It's still freezing up here

Boy this cold weather just won't let go up here. The last couple nights have been in the -25 range. Next week it i supposed to warm up, I sure hope so this does get tiring. We are thinking of going away for a few days just can't decide where to go. I would love to go to Tucson both to see a couple relatives and also to go to the Gem Show. We went last year and found it fascinating. I never knew that there where fluorescent rocks that actually glow under black light.

Have been working on a beaded purse. There are over 14 thousand beads in it. It has really been a labor of love, hope to finish soon. Maybe it has been a good thing that it has been cold, If the weather would have been nice I know I wouldn't be getting much beading or sewing done, would have been outside doing things.

We do a lot of snowshoeing weather permitting but the weather sure hasn't been permitting at -20 or so since that is without the windchill. I think windchills have been around -45. Have managed to get in a little ice fishing, there is a least 4 feet of ice on the lakes.

Think I better get back to beading.

TIME FOR DINNER

I was asked for pet pictures. How about my deer? We are feeding about 7, they seem to come in groups. These are the early birds, then there are a doe and last years fawn that survived the hunting season. Then one lone one comes later. We usually take out a bucket of feed around 3 fill the feeders and bang on the bucket and most of the time within a half hour they will start coming around. If they all come at once they fight and chase the smaller groups away. The does are very protective of their fawns and try and make sure they get something to eat. It is hard to get pictures as the feeder is not very far from the house and if they see you they spook and take off. We will feed from just after hunting season until usually around Easter when most of the snow cover is gone. Last year we quit feeding too early as we had two really big snow falls. There were 11 deer out there looking around going " I know we used to eat at this restaurant". So we had to start again for a couple more weeks.

As for other pets there is only one left "Square Dog" more about her later.

Where did the time go? It was the middle of December, I think I blinked and now it is January 6th. Christmas was busy as usual especially with the large family we have. I have also been trying to master some new jewelry techniques with seed beads. So far all I have mastered is how to take the stitches apart. I am really good at that now. With the amount of snow we have been getting (must be about 3 feet already) and the nasty cold, it was -31 the other morning and that was without a wind chill I should be able to accomplish a lot but somehow it never works out that way. I have been getting some of my pieces listed on Etsy so I guess I have gotten somethng done. It doesn't feel that way though.