Monday, December 31, 2007

Happy New Year!! and the Very Furry Christmas

First thing before the kids open their gifts, they present the animals with Santa`s surprises for them.
Elvis goes first...

He loved his sweet potatoe snacks, but had to make sure he wasn`t missing anything...

"Oh, for me? You shouldn`t have."

Isobell checks hers out. One year she actually opened her own gift. Sure wish I`d had a camera handy for that one! As you can see my herbs are looking rough but some are actually surviving!

Teddy has a sniff of his present....

The only one that liked their gift was Elvis. Dried fish, catnip treats and beef nibbles. Not one of those was cat tasty!They`ll all end up in Elvis`s tum tum eventually LOL
We then went to my Mum and Dad`s and the birds were having a food celebration of their own. I caught this woodpecker. The pic was close up so not the best...

We had a lovely family gathering and now Elvis and me would like to wish everyone the happiest and most prosperous New Year!

Happy New Year!!!

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Snow Day

I`m back with a few pictures of what our day here is like in Ontario because we`re having a snow day. We were going to Oshawa for the hubbies yearly family re-union Christmas dinner that`s held in a pretty little church basement. Luckily I was the one bringing the jelly salad and a few cookies and not the turkey. They don`t expect many to make it this year though. There have been over 200 flights cancelled at the Toronto airport and I imagine a lot of disappointed people. Hope everyone is safe. Bad time for storms...this time of the year when there`s so many Christmas do`s.

Yesterday we went under my parents bird tree and it was really something to see the chickadees fluttering around to each house. They were almost tame compared to the giant sized blue jays and the woodpeckers, who stayed away. The chickadees wings gave a tiny wuurrrring sound as they flew about.

My dad gave me this cute little bird house so I could watch the birds. I took this about 7 am this morning when it was freezing rain outside....

And this was it two hours later...

The rest are from around 10 am and it`s still snowing. No bare feet in the driveway this Christmas sis!

The weather report is saying that this is the worst winter storm in decades so please don`t go out on the roads if you`re getting this one. It`s a doozey.


If you click on this picture you can see the tiny chickadee that stood still long enough for me to snap a picture. The best birds pics are the ones I didn`t take because of course I didn`t have my camera LOL

The back garden. It`s now about a foot of snow.

Last trip out the snow was up to Elvis` belly. Here,earlier, it`s on it`s way...

"Here I come!"

Being so time and energy challenged, when I couldn`t find the thingy that hooks over the top of the door to hang the wreath on, I stuck it on the grill...

I think I want to make Christmas cards for next year out of this picture of Elvis. He may not be centred, but it`s one of his prettiest. He`s such a sweet boy. A "hog dog"..... a "getting in the garbage dog"...an "I`m starving to death dog" but a sweet boy. If you click on it you can see his expression...

It`s all pretty out there if you`re safe at home, but it`s cozy inside......

Have a really nice and really safe weekend everyone. I think I`ll go curl up and continue reading Sylvia Brown`s "the Other Side and Back".
And Merry Christmas again!

Saturday, December 08, 2007

Taking A Break...


I don`t know where I found this picture because I saved it from a couple of years ago. Wish I could give someone credit because it`s great.

I`ve decided to take a break from blogging for a bit. Nothing wrong...just busy and any free time here, I`d like to visit all my much missed favorite blogs and have a proper read instead of a rush :)
I want to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas just in case I don`t make it back until after then.

Teddy in his favorite spot on the stool near the fire...

Angus is being naughty and grabbing the tablecloth while posing....

Elvis wants to wish everyone a Merry Christmas too!

This is off an old Christmas card I believe...

Bye for now :) I`ll be back!

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Yarn Amount Correction

I mentioned that I bought 800 yards of yarn in the last post, but realized that I had actually bought 2 lots of it for 3.99 each so it ended up being $18.99 with shipping. Still a savings! Thought I`d better correct that :)