We have had our Love family Christmas.
Willie and Debbie will take off today for Boise where they will celebrate her family Christmas.
They came last night for a meatloaf, chicken, bake potato dinner.
We ate. We sipped. We talked, we laughed and we opened presents.
One gift from Willie and Debbie to the Lovestead Love's did not need to be opened.
It was out on the deck.
When I went out to the deck to retrieve some Christmas cookies from a box, Debbie followed me outside and then asked, "Who's that?"
I turned, looked and said, "Nobody."
Then, she looked that way again and asked more emphatically, "Who is that?"
This time when I turned around and focused on what was just five feet away from me, I immediately recognized Frosty.
Debbie said after seeing them on display at North 40, she figured that one of those snowmen needed to live at the Lovestead.
So, we have a permanent, carefully crafted Frosty, the Snowman, and we can move him anywhere we wish, and he won't melt or fall apart.
What a fun gift to enjoy for winters to come.
We're not done, as we will celebrate Christmas again with my sisters.
This year's festivities are a little different from usual, but variety definitely is the spice of life, and it's all fun.
The Yoke's grocery store large American flag looked striking yesterday with a snowy Greenhorn Mountain in the background.
Schweitzer was pretty too.
Bill's main Christmas present came early this year.
Not knowing if and when it would snow, once Bill knew and highly approved of getting a woodsplitter, he brought it home.
And, he has already tried it out. Once they got it fired up, he and Annie split a few chunks of wood.
I couldn't be more thrilled, knowing that the man who is so hard to shop for loves his new toy.
He can continue his wood gathering each year and enjoy it more than ever.
As you can see below, the weather has necessitated the use of both summer and winter tools.
I put away the rake a while back but brought it back out this week to clean up storm residue.
The timing was great because the snow waited until I had completed the job.
Could be all those tools will get used off and on all winter.
Debbie was happy to dish up last night.
Below: outdoor ornaments can create some interesting reflections. That blob in the middle is yours truly holding the camera, and you can see the house on the left and the woods behind.
Our new washer is coming in a few hours so we should be back in business.
The dogs are doing fine. The North Idaho Flood and Fire inspector is coming today to remove the dryer and all the plastic sheeting in this room where I'm typing.
Happily, life should return to some sense of normal, if there is such a thing.
This morning I'll leave you with some Christmas classics.
Hope you enjoy.
Happy Wednesday.
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