Christmas Gift Opened - Love it!

It came in the mail, so I opened it...

From my sister, Barbara, (She always gives me Harry Potter things.) a Hogwarts pop up book!!!! I love it, Barb. Thank you so much.

 These are only 3 of the pages, made to open out all at one time.  There are two other pages that I will show at another time.

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The plant is now dubbed the "Whomping Willow".  It's actually a pomegranate that has lived there since we moved here because sunshine shows up there on occasion.
I'm still discovering new things about this gift.  You may be seeing more on this subject.  Tune in next time.

Hugs,
Terri

Blizzard Pictures

We've been entertaining a blizzard named Ezekiel. He dumped a bunch of snow and is still snowing.  Winds were 35-50 mph, but have now subsided. Neighbors are out shoveling and the neighbor boy is shoveling for us!  (We are in our 70s and not so healthy.)

Here are some pictures from the house.

Our back porch stairs...

 

The ironwork on the back porch - there isn't a square inch that the wind didn't deliver some snow.

From the family room window through the blinds. (The @!#$%& blinds you can't move within the panes of glass.) Snow on everything.

Another window view.

 

I guess we got the 12-18 they were predicting.  We stayed in. Luckily we didn't lose any power.

 

The kicker = winter hasn't officially started yet.

 

Hugs to you all.

 

Terri