Song for a Winter's Night

A little Christmas cheer.....

Just thought you might get a smile from these!
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We have a skim of snow....and it is so cold out.  The wind is just roaring through.  First from one way and then from another it seems.  Sometimes in the past I have said it was howling...this is roaring.  It is searching for any crack  in the exterior.   How I wonder how people made it during pioneer days.  At times like this, I am doubly thankful for a warm home, running water, light and heat at the flip of a switch.

Pleasant surprises....

 We were getting ready to leave this morn when there was a knock on the door...this was what was being delivered.  Don't you just love it!  I love roses, but oh, how I love what they came in.

 I will use it for years to come.  Our older daughter sent this arrangement.

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 This evening on our way to the super Walmart, we ran through the strip pits.  I was going through to see if we could see any owls, but first we saw these two whooping cranes!

I actually trespassed to get a little bit closer to them.  But I did stop before I got to close because I was scaring them.  I think if you enlarge them you can see that both legs of both birds seem to be banded.

These are not the greatest pictures but I am still glad to have gotten them.

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We will be busy the next few days so will be blogging when I can.  Not sure how often that will be.