Sofi's learning the art of the knock-knock joke, and Erik must have been listening to her, since he's now come up with one of his own:
"Knock-knock." (He generally pounds on something when he says it.)
"Who's there?"
"Banana." (Or, more accurately, "nana," but we know what he means.)
"Banana who?"
"Cracker."
That's it. He's repeated it several times. We don't really get it, but we do laugh every time -- and I suppose that is the point!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Frosty mornings
We've been grateful for some milder weather in the past week or so -- no temps below zero, and we've often awoken on several mornings to beautiful frost sculptures outside.
I love how ordinary things -- even this junk pile behind the sauna -- are turned into works of art in the frost.
I do so love these trees! I'm so happy they are so easy to see out the east addition picture windows.
Even the old chicken coop (rehabbing that is on the to-do list, by the way -- we'd like to get chickens in the spring) looks lovely, nestled under such a nice frost arbor.I am sure I wasn't the only one out taking pictures in the past few days. In fact, I know I wasn't, as I saw one other photographer out the front door:
Sofia saw me run out with my camera and straight away grabbed her camera to take her turn outside.
She didn't just run out and snap a few shots and hurry back in, either. She really did some searching for subjects. Here are a few of her photos:
I'd say she's got quite an artistic eye for a 4-year-old! Maybe she needs her own Etsy shop ...... The weather is due to turn, though. Freezing drizzle starts around noon tomorrow, and some level of a winter storm is supposed to follow. That's South Dakota weather -- we must appreciate its beauty while it lasts! (And try not to grumble too much when it gets ugly.)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Christmas, snowed in, belated, but merry nonetheless
I'm back! After a nice hiatus from work on the house (as well as from blogging!) for the Christmas holiday, I'm back on the blogging wagon.
Christmas was all discombobulated by the blizzard that hit the 23rd through 25th: We'd planned to spend the 23rd with the Marttila family here at the farm, then head to St. Paul where Losures from near and far would gather. With roads treacherous and even closed in all directions, that didn't happen.
So, Plan B: We celebrated in the snowstorm with Mari's family here at the farm, then headed to St. Paul to celebrate Christmas around the New Year's holiday. It all worked out, even with the weather stress!
... The Christmas blizzard was something else. It was slower to arrive than predicted, but it came with a fury when it did arrive. We didn't get as much snow as places further south -- perhaps 10 inches, as opposed to 19 inches in Sioux Falls -- but there was plenty enough to create massive drifts on the roads.
And drifts in front of the door! We cleared this doorway at least four times during the storm; the drift kept coming back. (We'll be working on some type of snow fence for next year.)
Some of the cattle bedded down in the slough, trying to get out of the wind. Randy made several trips to our place during the storm to make sure they had feed and access to water.
And what is this, you wonder? Belle! She refused to come in to stay warm in the addition (while Blue was hard to kick out!) and just bedded down in a snowdrift. Looks cold to me, but she was fine; she was up and running around shortly after the picture was taken.
... We had a grand time in St. Paul, as usual when the relatives gather. I took a little video, and (finally!) figured out how to upload it to the blog. This is so typical of a Losure Christmas: Note the variety of activities, the stuff explosion, and the toe-tapping music.
... If you like the music, Dave and Mary are professional musicians -- lessons, performances, even banjo making! Learn more about Flying Pig Fiddle and Banjo here.
... We've been enjoying life in the new house, but we keep running into little issues that show we need to keep working on it: The towels and sheets are spilling out of the linen closet, since we don't have the shelves up yet; it would be nice to have doors on the bedrooms (we noticed this especially when we had Mari's family over for Christmas -- tough to keep quiet enough when the kids went to sleep earlier than that parents did), and we can't keep Erik out of the knee wall spaces without doors on them. And much more, of course. The trick is deciding where to start!
Christmas was all discombobulated by the blizzard that hit the 23rd through 25th: We'd planned to spend the 23rd with the Marttila family here at the farm, then head to St. Paul where Losures from near and far would gather. With roads treacherous and even closed in all directions, that didn't happen.
So, Plan B: We celebrated in the snowstorm with Mari's family here at the farm, then headed to St. Paul to celebrate Christmas around the New Year's holiday. It all worked out, even with the weather stress!
... The Christmas blizzard was something else. It was slower to arrive than predicted, but it came with a fury when it did arrive. We didn't get as much snow as places further south -- perhaps 10 inches, as opposed to 19 inches in Sioux Falls -- but there was plenty enough to create massive drifts on the roads.
And drifts in front of the door! We cleared this doorway at least four times during the storm; the drift kept coming back. (We'll be working on some type of snow fence for next year.)
Some of the cattle bedded down in the slough, trying to get out of the wind. Randy made several trips to our place during the storm to make sure they had feed and access to water.
And what is this, you wonder? Belle! She refused to come in to stay warm in the addition (while Blue was hard to kick out!) and just bedded down in a snowdrift. Looks cold to me, but she was fine; she was up and running around shortly after the picture was taken.... We had a grand time in St. Paul, as usual when the relatives gather. I took a little video, and (finally!) figured out how to upload it to the blog. This is so typical of a Losure Christmas: Note the variety of activities, the stuff explosion, and the toe-tapping music.
... If you like the music, Dave and Mary are professional musicians -- lessons, performances, even banjo making! Learn more about Flying Pig Fiddle and Banjo here.
... We've been enjoying life in the new house, but we keep running into little issues that show we need to keep working on it: The towels and sheets are spilling out of the linen closet, since we don't have the shelves up yet; it would be nice to have doors on the bedrooms (we noticed this especially when we had Mari's family over for Christmas -- tough to keep quiet enough when the kids went to sleep earlier than that parents did), and we can't keep Erik out of the knee wall spaces without doors on them. And much more, of course. The trick is deciding where to start!
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