Run Run Reindeer

 361/365

I found Cole's Toy.  I was putting Christmas clutter away and I found this.  

I was surprised.  We'd asked the kids if they had seen it, they all scrambled to look for it, because they knew how upset he was.  Apparently, Jacob had snatched it, because he thought it was cool. 

So, my morning was spent driving to their house, an hour away, to deliver it, with said offender, in person.  Jacob did a good job of making it right, as his cousin was just too excited to have it back.  He'd been so worried.  And they love each other so much, that they just wanted to play.  It was a pretty decent punishment to not let them play together. Parenting stinks. 

Then we dropped off goodies for my sister's puppy that we'd forgotten yesterday. I got to briefly see Lisa and my Mom again.  But as Parenting still stinks when trying to teach a lesson to a small boy who was not once, but twice denied playing with cousins. 

If you ask me what I did today?  I drove. 

After another much needed nap, I took Chris out for a drive.  He got more confident after hitting the speed limit for the first time yesterday.  Then dashed back to earth when he took a corner a little too fast for my comfort.  So far, driving around our neighborhood has been good enough for him. 

Ahsoka barks at Pluto! 

After all the adventures around town driving, all I wanted to do was sit and watch tv.  Chris joined me.  To me, it's still Christmas, and since I didn't get to watch all my favorite family shows, I'm watching them on my own. Disney+ had Pluto and the Christmas Tree, with Chip and Dale, one of my all time favorites.  The dog was cracking me up.  She was barking at the TV every time Pluto barked.  Then, of course, since it was on our old VHS tape as a starter, we had to watch Mickey's Christmas Carol. It may just be one of my all time favorite Christmas cartoons ever, maybe tied with Charlie Brown, just a hair above the Grinch.  

Our family celebrates Christmas until January 6th.  

Yeah, I could probably create a decent top list of Favorite Christmas Cartoons .... not the movies though, that's another list.

Our Favorite Christmas Cartoons

1. Charlie Brown's Christmas

1. Mickey's Christmas Carol

3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

4. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

5. Frosty the Snowman

6. Santa Claus is Coming to Town

7.Pluto and the Christmas Tree

8. The Year without a Santa Claus

9. Twas the Night Before Christmas (the one with the mice)

10. Prep and Landing 

Honorable Mention - Emmet Otter's Jug Band, and John Denver and the Muppets,

We also watched Muppet Christmas Carol the other day, also a classic.  

There's just something wonderful and purely Christmas about the Muppets.  

Funny thing about that, I spent the day in my new T-shirt from Eric that says Emotional Support Animal and has the Muppet Animal on it. It's super soft.  

Yeah Band, and it's Space Day

 303/365

Today is Space Day for Purdue. 

It would have been hard to get up to Purdue for the Contest, so we did it online, virtual like last year.  But last year, they sent a care package... this year they didn't. 

It didn't stop us from having a good time. 

We built a Mars Rover.  It probably wouldn't have done much on Mars.  

But we did some Quality Control work, and devised a bit of a fix.

Because of the way our button wheels wouldn't stay, but we shifted and used a combo of quilting pins and tape to affix them.  They didn't move very well, but it looked kind of like a rover. 

We made a straw rocket! 

Check out how our Straw Rocket blasts off!  

We got some decent length on it. 

I was rather impressed at how well Sam and Jacob worked together. 

Also....

Science! 

Then we went to watch the Marching Band Semi-State Competition at Ben Davis. 

It was pretty neat.  We saw Ben Davis perform, and they broke out a few of the old hats they used to use back in the days when Eric was in the band, a purple cowboy hat with a gold ribbon.  Eric had a fancy term for it, but I've forgotten.  Meanwhile, we shared some Kettle Corn too. 

Then Christopher and the Band took to the Field. 

They sounded wonderfully. 

The Band takes up a lot of the field. 

Our show, Fly Away, is amazing! 

My favorite shot I got of the day. 

I'm so Proud I could just Bust. 

They ended up 4th, very close to 3rd, in the Contest, and will be headed downtown next weekend to State! 

Testy Tuesday

301/366

It started out a typical Tuesday.  But it wasn't.

The kids are back in school after Fall Break, I got to enjoy a quiet cup of coffee after everyone got on the bus.  

