The Moss-ening

I can't get over how things continue to grow even in the cold. We have moss and lichen growing all over the place. We can see a hint of green under the leaves. I see the green and think, SPRING! But spring is 2 months away and we have more winter left to go.

Poppy in Air

Poppy is our indoor/outdoor barn kitten in training. He loves to roam about our woods during the day. But when I call, he comes a running into the house at warp speed. I finally got a photo of him without a single paw on the ground. Poppy in the air.

Donated Baby Quilt

A young mom in our small town of Summersville has been diagnosed with cancer. So our town is putting on a chili supper and auction to raise money for her medical expenses this weekend. Most people in our small rural town cannot afford the overpriced and bloated cost of health insurance, thanks to our government and the insurance industry.

Many have no health insurance and simply go without.

So our town comes together and contributes what they can to help pay for these impending bills.

My neighbor, Nancy and I got together and donated a baby quilt for the auction. I pieced the quilt and Nancy Clayburn http://www.quiltingbydesign.com machine quilted it. She did a fantastic job! It is great to have such talented friends and neighbors.

Property Lines

This weekend my husband, Poppy the cat and I hiked through our woods looking for our property line markers. We brought along our brand new garden cart to haul out some downed trees as well. Poppy came along and kept us company through the cool moist woods. We found a pile of dumped roofing shingles left by previous owners. Poppy was king of that pile. A. marked the property lines with his GPS.

We then took the largest tree trunk and pulled it up hill out of our woods. We misjudged the incline and the sheer weight and ended up having to tromp about on our neighbors back lot in the mud. Our cart almost got stuck several times. We took turns pulling that cart uphill and home. We both lost some weight on this adventure. But we got the tree trunk to our garage and Poppy was still running beside us on the way back home.