Five-Minute Friday: Welcome

I don't remember my mother ever feeding the birds though  all the parsonages had good-size yards.  She wasn't much for outdoor life but her  smile welcomed anybody and everyone to her home.

I'm not as welcoming to people, but then I'm not the preacher's wife, but the preacher's kid who grew up in a fish bowl yearning for privacy.

So I feed the birds instead.  They don't ask any questions or make any judgments; as long as there is food during the cold weather, they are happy.  So I welcome them to my front yard.  However, I can be gracious to humans and at those times, my mother's upbringing kicks in and I am the welcoming lady of the house.

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Corner View: Twinkle

 Our mantle with Christmas decorations twinkling in the dark.

 Here, the lights twinkle on the tree inside as the deer eat outside.

 Our outdoor lights.:

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Odds and Ends

I got all the old photographs sorted and packed  together for scrapbooking.

There is a whole box of more stuff to put in Dad's POW scrapbook. 

I set aside photos to give to my cousins of their mothers.

I also bought a small binder and protective page covers,

so that I can make notebooks for my kids

of some of Dad's sermons.

I took time throughout the process

to pet and play with this sweet cat and this lovable, goofy dog.

We have a regular visitor twice a day to our yard and bird feeders.

I leave her food out in the yard,

but she usually is a bit greedy and munches at the feeders.

She always leaves some though!

Hope you have a great week!

Out of School, Watching the Wildlife

This is my classroom before I cleaned it up and put/threw stuff away.

My last day was a week ago today on the 30th.

I went back in this past Monday to finish my room.

I am officially off school.

Woo hoo!

Two different wildlife sharing the corn.

I know I'm not supposed to  put corn out, 

but they leave the bird feeders alone during the day 

if I put corn out.

I take the bird feeders into the garage at night.

There is only this young deer and one raccoon

plus one squirrel.

We did have a chipmunk,

but I found him belly and face up,

 quite dead, on our back porch yesterday.

Apparently, Scruffy is a hunter.

She has also given us one mouse

and one mole.

We didn't let her outside at the other house,

but we do here.

With 8 acres and the fact that Scruffy and George have been indoor cats

for 10 years,

we are okay with them being out for a little bit at a time.

They don't venture far from the house,

and they are absolutely not allowed out from dusk on

due to coyotes.

Here are some close ups of the young deer.

And now . . .Mr. Raccoon.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!