My Reunion Group was meeting halfway across the sky.  W is working from home, so it's pretty far for her to come out to Salsa Verde, our usual meeting spot.  It's a bit easier on everyone if we meet at Trader's Point at Luciano's, rather than hoof all the way out to Avon.   But it's also more expensive. ;) 

So we don't do that very often.  However, we haven't been able to meet very often because of Fall Break and Work From Home and a zillion other things.

Taco Tuesday.

Luciano's has Tacos Al Pastor, marinated with pineapple and decorated with cilantro and onion, these tacos are delicious. I don't even open the menu. 

I thought it would be enough to be able to do that today. 

But my friend wrote that her daughter isn't doing very well at Riley.  

So I asked if she had food.  Of course, she hasn't been thinking of eating.   

I understand completely.  Been There. 

So after my gals and I met, I took some tacos down to her at Riley.  

Riley - Simon Tower.  

I'm so thankful I don't have to be there. 

My friend is thankful that I have been bringing her food and stuff, but I feel rather selfish. I get a lot out of it.  I get peace of mind, that I'm physically doing something in addition to Prayer.  And by making things easier for her Mama, I'm helping in Anna's recovery.  Does that make sense?

But as with all visits to Riley, it's emotionally draining.  I know all I did was drive.  But I came home and needed some rest, I just dozed on the couch for a bit.  Being strong drains me.  I know how much it drains the families of the patients.  I've been there, I've been one.  And I wrestle with the guilt over how much I'm not there now, even though we're having rough times, it's not that rough.  I don't have to go in, and smell the soap.  That soap sets me off.  

When I got home, the vet had sent me a single red rose, and a card of condolence.  

How nice to be remembered.  

And still, it's bittersweet.  

I missed my dog.  

It progressively got worse, after the kids got home.  Chris was in a bad mood, and he took it out on me. 

I should find comfort in the fact that he lets his guard down at home, and can act however he wants, because he knows he's safe, that I'll love him anyway.  But sometimes he can be mean. 

Meanwhile, Jacob had a good day.  

So to reward him , we went out for ice cream after Scouts. 

Custard.  Culver's.  His choice.  

Do you see the sucker tattoo on my forehead?

The Oreo Overlord.  

I thought that's what the board said the flavor of the day was, Oreo Overlord.  Just kidding.  

It was Oreo Overload.  Either way, Jacob wanted it.   

And he got some.  

I guess he was the Oreo Overlord.

Mama got a pumpkin spice milkshake. 

Also not too shabby. 

Carbs are my reward for a rough day. 

 

Taco Tuesday

 280/366

I did a dumb thing today.  

I kidnapped Jacob from school, and brought his knitting in the car so he and could knit in the dr's office. 

Only we didn't get to knit together.  Because I'm a nut. But Jacob is Precious.

I've been waiting for Jacob's appointment with the GI for three months, to rule out any issues. 

I saw that I'd written ROC in my calendar, and thought that meant Riley Outpatient Center at IU North.  No idea how I made that connection, I guess because we haven't been Downtown to the original ROC in a while.  So we showed up for our appointment today only to learn our doctor was downtown, and fully booked up.  And now we get to wait until the very end of December to see her.  I cried.  

Jacob was perfectly content missing the appointment, because it meant that I got to take him back to school, and he wouldn't miss Lunch or Recess.  More importantly, apparently it's Ice Cream Tuesday. 

I miss him.  So it made me sad that a. I messed up. 2. I wasn't going to get Quality Time with him. d. No fun Lunch with my Jakers. 

I've had Appointments at Riley for almost 15 years (in 3 months!) and I've never done this. 

But he was happy I took him Back to School. 

So by the time I got home, I was in a funk. 

Eric and I both had hoped we'd get some Quality Time with just Jacob today.  

Instead we chose to do Quality Time with each other. 

Time to go out on a date. 

He chose Roscoe's Tacos.  

They used to have a shop in Avon, but it closed, and now in order to get yummy taco and nacho goodness we have to drive to Greenwood.  And we don't often get the opportunity to go that far.  

Today we lucked out!  

E had a good chunk of time with no meetings, allowing for a 2 hour lunch! 

Chili Beef Nachos, for us to Share. 

There's just something deliciously simple about their combo of fresh onion, tomato, and olives. 

The chips are nothing to write home about, yet it goes PERFECTLY. 

This is my chicken taco.  

So deliciously Fresh! 

The thing is, it's all pretty mild food, a simple menu.  My kids even liked it, the last time we went.

