It's a New Year!

Much time has passed since the last post!  We had a signifcant amount of snow pack the end of November beginning of December, I tootled off to the coast for three nights four days during which time a pineapple express blew through, and when I got home ... no snow!  Wow.

I always like the look of these trees ... they are imports ... not native to the area.  Love how the sun shining on them brings out the red branches.

For a couple of weeks Mingus and I could wander the bare golf course as though it were early spring.  SO nice.  We have snow again though, but not so much as to make walking difficult, BUT, enough to have to do a significant shovel.  We are supposed to get more snow over the next couple of days.  Mingus and I were on the golf course today, following a course where the wind had blown the snow thinner!

Speaking of Mingus, here is a recent picture of the little trooper ...

He is ALWAYS on the alert ... he does not want anything to get past his eagle eye, or sensitive ear, or sniffy sniffer!  It is his job to guard and protect ... at least alert!  

Did I tell you that the neighbour and her friend took this little guy on a 5 1/2 hour walk one day this fall?  No problem for this hardy little guy.  Wanted to play chase me later, when home.  He was also able to set those ladies right when they started to take a wrong turn!  He held his ground and kept pointing his head in the right direction.  He is no dummy.  (He does the same when he loses a ball under the couch ... points me to it until duh, I clue in.  Humans can be SO thick sometimes.  Here he is with Zak and Kaylee ...

Mingus is the closest one - the one licking his lips.  They DO love their treats.

Back on the subject of shoveling, the neighbour has a quad with a blade this year and he takes 4-5 sweeps down my driveway for me.  Big help!  Now all I have to do is the back and side and Mingus' trail to the back trail.  It is still a significant amount of shoveling ... enough to poop me out by the time I reach the driveway.

Hmmm, just looked out the window and two wee flies ... on the inside!  Now where did they come from?  On closer inspection, moths not flies.  Oh, oh.  Probably came in on the wood.  In any event, they are no more.  I have too much wool clothing.

I quite like this picture so I'll add it in as well ....

I've used it as my winter header on my Facebook page.  Poor old aspen.  These probably won't last much longer.

Mither is doing well.  I went to see her earlier in December and will need to head down once again in the not too distant future.  The home did call this last Monday to say she had fallen but that she was up and walking again, seemingly none the worse for wear.  She has such sturdy bones.

Christmas was relatively quiet this year.  Mingus had a blast with the goodies he got and he was royally spoiled.  I got him a stuffy, salmon treats and a new squeaky ball, Zak (his buddy) got him a Hedgehog squeaky/stuffy and the next door neighbour got him a stuffy/squeaker bone and another squeaky toy (which he promptly de-squeaked).  I did pretty well too.  Four new tichel scarves amongst other things.  Whooo-hooo.  I'm sorry, I've tried taking selfies wearing my scarves but they are DISASTROUS!   Ugh!  Every line, every bulge in your face every bag is MAGNIFIED.   People tell me, "you look way better in real life".  Doesn't make for much confidence in putting up selfies let me tell you.  Ah well, I'm not the young thing I once was! ... or that I see myself as in my mind's eye ... hence the shock when I actually look in the mirror or see a selfie ... not at all like I imagine myself to look ... imagination is better ... LOL.  So you can be thankful I have spared you.  I have never been much for standing in front of a mirror.  Sometimes, on Mingus' first morning constitutional, we are half way down the street and I think, "did I remember to comb my hair?" (on O.A. question) then flip my hood up just in case.  Good thing I rarely see anyone, LOL.

And that brings us up to ... Happy New Year!  Yes, a new year lies before us.  It will be interesting to see what it brings.  Hopefully good things to you and to me!!!

On that note ... ta ta for now!

P.S. ... Mingus and I got invited to Zak's house for homemade Chinese food N.Y.'s eve.  Yum.  We got home before midnight but when Mingus heard fireworks, he barked and barked.  So he and I ran around the house ... Mingus barking and me yelling "Yay, it's a new year!"  We spurred one another on.  So we are crazy.