Here's to 2010!

Happy New Year to you all! We are currently snowed in technically (although the 4wd will get us out if we get desperate) with about 8 inches of snow. It has been snowing here for about a fortnight, and quite frankly, now it's getting a little boring! It doesn't help living at the top of a hill either, so I am hoping the snow will kindly bugger off soon. It looks lovely though, and Lewis is having great fun, although it makes it a pain feeding all the animals. Plus the terrier is having snow problems-the snow is higher than him!

the garden this morning.

the other end of the garden

what I could see out the kitchen window.

Lewis and his snow duck.

I also saw this on another website and thought it was nice...

Perhaps a bit wiser,

a bit kinder, too,

a little bit braver,
a heart that's more true,
a touch of believing
I've not known before,
in joys I'm receiving
a little bit more.

A little more anxious
to reach out my hand,
despite hurt or problems
to still understand,
accepting the heartache
that life often brings,
a little more beauty
in life's simple things.

A prayer when I'm weary
as onward I trod,
a little more trusting,
believing in God,
'tis this I would wish for
within moments dear,
not a lot - just a little
this wondrous new year.

~ Garnett Ann Schultz ~