The secret is in the Sauce!  They make homemade sauces to add to their stuff.  The most mild is Cincinnati City Slicker, kind of barbecue like.  I'm also a fan of the Texas Brushfire.  Sounds like it is, a bit more Texas.  I'd say their cuisine is Tex Mex style, but with a decent Midwestern influence. Comfort food tex mex.  Over Quarantine, I actually drove all the way down here just for a few bottles of sauce, so that they didn't go out of business.  We've been making our own nachos at home. It's not quite the same, though,  there's magic in the fresh ingredients when combined with the sauce.  Still, it worked for us during Quarantine. We liked having the sauces on hand, so we picked up a couple more while we were down there today.  So Yummy. 

And my Date.  

I've sucked him into the world of photographing our food.  He likes to post his pics on Google. Sometimes we take the exact same picture.  One more reason we're good together. 

A serious guy, for some serious food!  

If you haven't been to Roscoe's Tacos, I highly recommend you go! 

May the 4th Be With You

125/366

Today started off gangbusters! 

My new Sleeping Beauty ears arrived in the mail.  A birthday present to myself. 

They are Pink and Blue, just like Sleeping Beauty's dress, with a bit of her tiara. 

Perfectly me. 

I finished Christopher's scarf late last night, and he was so happy to receive it this morning. 

He wore it around most of the day. 

Mondays mean a new week's worth of school work, and Jacob has a Zoom Call with his class at 10. 

I peeked in on his class call, just as his teacher told him to jog in place for 30 seconds.  

So he did.  

Look at those little fists go, and those legs, just a blur.  

Moving is Good for him. 

Sam rocks his Math out online by taking over my computer. 

Then it occurred to them that today is May 4th. 

Sam drew a green lightsaber on the driveway with 

"May the 4th be with you."

Sam plays Star Wars theme. 

And we had piano lessons.  

The boys did well, but Sam was my favorite, because he rocked out his lesson with the Main Theme from Star Wars, and got his sticker of completion.  Perfect Timing. 

There were some low lows with regard to Chris's Percussion Audition, he had a ton of anxiety, and with that comes a ton of anger, but once he calmed down, we were able to order pizza and watch the last episode of Clone Wars, together.  It helped to end the day on a good note, but it doesn't cancel out the level of low of those lows.  

Sunday Bits

5/366

I woke up feeling a little snotty today, and sent the boys off to Church with Eric. 

Apparently, that was exhausting. 

While I spent the morning drinking Thieves and Honey tea, he didn't. 

So he crashed hard later.  These boys are adorable, but yes, exhausting. 

This one wanted video game time. 

He thought the lip would work. 

It didn't. 

It did make me laugh, and want to take his picture though. 

I started a new project.  For Christmas Eric gave me a Diamond Dotz diamond painting.  

It's like Paint By Number and Cross Stitch but with tiny little gems. 

For Christmas I was given Van Gogh's Starry Night. 

You can see it, right?!  

The theme from my Fat Mum Slim Photo a Day was Confetti, and this was about as close as I came. 

The dog buried herself in sparkly pillows.  

Busted. 

A Quiet Day at Home

2/365

We did nothing most of the day .  We worked on putting things away on New Year's Day.  

And Daddy had to go to back to work today.  

It was weirdly quiet all day.  The kids were doing their own thing, playing with presents, being quiet.  It was weird all day.

Except this one.

Of an entire nicely organized closet for him to choose

But what he really couldn't wait to wear....

his new yellow bathrobe.  

And just so you know, I love his baby curly hair.  

Wonky Pneumonia

So, let's start off by saying I had no idea I was sick.  I had an annoying cough.   I'd been cutting back on milk for the last couple days, because I had some drainage, and milk was aggrevating it.  But towards the late half of this week, my slightly annoying cough, was growing to more than mildly annoying.  I was coughing so hard in the mornings that I peed!  I thought only old people did that.  I've heard once you have a bunch of kids that happens.  But I had 3 c-sections, my bladder should be fine.  Except apparently, when I cough that hard.  Then Thursday afternoon, I was coughing telling Eric a story and laughing had set me off.  I told him it was beginning to hurt my head when I coughed.  A lot.  Like I might "Blust a burd vessel." I mean of course, if I had aneurysm, that blood vessel would burst.  But that's not how it came out.  OK, ok, maybe I am feeling little more run down than I thought.  I went for a nap.  Then I got up, coughed some more, peed some more, so I called and made an appointment with my doctor.
I didn't think I'd need to keep it for myself. Honestly, Jacob coughed once so hard at breakfast, I thought he'd need it.   But nah, he was fine after one good go.   And he wanted to go to school.

