10:45am-Tuesday

We had a little snowstorm...

...well, several inches of fresh snow actually.  Was so cold and windy that there weren't even footprints the next morning.  

No jackrabbit party.

They were probably hunkered down for the night and so were the grouse...somewhere.

The wind did its thing, though, and blew down to the precious grass for our critter friends.

My screen door is frozen shut but there was enough snow in-between...

...to get Karma a little frozen treat to eat.

And it didn't take long for our fluffy little friends...

...to return to foraging in the brown grass.  

Karma was there to watch them that time...

...as they nibbled their way...

...across the lawn.

Small pleasures.  My new home is filled with small pleasures.
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Well, don't fall over...I actually did a tiny something artsy this week one day when I felt pretty decent.  Lindsey over at The Postman's Knock has a 4-step challenge going on for January (so you know the odds of me finishing this--LOL!).  But it's been so long since I have gotten out my calligraphy supplies, I thought I'd at least play a little.  You could print off her pretty goal list frame if you didn't want to make your own.  Got out my big watercolor palette...  

...and did some coloring.  (Yes, I figured I probably needed three shots at this--LOL!)

Next you are to write your goals inside the frame.

Of course, I haven't gotten that far.  
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I don't know how to do the type of calligraphy she does.  I only learned how to do plain italic from a professional calligrapher back in the 80s.  (With the internet, I bet there are very few professional calligraphers left in the world.)  Even if I just did my goal list using the italic, that would be good practice for me...and more than I have done for years.
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I decided to take a stab at this because now Leah was sick this Sunday for our Craft Night and they are going to be out of town this coming weekend so we won't have a Craft Night till February.  That made me wonder about trying some of the online challenges...since I was only planning on working on birthday cards for future years...which I could start at any time.  True, challenges and I don't usually fare well at all.  Anything with a deadline when I'm still dealing with this bad fibro flare (that doesn't seem to want to let up) is doubtful.  But then my entire life--even laundry--is tentative, regardless--ROFL!  So what the heck, right?
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Meanwhile...back at the ranch...
I wonder if younger people have even heard that saying..."meanwhile, back at the ranch"...from the old westerns.  Or is it a Midwestern saying...an old Midwestern saying?  I doubt Dagan and Leah have probably even heard it--LOL! 
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 Anyways, I got a RAK package from Donn in Florida!  He doesn't blog but he has a Flickr account.   Met him through a Chinese Brush Painting group many years ago.  (Another fun thing to play with I haven't had out for a long, long time.) 

You can see my trusty red coffee mug up in the corner there for the T-Stands For Tuesday group.

Anyways, Donn has gotten into card making and sent me some stamps and things he said he wouldn't use.  (LOVE that stamp set on the left!)

Above--those are teeny, tiny hearts.
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So Leah and I are going to go through our dies (he has a new Cuttlebug) and other stuff to send him something back.  Sweet!  Thanks, Donn!

Leah sent me this video of Ian--who has never done the highchair nodding off before.  So cute!

And, lastly, this morning I caught some of the grouse kind of tucked up together trying to stay warm and catch a couple winks.  I wondered how they stay warm--was 3 degrees F (-16C).  The one behind the pole was eating, but the rest of them were resting and snuggled up together and not moving at all.  Didn't even notice me opening the blinds or standing by the window.  Their little eyes were shut, I think, and the nibbler had its back to me most of the time.  

Well, happy Tuesday!
Stay warm or cool, as the case may be...
...and have a wonderful week!  :):)
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"Heaven and Earth are threads from one loom."
Shaker Proverb