JOAN: How lovely!! Absolutely lovely! I wish we had snow. I still have faith that we will have snow this year. Then, I'll post lovely pictures. :-)

Joan, Absolutly beautiful. Who needs Charles Kurault? Oh he's no longer with us... Well who needs that other guy.. Now please tell Elizabeth to keep any snow in western NC... We do not want it here on the coast. Only in calendars.

Happy New Year! 

WoW, Joan !  What beautiful pictures and your dining room window looks absolutely heavenly ! 

Jo 

It was a beautiful winter day today!  I am glad that you capture it on your blog!  I love it when there is a bit of sun along with the snow!  I think we are going to have a break for a few days before we have to get the shovels out again!  Have a great weekend and a happy new year!

Elizabeth...as much as I really detest snow...I have to admit it was quite lovely today. You are welcome to it anytime. But some may object!

Ginger..I don't think you guys have to worry on the coast. The Gulf Stream and all that stuff! Come on...don't you miss it a teeny bit?

Thanks Jo...It was definately a morning worth be up and out in!...Happy New Year

Howdy Joan...I'm looking forward to 2008 with high hopes!

Hi Joan!  I love your snow!  Around here we have only had that light fluffy powder so far.  When the breeze blows it all lands in the bay!  Right now we are down to mud and brown grass.  Hopefully we will have some real snow by New Year.

Still coming up there 2nd week of June!  Hope you're around so we can have a lunch! 

Oh Carol...I love how you're thinking of June!! Now THAT is positive thinking!! When you know the dates ...let me know. I'll make a point!

I wanna move there, Joan- it's GORGEOUS.  Great photos.

Joan, Do not miss it a tiny weeney or any bit... had enough for one lifetime. Good memories of walking more than a mile in snow to grammar school ( uphill both ways) and walking over a mile to the skating rink at night with my girlfriends.  Memories of being snowed in for days at O'hare, being snowed in at Laguardia, but then my scary car accident 4 years ago in a storm that turned me off toward snow forever! Did  you read Martin's blog last week on a day in the snow... very cute!

Happy New Year! 

Joan, Monika and I watched the full moon rise Christmas Eve out at Rye Beach. Trying to find it rise was fun as we missed the exact moment at 4:47 as we were a little to far south in North Hampton. We decided to drive a little further north towards New Castle and lo and behold there it was a HUGE ball off the horizon. Too bad our cameras don't have a better lens to draw in it's beauty. Someday we will.

Happy New Year and all the best for '08 

Joan The sun alone is enough to get me moving Sincerely Tom bRaatz

Joan!  How nice to find this, the shots you took are amazing (I love the bird, I don't see them until the summer).  You had some bright skies for a while, we've had gray here...every day.  I need SUN!!  Thanks for the wonderful tour.

Hey Laurie...It is pretty but soooooo cooooold. These old bones don't like it at all!

Well Ginger , I think a car accident would do it for me too! I hate to drive in it...I really hate to drive in it!

Thanks Jay...same to you both!

The moon really was beautiful for a few days there! I had never seen it that bright that late in the morning before...it ws so strange!

Hi Tom...believe it or not that was the moon!! It was early AM and it was huge!!

Hi Carole...that was for you! Glad you enjoyed it. Sorry I didn't go furthur than about oh....6 miles!

Joan-Your pictures are like a piece of heaven.  Truly beautiful.  The cardinal, oh how pretty.  We don't see those here in Utah.  The serenity I felt from your blog is priceless.  Thank you!

Julie...I love that Cardinal! He first started coming to my feeder last year as an adolescent without head feathers! This year he came back with his wife-Mrs.Buddy(we call him Buddy) and two Buddy kids! It's so cool!

So glad you enjoyed the visuals!

Joan,

Cool bird feeder, but my favorite photo is the Calendar shot at the end.  Your home must be lovely.

Mike in Tucson

Hi Mike...Well what a nice compliment! At least I know you could see my pics. For some reason they wont upload on my page today!????

Where are all the Ron Paul yard signs?  I hope you've found truth in his message.

great stuff.

think warm.

Hello Evan... Sorry...a Libertarian I'm not!! But they sure have trucked a lot of them up here!

Hi Jay...hope you enjoyed them from your warm, sunny and snowless perch! It's 16 degrees as I speak! (but tomorrow is supposed to hit 40)

Hi Joan - a lovely trip around NH!  I love your pictures, and you really do give readers a nice trip through various parts of NH.  If you get over to the Portsmouth area, let me know!

Ann

Hi Ann...we usually do try to get over there at least once a year...but will probably wait for SUMMER!!!

Thanks for stopping by!