What A Day!

Star is on the front peak of our woodshop.....I love stars!

These are Amish made from near here....they use re-claimed barn roof metal....I painted this one myself...

The next picture (below left) is a couple things I just put together.....

one is an old pulley and the metal hanging basket is some sort of mineral block holder for cattle or horses.....DH's dad said I could have it if I wanted it (shaking his head wondering why and what I wanted with such a thing) it makes a great flower pot holder/hanger...... :)

Well......

Good Morning Blogger Friends,

I hope each of you are doing well and staying cozy and warm!

The power was off here yesterday and a LARGE portion all over......the town nearest us was TOTALLY without power for most of the day!

Even Wally World was closed!! The local AM radio

station we were listening to on our battery weather radio said that officials were telling folks to stay off the roads unless you were in an emergency situation.......

I wasn't able to get on and post yesterday......about

2:00 AM Wednesday until 5:30 PM lastnight we were without electricity.....Praise the Lord (and I did!) it came back right at dusk lastnight.....

Our neighbors and DH's parents power all came back on when our's did but they all lost power again about an hour or so after it came on and all of theirs is still out, except for one neighbor across our road!

Their daughter's family lives right slap next door and they don't have power either......that's odd....??

I am SOOOOOO THANKFUL ours is back on!

I shouted words of praise outloud when it did!!! :)

We fixed DH's parents a sausage and biscuit this morning and took them a thermos full of hot fresh coffee.....DH went up to take another battery up in order to get their generator going again....no he and our DD have gone into town to get more gas for the generator......

I'm so proud of how my husband takes care of his parents needs.....I am always reminded of what the Bible says about honoring your father & mother.....He does a great job honoring his....he's their only child and he really does look out for them.....they are some very strong people....neither of them just sit back and let others do for them......they are both hard workers......Poppy is always busy working on something, feeding the cows, or helping DH or the kids with something.....I am blessed to have wonderful in-laws!

I called yesterday morning to check on my parents to see if they had lost their power.....

They live about 15-20 minutes from us......my dad said they had electricity and were making it

just fine.....he had two kerosene heaters on stand-by and they have a gas log fireplace that they've hardly used....I was so relieved they had electricity and were doing good.....the roads were a solid sheet of ice yesterday and I did not want my dad to get out and it would have been hard to get to them where they live.......lots of hills.......

Here are a few more pics I went out and took this morning.......

The holly tree beside our house has red berries this time......lots of 'em!

The view from my kitchen door......over in the neighbor's field (below).

The view from my kitchen windows facing out the front.......(below)

This limb fell yesterday from the big old oak in our yard......

It sounded terrible when it fell, it actually stuck in the ground making a hole then fell across the pic-nic table DH's dad made....thankfully it did not hit the house or damage the table.....

This is the big oak tree (below) it's a beautiful tree but it's had a hard life......

Since we've been here it's been struck by lightning at least twice and has places on the bark to

prove it......parts of it are hanging towards the house......I cringe when the wind gets up.....

Most of these trees are hickory trees.......this is what is ALL around our home.....they are VERY TALL TREES........

Can you see why I had a hard time sleeping with all the ice and limbs falling in the night???

I just kept praying they wouldn't hit our home/shop/woodshop/garage and such.....

PTL they didn't!!

I am going to put on a huge pot of chili for lunch and take to our friends/neighbor's (the one's from PA) She has laryngitis and her daughter and her five small children (under 9yrs. old) have

been staying with them since yesterday morning.....they are within walking distance of us and still are without power......the lineman just came by DH's parents to ask if they had electricity....

They are having a hard time figuring out where the problem is.....these guys have worked so

hard these last few days and I've heard some have gone without much sleep if any and having to climb ice-covered towers to work on the problems......

My heart goes out to them in times like these....I keep them and all the emergency workers in my prayers throughout each day.....they've really done a great job and have so much still to do.....please keep them and all folks in that line of work in your prayers......
DH took our neighbors another kerosene heater and our Coleman cookstove.....I used it

all day yesteday......it was a big blessing!

We had sausage patties and homemade biscuits (I was rolling and cutting them out by coal-oil lamplight!! LOL!) for our breakfast and I did breaded chicken strips and Ramen noodles for lunch.....I know that may not sound too great.....it was pretty doggone good to

us and it at least it was hot and warmed ya up!!!

DD stayed in her room and played most of the day, by a couple oil lamps I put on her desk and on her chifferobe....she said she kind of enjoyed it for a change....at least for a little while....

It's times like these that make you appreciate what you have even more and how much you appreciate and love those around you..... :)

Stay warm and safe all!!

Backwoodsprim