Countdown to the end of 2016...

Hot in the sun... cold air...

Not the end of the world yet... 

but almost the end of this year... 2016...
the big presents under the indoor tree day is done...
it was white outside and knee aching cold...
the wood pellets have been burning all day...
for days, with temps in the minus degrees at night...
some days not above 32*, clear, blue, bright skies...
back to the every day food of life...
done with the eat all-day rich holiday foods = lbs....
everyone got their manual can openers...

and twenty five year shelf life emergency food...

we got emergency fire starter kits... 

for some reason we all can't stay awake all night as 

in years past, even with day time naps...

and they can't play games without at least ten bodies...

they don't quit with a winner, usually over when all the...

cards to the game have been gone through... 

needless to say lots of laughing, loud voices, and the usual 

family around the table banter... good to have them home.

Half the roll gone before the flame out...

Birthday boy two days before the CHRISTmas day...

The seven-zero this year...
i do hope this seven-zero is better then the 70's i went
through about thirty years back...
i can already tell it's going to be different in lots of ways.
b-day gifts rarely come...
for the big gift day i did get a hank of slick black leather...
and an Art therapy book, do-it yourself... coloring book...
two options on the coloring book... inside the lines, or
outside the lines... depending upon the day and mood...
The most intimidating gift of the season is three blank journals... but all the pages have lines on them...
thats more scary then a blank page with no lines !!
i really have a hard time writing on lined paper or pages.
it feels so formal & form like... don't get it wrong !
i feel like i can only write on every other line...
so i have space to add or make changes...
new things for my seventh year...

New day dawning through office window screen...

Sooooooo back the making leather bags...
daily post office runs with the Deeks dog...
writing & drawing in my sketch books...
trying to stay warm...
and now some Art therapy each day to sooth
my overactive mind...
daily morning scripture reading to keep up
with the Lord and His desires for me...
those morning reading have the ability to
change the course of doing and thinking
of a day and influence the "work" i do in a
given day... food for though so to speak ...
sparks to/in what could be an otherwise dull day.

"I know what LOVE is because of YOU"

see you all in the next year    CHEERS...