Meanwhile, my appointment was set for 12:30.  I sent Jacob off to school with his brothers.  And then I met my Dad for a cup of coffee.   This was particularly interesting as he was coughing a little, kind of like me.  He apologized (just like I have been) for his "mildly annoying cough".  He'd been diagnosed with bronchitis two days prior.  But he said, he was on antibiotics and fine.
Huh.
Come to think of it...
Uh oh.
I sound a little like that too.  I wondered if I might have bronchitis.  Maybe I should keep that appointment.   Maybe I should get Jacob checked....  I felt fine.  I thought to myself.  No biggie.  My Dad ordered a drink, a Chai Latte.  Funny, I never knew he drank those.  I got a Medicine Ball from Starbucks.  Since I realized I'm feeling funny, I've been disinclined to have super milk and sugary coffee.  I didn't want any of that.   The Medicine Ball was what I needed.   And it was good to talk to my dad.  So I thought as I left, I'll keep that appointment, but maybe first pop by the school and check on Jacob.  Maybe he'll need to come with me.   You know, actually, maybe we both should kidnap Jacob for lunch.  I haven't spent enough quality time with him lately.  I take the big boys to therapy and out for lunch dates all the time.  But I don't take Jacob.  Poor kid, I thought.  He gets the fuzzy end, being the littlest.  I got to feeling quite bad for him.
Eric was on board with kidnapping Jacob with me, just to take him out and give him a little Quality Time.  He was working from home.  He's been working a gig lately, where he works from home.    It's just we can't predict when that will be. We never know when it's going to happen, so we can't plan anything. Anyway, he got all set up and we went to the school.
Eric dropped me off by the entrance, and waited.  We didn't think it would take long to grab Jacob.  It did though, we caught him just as he was entering the cafeteria.  When they brought him to the office, I said "Guess what?!  We're kidnapping you for lunch!  It's a rainy day, you'll have recess with us.  Don't you want to go out for macaroni and cheese or pancakes?"  I  must've overwhelmed him with my joy, because he was mellow, and quiet.  By the time we got to the car, he started to cry.
"I'm gonna miss Choice Time." What?!  He didn't want to miss Choice Time. I don't know what that is, is it instead of outdoor recess, is it part of class. We told him we'd bring him back after lunch and recess.  Instead, he burst into tears.  Not just tears, giant growing snowballs of tears slowly rolling down his face.  There were little words. (Note he hasn't been talking about his feelings much either, but we're working on it.)  It was pitiful.  He told me he wanted to stay and do Choice Time.  He wanted to have lunch with his friends.  I thought, Oh, OK, you tell me a problem, this is one we can fix.  OK, we can do that.  Eric said, I'll go park the car.  I turn back around and take Jacob sobbing back into school.  I explain to the gals, that he didn't want to leave.  So the second he's back, I look around, and he has left me, and run for the cafeteria.  He didn't even want us to stay.  Shocked I turned and left.  I kind of felt like crying.  I couldn't believe he didn't want to have lunch with us, that he'd rather eat at school.   That's the first time I've ever had a kid do that.  He really wanted to be at school.

So I left.

I left my baby at school, and went to have a lunch date with my hubby.   It made me kind of sad.  He preferred school to me.  We'd gotten such a good motivation for pancakes thinking about what Jacob would want, we decided to take ourselves to IHOP.

I opted to go for the dairy.  After all, I'm not very sick, just got a little drainage.  

Plus, green grinch cocoa!  

Well, they were out of green whip cream, probably better for my colon after all, so I got white whip with red heart candies and peppermint cocoa.  It was So Good! 

My handsome date.  

Each of us got omelettes with a side of pancakes. 

I was STUFFED!  

My Cinnamon stack of pancakes was Awesome.  

We drowned our left out sorrows in pancakes and omelettes, and it was actually very nice.

So then I went to the doctor.  Turns out she didn't like what she saw.  

She wasn't as vocal about grossness, Dr. Cooper would've said Eww, Gross.  He and I have that repoire.  Dr. Wright not so much.  But when I asked if it was gross and disgusting in my throat, she bobbed her head yes.   And then she diagnosed me. 

