Beautiful day with the sun shining!

  Cold and bitter but sunny! I have been trying to get motivated to write again but it has been hard. Too much sadness in the world and sometimes hard to ignore.
  We've had a wonderful winter so far. Been very mild but dry. We need rain now. Of course.
  Jeanne is limping around with a bad hoof. May be foundered from way back. Last year was the first year her feet were half way decent since we got her. Tim thinks he can get her back in shape in about 6 months. June, give or take. I'll work with her when I can and in the meantime I may give Jo a try. That'd be something. She's not had any one on her in several years but I bet she remembers. David just about ruined her for a bridle but we do have a hackamore. He was a big mistake but we can work through it with Pat and Linda.

  Our insurance is still messed up. The pharmacy just called. Good Grief!
  Still haven't heard from Dez.
  Athena had her baby on the 9th. Wilson Cornelius - healthy little fella and mom's good too.
 Was planning a basket class for this month but now it looks like it will be in Feb or Mar.. it will be a basket similar to this one:

  Just a small square or rectangular one with a handle. Cheryl would like to try one of these to see which she likes more. She has made an egg basket.
  This is a notepad basket made by someone else as I don't have a picture of my regular baskets. Lots of egg baskets as they are my favorites.

Look at all that venison! Ralph gave us a haunch and there was probably 10#'s of meat on it. I had to de-bone it just to fit in my turkey roaster. Was just wonderful.

Here's some cashew chicken I made for Tim minus the cashews haha....thought I had some but alas .....was almonds......

I made toffee over the holidays and some peanut brittle too. Both were good. Not quite Aunt Kathryn's but close - on the brittle...

Some days are diamonds.