Tuesday Before the Deep Freeze
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:02 amGOOD MORNING TO ALL!
Still warm here this morning at about 28 degrees, and we have another inch of snow from overnight. But the weather warnings are for REALLY frigid temperatures to swoop down on us from the midwest beginning tonight. Guess I'd better bring some more firewood in after school today and store it on my porch.
We made some birch bark signs in my class yesterday-----cut the wood, glue birch bark on the face of it, and then fashion letters on the sign from birch twigs, hot glue them in place and then fasten them with teeny little brads. They are very rustic and very pretty-looking. The final step is a couple of coats of polyurethane over the whole shebang to weather-proof them. My personal one is "LIBERTAS"------Freedom in Latin! I will hang it outside my trailer when I am finally free! When I get it home, I'll take a picture of it and post it, along with the two wreaths I made and have hanging on my porch.
I hope everyone is having some nice weather mingled in with the nasty stuff that's spreading across the country. It seems as if no area has been perfect camping weather this fall and early winter. One week from yesterday will be the Winter Solstice----shortest daylight of the year for us in this hemisphere. I'll have to figure out some way to celebrate that day, as it's my favorite turning point of the year.
Coffee is hot and Hazlenut again----can't afford the really expensive stuff with more exotic flavors, although I may treat myself for over the holidays! So, pull up a chair and tell us about your day. Happy Tuesday to all!
Still warm here this morning at about 28 degrees, and we have another inch of snow from overnight. But the weather warnings are for REALLY frigid temperatures to swoop down on us from the midwest beginning tonight. Guess I'd better bring some more firewood in after school today and store it on my porch.
We made some birch bark signs in my class yesterday-----cut the wood, glue birch bark on the face of it, and then fashion letters on the sign from birch twigs, hot glue them in place and then fasten them with teeny little brads. They are very rustic and very pretty-looking. The final step is a couple of coats of polyurethane over the whole shebang to weather-proof them. My personal one is "LIBERTAS"------Freedom in Latin! I will hang it outside my trailer when I am finally free! When I get it home, I'll take a picture of it and post it, along with the two wreaths I made and have hanging on my porch.
I hope everyone is having some nice weather mingled in with the nasty stuff that's spreading across the country. It seems as if no area has been perfect camping weather this fall and early winter. One week from yesterday will be the Winter Solstice----shortest daylight of the year for us in this hemisphere. I'll have to figure out some way to celebrate that day, as it's my favorite turning point of the year.
Coffee is hot and Hazlenut again----can't afford the really expensive stuff with more exotic flavors, although I may treat myself for over the holidays! So, pull up a chair and tell us about your day. Happy Tuesday to all!
It's not raining at the moment but the sky sure is gray and overcast. The table and chairs out in the carport where just drippy this morning and of course without even thinking about it I sat down in one of the chairs while waiting on Shade. Ewwww, talk about a soggy butt! 