With Walking Pneumonia. 

Walking Pneumonia. 

Have you heard of it?  I have.  I had one friend who got it a few years back.  She was "lucky", she never got hospitalized, but she was miserable for weeks.   And she had littles. 

But for me, it's Birthday season, and Christmas!  

I can't be Sick!  

With Walking Pneumonia.  

OK, fine.  Give me Drugs.  I openly admitted I was "drug seeking".  I know there's a negative connotation with that, but I didn't care.  I am not going to be sick at Christmas. I have 3 Sweetboys to Spoil! I'm not cancelling birthday parties for my own sickness.  

She put my on a Z pack, azithromycin.  I came home for drugs and nap, after I had some difficulty at the drug store,  Turns out after much brouhaha, I was in the insurance company as a male.  And at the drug store as a female.  Eric got it worked out for me, and picked me up my drugs.   I took a booster double dose of the Z pack with dinner.   We took the kids out, to the Kumon Center for Reading Night. You'd think Eric and I would have gone on a date.  Nope. My energy was gone, and now I knew why.  But once I got back in the car to go get said yahoos, I got an idea. 

As my friend Marta says, "Make Every Trip Count."  

So while we were out and about, we took the scenic route home, and stopped in town to see some Christmas Lights.  We drove through a friend's neighborhood.  

We stopped at the Town Hall Light Show. 

I was glad to see a proper show with the boys. 

We found the lights at Arbuckle.  

Lucky for us, it's kind of pain to get to, so there wasn't a crowd.  

So we got the kids out real quick for a photo op.  

That was fun.  

And when I got home, I was pooped.  I read up on Walking Pneumonia.  It's not like the pneumonia that people die of.  It's obnoxious and rude, and interferes with people's holiday social schedules, but I'm not going to the hospital.  Drugs should help.  It's a milder form.  Still obnoxious though. And I'm already tired of springing leaks every time I cough. I'm just gonna feel kind of gross for a while. 

If you hear my coughing up a lung or running to the bathroom while coughing, don't worry.  

I'm OK. 

I just have Wonky Pneumonia. 

These two oils: Peppermint and RC have brought me 8 tons of Supportive Relief tonight. 

And on that note, I have babbled enough and need to take my pneumotic self to bed. 

Apparently we are Eagles Fans

As we age, we just don't Party like we used to.  

We used to go to a friend's house, and do the Super Bowl Up!   

Then our kids got older, and we realized it's a School Night.  

Then we realized we actually hate having to wear clothes outside the house past dark.  

Seriously, it's a Lot Of Love for someone that leads me to not be in my jammies at 8 pm.  

So, we've taken to watching the Super Bowl at home.  

We don't traditionally make a bunch of fancy food, we ordered pizza once, but it took like 3 hours to arrive.  This year, I didn't think we cared much about the Super Bowl.  It ended up being the Eagles against the Patriots.  we ordered a Pizza Kit off a friend's son, with a build your own pizza, breadsticks, and cookie dough.  Super Easy!  I'd totally be doing that again.  The only thing we missed most of the first quarter because the TV antenna was being super fritzy.   But after a half an  hour of Eric messing with the Plex channel he created, I gave up, and tried the NBCSports App.  Boom, there it was.  Now, every commercial break, it would fritz out on me for a second, so we only saw about half the cool commercials.  But as it turns out, that was ok.  

It turns out my Kids like football games.  Way to go Opa.  

Sam instantly began rooting for the Eagles, because they wear Green. Of course.

That wasn't surprising at all.  I was rooting against Patriots.  Chris began to root for them too. He asked me why we hate the Patriots.  At first I just said, They Cheat.  But then as the game progressed, they kept giving us reasons to dislike they way they play. All new reasons. 

By halftime, the boys were calling the Eagles, WE.  That's fine, I can be an Eagles fan for a night.  

Usually I root for Colts first, Peyton second (or Eli since Peyton retired).  Everybody else. Meh. 

But yes, I root against Patriots.  They like to push the limits, and not really in a good way. How often when they play did you hear last night, "Well, that's not Technically Illegal"?  I think that's a sign.  

They are like kids.  Actually, a lot like kids.  Tom Brady has Temper Tantrums, and Cries when he doesn't get his way either.  Yes, a lot like the kids.  Frankly, I was impressed by how the Eagles handled themselves at the game, and after.  I love how they Praise God first.  

