Palm Sunday - Chickens in Snow

So the last snow was not the final of the season.  We have 1-2 inches in spots of heavy, wet snow so far. The chickens are hiding under the pine tree in the garden and Henry is standing on one leg  (like a flamingo) but no one wants to go to the warm and clean coop.

Work laundry is finished.  Dinner for the next few days is done and firewood is in the garage.  Phones are being recharged.

On Easter it will be 60.

Winter's Last Hurrah (or so we hope)

On Tuesday night the snow started.  It had
so much water content that flakes came down
heavy and in straight lines.
About 2 or 3 in the morning the power
went out.  I thought there was lightening until
Dale pointed out that it was the transformers
on the power poles sparking as the
falling trees hit them.

We got about 10 inches of heavy snow and
lost a few trees and limbs.

                     
                     Bella loves snow and likes to catch
                     snowballs.
           

We have not had a storm like this
in quite awhile.  Our street got
plowed this year which
was amazing though unfortunate for
the neighbor children who
wanted to sled.

The chickens were not pleased to be kept in their coop.
One of the younger hens started to lay eggs.

Laundry got washed but not
dried before the power went out.
Used fire heat for clothes for work on
Friday.

College kids like to climb snow
mountains in the local shopping center.
They got chased off before I got the camera out.

Electric companies from other states answered
the call to help restore power.

Gratitude can not be expressed in words
for their help.

The snow is melting and our power came on last night.

Little snowflakes are

coming down only to disappear when they touch the ground.  The chickens seem to be oblivious to any kind of weather.  They only want OUT of their pen and are quite vocal about it.  Bella loves when the chickens are out.  Sometimes treats are thrown to the chickens and she likes to look for anything that they might have missed.

Candle for a Corpse by Ann Granger

"Oh Christ, remember me, as evening falls and shadows darken the day"  Inscription in a country churchyard.  

 And so starts an excellent Mitchell and Markby mystery by Ann Granger.  

Superintendent Alan Markby and Meredith Mitchell become involved in solving the disappearance of a teenage girl 12 years before after her body is uncovered accidentally in a graveyard.  Clues point in different directions and the couple doesn't always work together in their investigations (Mitchell is a government worker who has a tendency to get involved when she shouldn't much to Markby's consternation.)

The setting for the story sounds like what most people imagine when they think of an English village; an old church with an equally old graveyard, village life with a butcher shop, the odd village characters.  But this book contains more.   Mrs. Granger, instead of just writing blindly about people, understands that there are reasons for the way that each character acts.  Experiences make us and bring out our inner good or bad.  

Their stories are thoughtfully interwoven in a way that makes you want to continue to the next page instead of giving up in the middle of the story and returning the book back to the shelf..  

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It may be cold outside

but inside it looks like spring.

Bathroom Window Curtain

We have had several high winds come through our corner of the world in the past year with the result being that our yard/house is no longer as private as it once was.  Time to look through my stash of fabrics and trims for the perfect curtain material.  

As the window is small I had just enough fabric and trim to make something cute and functional.   A curtain that covers half the window during the day and at night we can pull it shut.  A good one day project.

Valentine Flowers

We used my flowers (from husband) for our centerpiece for my class Valentine's party.