Rusty, the Bird Watcher...

It's Wednesday, and the warmest day of this week so far. With a light dusting of snow overnight, Rusty is enjoying a bit of sunshine while he watches the birds coming to feed. We hope he's also keeping the squirrels from hogging all the bird food!

Less than two weeks ago we had a visit from 'winter storm Bruce'. He left us nearly eight inches of snow, and without power for a couple hours. Thanks to the fine Alliant linemen, we had our power restored before we actually got cold. The snow was beautiful on Monday morning (Nov. 26) so I captured a few pictures. One week later, the snow was all but gone, and we were enjoying fifty degree temperatures! Take a look:

The snow pictures were one week before the pictures without the snow! 

Well, you get the idea. What a difference one week can make! Of course, now we're up to our knees in mud, but it may all freeze by next week. Life in the Midwest, Iowa specifically, is grand! I honestly wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I'm very thankful for our home!

We spent one day this past week cleaning and preparing to paint at Zach's house. He's going to be moving into his new-to-him home probably this weekend. It's a really cute little place and we are very happy for him. But we're a little sad for us, because he's going to live about 90 miles away. We're going to miss seeing him as often as we have for these past 20 years! But, we'll be visiting frequently. It's only about an hour and a half drive!

That's pretty much all the news we have for this time.  Christmas will be here before we know it! I'm enjoying lots of Christmas music every day on the radio!