November 30, 2014

The top doors are getting done today.

November 29, 2014

My first Christmas decoration of the season.

November 28, 2014

The side doors of the barn have siding.  Eventually they will get X's on them.

November 27, 2014

November 26, 2014

My son's Lego train.  It runs rather well, and he is already wanting more track.

November 25, 2014

We've had a lot of wind lately.  It knocked down more of the bradford pear that had lost a limb earlier this year.  There's not much left of it now.

November 24, 2014

My daughter is in basketball again this year.  Today was her first game.

November 23, 2014

My son really wanted this.  It was expensive enough that it took two sets of grandparents to get it, but he was happy to get it.

November 22, 2014

Mini pumpkins are fun to decorate with.  We grew some white ones this year.

November 21, 2014

November 20, 2014

Our dog seems to enjoy the snow.

November 19, 2014

My son putting together another Lego set!

November 18, 2014

It stopped snowing yesterday, but a strong wind started overnight blowing all that snow into the road in front of our house.  Someone slid in the drift and wiped out our mailbox and paper box.  The tracks look like she slid sideways and hit the box with the side of her car, and stopped just short of the phone pole.  She stopped and left her info and said she'd pay for the replacement though, which is a first!  I took this photo about 15 minutes after she hit it, and it was already half covered in snow.  I saw many cars struggling through the drifts until a plow finally came through four hours later.

November 17, 2014

 We got 5 inches of snow overnight.  My son and I sat in the van at the end of the driveway for 20 minutes for the bus.  When it got to the point that school started in 10 minutes (and it takes 15 to drive there on a good day), I finally backed up to the house to run in and get my purse to drive him there.  That's when the bus finally came, and he had to run back up the drive to catch it.  The bus was only about 10 minutes late for my daughter, but the roads were looking better by then.

November 16, 2014

Today he got more of the styrofoam on the doors (for insulation).

November 15, 2014

They got the top barn doors up today.

November 14, 2014

We got the first snow of the season today.  Time to find everyone's hat, gloves, and see how many of the kids outgrew their boots over the summer.

November 13, 2014

This is some of the fabric I'm using to make a little wall hanging quilt.  It's for fall, but I'm not sure I'll get it done before it's time for Christmas decorations.

November 12, 2014

This is how my son does his homework.  As long as he's getting good grades, I guess he'll be allowed to sit at the computer while working on it.

November 11, 2014

Hopefully we'll have time now to finish the barn.

November 10, 2014

Our guinea pig.

November 9, 2014

This was our display at the convention.

November 8, 2014

The view from our hotel.  The sugar maples here (southern Pennsylvania) still have colorful yellow leaves, while the ones around home are bare.  The convention is across the road at a resort.  The area along the road is really built up with shopping, hotels, and restaurants, yet behind them are large farm fields.

November 7, 2014

This is the vendor's hall for the convention.  We had a table pretty much in the center of the room.

November 6, 2014

We've been really busy the last few weeks with our side business.  We're heading to a convention for it, to run Friday through Sunday.  We saw a few trees that were still yellow along the road in Pennsylvania.

November 5, 2014

This is my oregano.  It grows really well, all year, and has spread all the way across the sidewalk.

November 4, 2014

The tree on the left lost a large branch this summer.  It has turned red while the undamaged one is still very green.

November 3, 2014

The morning sunshine looked so pretty on my house this morning.

November 2, 2014

November 1, 2014

The leaves are almost all gone.  Just a few days ago, this tree had most of it's leaves and was really pretty.  Our trees are getting big enough we almost need to rake leaves.  Almost.  However, it's so windy here every day most leaves have blown away by the time we have a dry enough day to mow or rake.

October 31, 2014

We went trick or treating at my in-laws, since they're more in town than we are.  My daughter got a full bucket, and my son just enjoyed handing out treats at the house.

October 30, 2014

I've been spending a lot of time on these this year.  I digitally sculpted them, and my husband finally got them all made in plastic.  I painted all these ones, and we should have them for sale soon. 

October 29, 2014

We found some ladybug like bugs in the tree that lost a limb.

October 28, 2014