Keeping Warm

All cats like to be warm...mine are no exception! Look closely at the photo & you can see the bricks in the lower right part--that's the platform for the wood stove & Tuck likes to be as close as he can! Somtimes he sticks his head underneath or curls up behind it! Does it look like they'll be fighting soon? Well,it was a rare occasion --they started grooming each other! The gray cat ( Squeak) is 12 & Tuck is 15 & up til 6 months ago there was always other cats in the mix & these 2 weren't the best of friends & it didn't matter.....

Was happy to catch this "on film" as we would say in years past.......

Merry Christmas!

These are the preliminary shots for our family Christmas card from 1950....Ann, Judie & Susie Lou the cat! Not sure if my sister was laughing or crying because the cat stuck her in this one! She was hard to get to sit still!

And the finished product! Notice--no cat! I'm sure the colorized version was just for th 8 x 10 my parents got. Note our strange hair color--yellow on top of the brown?!

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas & Happy healthy New Year! And thank you all for your friendship over the past years--may it continue for years to come!

Looking Out My Back Door.....

A few early morning shots out the back door

Love the pink in the sky--it doesn't last very long!

A Family of Readers.....

We went to MA. to celebrate with my family this past weekend. Had a great time--the ride back wasn't great because of the snow in eastern MA, but after an hour of driving it cleared up--only took an extra 45 minutes. We opened presents on Sat. afternoon--everyone got books and settled in to read very quickly! here's my brother and his son.......

Alan with one of his new books......
Me and one of the great books I got--the new Sandra Lee slowcooker cookbook...

And Alan showing off the new "old man" sweater ( his term!) that my Mom got him for Christmas!

All Smiles--Guess We Got What We Wanted!

Christmas 1955 with our new metal doll suit cases. I think we had Ginny dolls and lots of fabulous "custom made" ( by Mom , Aunt & Gramdma) doll clothes.

On the road again.

Leaving in a few hours to visit my family ( brother, sil, niece & nephew & my mom). We trade off years going to each others houses to celebrate the holidays, but tougher for Mom to travel so we're going up there.
New housesitter this year for vacation, so he's doing a trial run this weekend---should be fine--he's been to the house numerous times so the animals are acquainted with him already.
Big snowstorm coming--they just changed it so we're now supposed to get it tomorrow afternoon & evening instead of Sunday--that's great --should be over by the time we hope to drive home.

Now off to organize everything we are taking!!

What a Treasure Trove I found!

These photos are great--from 1950-1955 there are lots of me & Judie...My brother was born in 1956 & then most of the photos are of the 3 of us or just him.........These are from 1952 The stocking were hung.....