February Week 7 #catchthemoment365

Week 7 is upon us! Another cold week in North Dakota! We did have one warm day and by warm I mean 30°F and sunny! Believe it or not, it felt great!  The sun finally has some heat behind it.  We certainly enjoy every little bit of warmth we can get!  We spent a lot of time indoors this week.  I’ve been working on shampooing carpets, office misc. and my feathers quilt along project.  It’s that time of the year when we have appointments and meetings almost every day.  There’s always something between farming and kids!  Our daughter was out to the farm a few times with our granddaughter.  The boys adore her so much!  She’ll be 1 in April. We witnessed a spectacular northern lights show on Tuesday night.  Here are my pics for week 7.

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Our Sunrise on a cloudy day.

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Another snow blowing picture! The big drift between the tractor and the trees is my garden!  It’s under a good 10+ feet of snow! I hope I get in there before June! Brett and I road with dad for a little while – until Brett dozed off.  It was nice to get out for a little bit!

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Our granddaughter, Mollie-Jayne and our daughter, Kayla.  MJ has the longest eyelashes!  She’s such a sweetie!

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My little sheltie sidekick, Sadie.  Some days she’s constantly by my side and other days she just wants to play outside with the other dogs.  She’ll be 1 the end of February.  She has really turned out to be a great dog!

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Mollie-Jayne was having fun eating the carrots I made for supper.

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I watched the sunset with my 4-legged friends.

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Tuesday I heard a tap on my window while I was working on my computer.  It was Mick telling me the northern lights were out!  I grabbed my gear and trekked to a dark spot in the yard to setup.  It was a perfect night, no clouds in sight! It was so cold (13°F) and windy I only stayed out for 1/2 an hour!  One of my goals for the year was to capture the northern lights on camera for the 1st time!  I definitely need some practice! It’s so hard to tell what you’re focusing on in the dark. I didn’t grab my cell phone for an extra light source so there was a lot of guessing!  It was a great learning experience.  I hope to catch them again soon!  We usually get a pretty good show around here. Next time will 1.) Take a vehicle to move around more 2.) Take all my equipment (different lens) (night filters) 3.) Bring another source of light 4.) Wear boots!…and a hat! 5.) Not run out the door without all of the above!

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February #catchthemoment Week #6

I can’t believe we are 6 weeks into 2014! It’s been another bitterly cold week – lots of below 0°F weather. It’s been blowing or snowing every other day.  We’ve been working in the house and shop a lot!  Here are my pics from week #6.

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Brett was bundled up ready to play outside for a little while. It was around -10°F. We went from the house to the shop! Lots of work for a 2 minute walk!

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This is somehow a comfortable position.  Brett was having fun with an iPad while I was making dad his favorite chocolate cake.

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I made this quilt for our daughter Kayla.  This was my 2nd quilt project since starting last year, but I just completed it.  She turned 20 today!

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The boys and I went swimming with friends.  Brett only went down the waterslide once since it shot us right under the water at the end.  He was understandably leery after that! He’s going again on Friday. I hope he’s not scared of it!

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We have our 1st tomato on our Aerogarden plant!  It’s a little hydroponic garden.  There are many more tomatoes to follow.  We love getting fresh tomatoes in the dead of winter!

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Brett enjoyed a big chocolate chip cookie after lunch.  I think it took him 20 minutes to eat it!

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Sadie couldn’t take it anymore.  She stayed up too late waiting for me to finish sewing.

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February #catchthemoment Week #5

Here are my #catchthemoment pics from this week.DSC_0490

The ongoing battle of snow removal seems to be a daily occurrence around here.

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Sadie my sweet Sheltie stayed up late with me working on a sewing project. She’ll be 1 at the end of the month.

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Friday we attended the farm show in Minot, ND.  We had supper at Kroll’s Diner before we left town.  Our boys shared one of those rare sentimental moments.

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Max & Brett shared a bowl of leftover chili for supper.  Some days they get along so good! This has been an exceptional week for them!

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Sunday we went to pickup our old car for a good washing.  We have it up for sale this week.  It’s a 1964 98 Oldsmobile with all the electric gadgets.  Pretty high tech for then! We bought it last year from my husbands’ cousin but never seem to have time to drive it.  The boys love riding in it!

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The sunset at the Devils Lake, ND airport while we were picking up the plane from its annual.  Sometimes it’s hard to pick just one.  I had to throw in a plane pic after its annual with the shiny prop.  It won’t last long!

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I cut open this tomato and found sprouts while making homemade tomato soup.  I’ve had sprouted peppers & squash, but never a tomato!  I should’ve planted it!

 

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