Chris had to join Justin Timberlake when he started dancing to "Can't Stop the Feeling". 

Are asleep? 

Yes! 

35/365

Jacob didn't make it to Halftime.  

He felt a little warm to me, and was curling up, putting his hands under my legs, because I am the "Warmest". 

This morning he woke up with a Fever.  

Thank You For....

26/365

Thank You Lord, for Quality Time with my Sweetboys. 

This morning was "Muffins with Mom" a breakfast event at Sam's school. 

Of course, I didn't eat a single donut, Sam and I oinked out on donuts.  

Woohoo!  Beautiful carbs. 

Christopher and I had a Lunch Date after his Band Concert.  

Lots of Quality Time, and a Cheeseburger as big as his head.  

That's all he needed to call it a "Wonderful Day".

I think this picture makes me smile and laugh more than any of the ones I took of the Band. 

This face. 

He told me he needed sunglasses to be in the car. It was Amazingly sunny today.  

He and his friends at school had Pajama day, and then got to go outside and play. 

By the time he got home, he was exhausted, and he didn't even mind taking a nap.  

His sleepy snuggles are the best, but he can also rock the Superstar look.  

The Boots

9/365

 Everyday Things

The theme of the day is Everyday Things. 

Jacob wants to wear these boots Everyday.  

At least, today, there is still snow.  

But the temps are rising, so there won't be snow for much longer.

That may not stop him. 

Connor Prairie

I have a friend from College I recently hooked up with through Facebook.  She has a son a little younger than Jacob, Austin who acts a lot like Chris.  He's a bit high maintenance too.  He's needed a little help from First Steps, and just recently started Developmental Preschool.  He and Jacob got along swimmingly.  We decided to meet up at Connor Prairie. They had a plus 2 membership and they got us in, to play at their holiday indoor festivities, which were still going on strong. 

The boys got right in staring at their Gingerbread House displays.  

They both wanted desperately to eat all the candies. 

Apparently, me getting a picture of Austin looking at the camera is a super rare thing. 

He went for it, for a brief moment.  

Too bad Jacob didn't do so at the same time.  Goofball. 

They did have a lot of fun with the trains.  

My sweetboy playing House. 

Honestly, the set up and house looked just like a dollhouse version of Little House on the Prairie. 

He found he could be the tallest sweetboy on the playground pretty easily.  

Suddenly, he seems so old.  He's only 4 1/2! 

There was a surprising amount of Science goodies on display to play with, the boys loved building propellers and making the wind blow.  

Science! 

When they left the playground, Austin said he wanted to go "Play Circus".  That sounded like a good time to me, it was how I talked Jacob into leaving that area willingly.  Though as it turned out, Austin meant Circuits, not Circus.  Doh.   They still had a good time.  

But I think Jacob was looking for the Ringling Brothers for the rest of our journey. 

Instead we found a Snowball Fight! 

A Civil War soldier was in charge of the Snowball fight game. 

They were supposed to get hit once, and go down like a good soldier.  

Our boys didn't. 

They were vicious attackers.  

It was Awesome.  

The Soldier went down like a superchamp though. 

Hazelnuts. 

They had a nifty display of local tree  nuts.  

I got to taste a Hickory nut. Now I know why the squirrels are so happy in our yard, they are Tasty! 

And it turns out Indiana hazelnuts are small and grown/harvested in clumps.  But European ones look like Chestnuts.  I wasn't tasting either one, as I'm now allergic.  

My Lunch Date. 

Laura and Austin didn't get to stick around for lunch, so I had a nice date in the cafeteria, which was not crowded at all, there was only one other family.  So I got a nice date with this Sweetboy.  

After he ate, he popped over to the window to look out. 

This photo turned out amazing! 

This was the view we saw from the cafeteria.  Somewhere out in that field is where the ISO -Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra plays in the summer.  That's the last time I was out here. 

I may have to come again when it's not snowy and freezing.  We had a good time.  

Plain - The plain plain is mainly... covered in snow.  

Plain was the theme of the day.  

And I loved this. 

4/365

This is the farm at 900 and 700 in the Burg.  It's a sea of snowy field, and with the sky so blue, it just spoke to me through its Beauty.  

Too bad it has to be so cold to be so Beautiful.