Hope "springs" eternal..an epitaph to "Wilbur"

Happy Valentines Day! Michael received a package

via the U.S. Postal Service

from his Papa & Gamma

filled with "prizes"

&

Valentines treats.We got to watch him open it over the web cam
He tries on his new rain coat plays with his new truck

tries on his dragon hat

He also got a musical Valentines card

that his Papa and Gamma recorded

a message on..

We got to see him...

open it..listen..close it..

open it..listen..

close it..

over & over & over

again!

calls back later that night to say

"Good Night"

Tomahawk Chop..

Everybody has to do it

and

don't forget to

"Whoa-whoa"

"Do what?"

Ready to go and play so a big wave good-bye

and now another word

"Bye"

This past week we experienced a

heat wave...

2 days in a row

low to mid 40s reached

for the highs

and last Sunday was a warm one too.

Michael and I got out and went

"south"

into Mass. were the southern sun had

melted spots of snow deep enough to

see 4 to 6 feet of ground!

Yeah, really..the ground that has grass and leaves on it!!

I was almost Giddy!

Back here our snow has not "melted"...

but it has shrunk!!!

I look out and this morning I can see the granite fence

and some of the big boulder's in the

yard for the first time in around six weeks!

and right outside the kitchen window..

a spot about 5 foot in diameter...

all the way to the ground!

All the icicles

are gone..

Yes, even "Wilbur"

has slowly dripped away.

I have thought of donning a swim suit

and running up and down

Love Lane

in jubilation of the warmth..

but, alas

Canada comes calling again this morning..

Our highs are to be in the 20s again..

I have been told about the glorious

sunny 70s

that have tickled the children

in Virginia

and the rest of our families

in Alabama...

So in celebration of warm weather

I Have donned

the

Flip-Flops!

This past week I finished

the project I had been working on..

A quilt just smaller than a "twin" size

but larger than a throw..

so on a cold night one could get completely

"covered"

in the living room..by the fire..

I wanted boats and such

so..

with anchors in the corners

and sail boats on the

boarders of waves

I have named it...

"Nautical Dreams"

All y'all hug each other for us

and we will do the same..

Good Mornin"

Good Mornin' from the

Great White Tundra just south of the

"Great North Woods"

Another cold day starting out at 2

with a predicted low in the negative

once again..

Arthritis index is stuck on

"High"

...

and the old joints are

Barking!

***

It has been a quiet week on Love Lane..

the days and evenings filled with quilting..

I am almost through with the project

at hand...

a couple of more days and I hope

to see it finished...

Last week end plans for snow tubing
were put on hold till better weather conditions.
...

Apparently , I could not wait to wildly
fling my body down on a cold and very
slippery surface..
so Friday night while taking out
the garbage I took a practice
fling!
As for ice skating I am still
no better at it than I was at 13!
Well..at least this time I did not knock
myself out!
We seemed to have dodged a bullet
and just caught the bee-bee with our bi-weekly
snow storm this week..
it snowed for 2 days straight..
but, and this is a guess-timation,
I figure it was only 3 inches worth.
***

As the afternoon turns into evening
and everyone is home we get to hear
the ringing of the web-cam..
Papa and I scurry to the computer to
see and talk to
"The Little Mister"
I really like this age of the "Jetsons"!
As far away as we are ,we still get to see
the little fellow and hear his new words ,
see his new favorite toy, play patty-cake,
and watch him play air guitar ...
I take snap shots sometimes as we talk..
never know for sure how they will
turn out..the boy is a wiggler..

his green truck

playing air guitar

he is our rock star!

green bandage covers today's

boo-boo.

***

This week has been cold...

again

the icicles just continue to grow

and add character..

snow

Chloe sleeping..

this ice formation

seems to be pointing up in

the direction of

"Wilbur"

Yes, he has been around for over a month..

so he gets a name.

this mornings tracks in the drive..

It looks like deer..

They are abundant.

Happy Birthday

In February :

Mam-maw Robertson

February 22

Happy Birthday Bill!

February 4th

&
Sean Biddle

Many happy returns!

***

Follow the link below to a web cam

at the beach..it moves around and you get

several different views

http://www.hamptonbeach.org/webcam.cfm

***

Until next time may you all stay warm

and may your joints stay free of pain

(I am headed to the medication cabinet

for my dose of "I-be-hurtins")

***

Be sure to Watch Out for

those pesky

Penguins!

Saturday, at the beach

A few days ago Michael brought home a tub of

"Rum Raisin" ice cream...

but when he went to put it in the freezer

saw there was not enough room...

he deducted there was about one serving left of lime sherbet

and came up with a plan..

he would put the tub of lime sherbet

in the snow bank on the deck just out the back door.

Then sometime after supper he would retrieve

it and make a lime /ginger ale float.

turns out there was a "small" problem

with that idea...

Now, I would think

if someone put a bucket of lime sherbet

in "my" snow bank on

"my" deck

outside

"my" back door

that they intended for

"me" to enjoy the sherbet...

Well..

as it turned out

so did Chloe.

Saturday started out grey and dismal

like so many of the days lately,

but by 9 or 10

the sun had broken through

and it was a beautiful day!

The days high had been somewhere

before daybreak..

and got colder as the day progressed..

another front from Canada

was coming in..

Michael had been on the job for

an electrical shut down and called to see if I would be

at all interested in lunch in town

and then a trip to Maine..

turns out Cabela's

(his favorite store)

was having a "BIG" sale.

Anyway, I regress...

when he picked me up I told him it

had been requested that I

post pictures of snow on the beach..

So off we went in the direction of the beach..

It has not snowed in a few days..

but there has not been a lot of melting

so maybe there would still

be some snow at the beach...

the house ahead was built in the
early 1700s

We are coming up on the ocean

you can see the suns glare off the water

the Atlantic is just on the other side

of the truck in the picture

Now we are on Ocean Boulevard headed

toward Hampton Beach

Seagull sitting on beach wall

remember...

this is not the brilliant white sand

most of you are use to at the

Gulf of Mexico..this is snow on the beach..

The sand up here is pretty brown..

our favorite Chinese restaurant..

fa-ra-ra

the beach

a orange fence was put up after "season"

before the winter weather blew in..

It is low tide and in some pictures you can see where

the water has come up on the beach..

by seeing where the white snow meets the brown sand

walk way to the beach

headed north up 1A

beach wall to our right

on a continuous lookout for Seals & Whales

I wonder if they are headed to Savannah?

I wonder if I could catch a ride...

just as far as Tybee.

headed into town..

a bite at the

"Celebrity Sandwich Shop"

and then on toward Maine

and headed back home

It was wonderful to get out and about in the sunshine!

And until next time :

May the sun always shine on your windowpane

May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain

May the hand of a friend always be near you

May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

Bye now.