January 31, 2026

I finished a new bag today. This one wraps around my waist.
 

January 30, 2026

It got down to -22 this morning. The temperature shot up though when the sun rose. We made it up to 16, briefly, this afternoon.
 

January 29, 2026

 

January 28, 2026

It was -17° at 7:00 this morning, which is about as cold as it ever gets here. Around 8:15 we saw emergency vehicles going by. I looked to the north and saw a big cloud of smoke. A barn about a mile up the road caught fire. There were at least 6 different fire departments which helped put it out. We saw a big truck that said 'tanker' go by 3 times. It was -9° when the fire happened. I don't know how that effects firefighting, but I stopped seeing smoke by 9:00.
 

January 27, 2026

I had to go to town today. The city had a front end loader out loading up trucks with snow to dump who knows where. Some years ago the city had a little plow to plow all the sidewalks, but I guess not anymore. Not all sidewalks were cleared so it was rough walking in front of some buildings.
 

January 26, 2026

My younger son planned ahead and took today off work. My older son went in late, and school was cancelled for my daughter. I think we ended up with 9-10 inches from the storm. 

January 25, 2026

We're getting snow from a big storm. It started last night, and this is what it looked like this morning. Then it snowed at a good rate all day.
 

January 24, 2026

I'm working on a small purse. 
 

January 23, 2026

 

January 22, 2026

 

January 21, 2026

 

January 20, 2026

I got my husband some little signs and such for his model railroad. We think the Dr. Pepper sign is perfect on this building.
 

January 19, 2026

Our house is 250 feet from the road, and there were a few times we couldn't see the phone pole at the end of the driveway this morning.
 

January 18, 2026

I cleaned out and organized three kitchen drawers today.
 

January 17, 2026

We went to an aquatic pet store.  While we were checking out the cashier said he just got a winter weather alert for the next 30 minutes. We went outside and it was snowing little hail balls, it was like we were being pelted with tiny styrofoam balls. We ended up driving in it the whole way home.
 

January 16, 2026

There was a giant 'S' in the sky this morning.
 

January 15, 2026

More snow.
 

January 14, 2026

I got a new container for the Christmas bulbs. This one is clear so you can see the layers.
 

January 13, 2026

 

January 12, 2026

The sprouts are sprouting.
 

January 11, 2026

The snow came back.
 

January 10, 2026

Sometimes cats look super comfy laying in their cat beds... other times they look like they have a broken neck.
 

January 9, 2026

I got some seeds for sprouts for our salads.
 

January 8, 2026

 

January 7, 2026

The snow has mostly melted.
 

January 6, 2026

We picked up two dwarf alberta spruce on clearance.
 

January 5, 2026

Seed catalogs are arriving. I'm up to 3 so far.
 

January 4, 2026

We had our family Christmas today.
 

January 3, 2026

I got a couple books with old botanical drawings.
 

January 2, 2026

Plow trucks were out today.
 

January 1, 2026

I got my pantry cleaned out and sorted.