Some of the Christmas Eve photos

Our seven grandkids

Sean, Kimberly, Kaitlyn and Justin

Aidyn and McKayla

Nolan

Aidyn and McKayla patiently waiting for present time.Our three kids

Ty, Kristi and Troy

The sun dogs of Dakota

This was a very cold day with the sun dogs out.

This happens when it is extremely cold.

Where the deer and the pheasants......

This is just a couple of the pheasants that came up to

the house to eat one day this week. There were 15 of them.

Now the deer needed to eat so they too came up to the house.

There were 15 of them also. Not sure if there was to be a

gathering of the animals/birds or not.

Now this guy decided he needed to sharpen his

horns on one of our little trees. No wonder so many

of those trees die each winter.

Let it snow, let it snow. Enough already!!

This what it looked like here a couple of days ago.

Not bad for December in NDNow this is 11 AM Sunday. Notice the birdbath.
If the birds want some water they better hurry.
This is 1:30 PM

At 4 PM the birds will have a hard time finding the water.

This is only a snow bank in front of my door. Actually

we didn't get much snow, it just blew into banks where it

is not needed nor wanted. It is still stormy out there though.

I think that I shall never see - -

The Lone Tree

(by Sharon)

I am called the Lone tree by everyone around

I am here by myself as the rest of the trees

All were destroyed, rotted or fell down

I am here as a landmark as all you people can see.

Here I stand all alone and by myself

In the summertime heat and in the winters freezing cold

I'm here for a purpose besides being pretty and green

At least that's what most of the people are told.

Some years I have no leaves and am so bare

Then here I am and, "Surprise everyone!!"

I am all leafed out and have turned nice and green

I stand so tall and proud to enjoy the rain and the sun.

In the winter I am brown and very bare

This is the way God meant it to be

I still do my job when I am directing traffic

To those that don't know-- I am the directing tree.

If you are new to the area and not sure where to go

You are lost and have a need to find your way

Just call and ask and you will find

That the message is always the same, be it night or be it day.

The message will get to your destination

Just go to the "Lone Tree" and then you will know

That if you follow the instructions like you should

You will soon be right where you wanted to go.

Snow and more snow

Another picture out my front door this afternoon. It has snowed all day

today and it seems like it just wants to keep right on snowing. This is just snow in the weeds in the shelter belt

to the north of our house.

Now I think this is really pretty. I don't dare tell Jerry
what I think though as he doesn't seem to like snow
very well. Go figure.

A couple of bales of hay just waiting to be fed to the cows.

The days of North Dakota

Yesterday it was a beautiful day. Today it is snowing and blowing. Winter storm warnings in

parts of North Dakota. Some roads are closed.
Now I ask you, "What would you prefer, sunshine or snow?"