

Monday, January 27th Pond Road Farm

Sunday, January 26th The Turkeys Want In

While sitting in the den, watching the hockey game, the turkey's make an appearance at the window.  Do they want in out of the cold?  or just to watch the hockey game?

Saturday, January 28th Back Home

Walter is so glad to see Maurine after she was gone for a week, that you can't even see his tail wagging, even when I have the camera in 'sports' mode!

Friday, January 24th, Day 7 in Sanibel: Beach, Butterflies, a Seagull and Triple Solitare

Thursday, January 23rd, Day 6 at Sanibel

SEA SAIL & SKY

Wednesday, January 22 Day 5 at Sanibel

We took a trip off the island today to visit The Edison Ford Estate and Museum.  We toured the beautiful grounds and were able to look into the rooms of the estate.

After we worked up an appetite walking around there we went to Chile Ranchero's for lunch.  It was a hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant, and we were the only patrons at 3 in the afternoon.  The food was delicious!

Tuesday, January 21 Day 4 at Sanibel

Shoveling shells, feathered friends and rain clouds

Monday, January 20th Another Day at the Beach

Sunday, January 19th Day Two at Sanibel Island

Sunrise Shadows of Sue and Dale

Gull with a spiffy hair do

Big White Pelicans at the Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge

Maurine enjoying the sea birds at the refuge

Maurine enjoying sea life at the restaurant!

A Great Spot for a Delicious and casual meal

Saturday, January 18th Shells and Sun at Sanibel

Dale, Mo and I have arrived at Sanibel Florida for a week's vacation. After settling into our house and grocery shopping, we were able to grab a few minutes on the beach at sunset before heading out to dinner.  It's going to be a great week for shell shopping! 

Friday, January 17th. The Parkway is Back!

The Parkway Diner used to be an old favorite and a dependable go-to for breakfast.  Then about 6 years ago it was bought, and got a new name, The Acadia.  It went downhill and we stopped going.  But about 4 months ago it was sold again, and this time bought by someone who wanted to get it back to it's good 'ole Parkway character, only a litte updated and improved. Well...they did it!  It's just really good, quintessential diner food.  The service was great, the coffee hot, and good and frequent, the eggs were cooked perfectly, the toast golden, and the homefries were perfect.  Breakfast Clubbers will definitely go there again!

Thursday, January 16th Twisted

This skeleton of a Queen's Ann Lace was ensnared by a tiny vine.

Wednesday, January 15 Tea and Curly-Qs

Tuesday, Janurary 14th Paul Asbell at Leunigs

You also get me in the photo, unintentionally!

Monday, January 13th A Still Life of Banjo

Sunday, January 12th A January Thaw is Not Pretty

Saturday, January 11th Water Colors

A steady, hard, all day rain kept my photography indoors looking out. 

The colors were muted but beautiful

For some reason, the turkeys decided to stand outside in the rain all day.  They must not be the brightest birds on the block.  Or...they had been cooped up from the cold so long, even the rain was an improvement.

Friday, January 10th Cold Consequences

The extreme cold lately, caused my junior rooster to get frost bite on his wattle...probably because he is low chicken in the pecking order and he doesn't get into the coop and near the warmth enough.  I did, finally, put some vaseline on his wattle to help a little. You can see the damage on the edges in front of his wattle. He doesen't seem too happy with his situation.

Besides the animals dealing with the cold, so do the rivers and lakes.  Here's some of the ice jamming up on the Winnoski River.  Weekend weather is calling for lots of rain, so I should go back and see what becomes of all this ice.

Another problem....eggs cracking from freezing before I can get around to collecting them.

Thursday, January 9th Hanging On

Wednesday, January 8th How Many?

Tuesday, January 7th Blue Jays

Monday January 6th Thaw

A one day rain and  thaw has sent the little local streams along Sherman Hollow Road flowing.

Sunday, January 5th Fried

When you're in the deep freeze, the best thing to do is deep fry.  Scott tests out his new Cool Daddy baby deep frier on the clams he dug up along the coast of Maine, and the potatoes he dug up from the Hannaford's bin.

Smell those potatoes fry!

Fresh fried clams

Fries, clams and slaw

One very happy eater!

Saturday, January 4th Wind