• 1st: New baby bunny. Writing challenge begins!
• 2nd: Dishes. Laundry. PD #1 on 31!
• 3rd: Dishes again. Laundry again. Dyed eggs!
• 4th: Researched credit card payoff options and Medicare.
• 5th: Cleaned camper.
• 6th: Unproductive Saturday
• 7th: Blue-winged teal on the farm pond! Chili dogs with nacho cheese, toasted buns, and fries.
• 8th: Happy 21st! Total solar eclipse (92%)
• 9th: Why can't I get anything done? Watered plants.
• 10th: DL renewal (21) at WVDMV/K. Ponderosa gone?!
• 11th: JDN GSB, Tornado Watch
• 12th: Bday (21) party for son! Cleaned camper.
• 13th: New game...here we go again!

• 1st: Cleaned camper.
• 2nd: Slept in. Bad idea.
• 3rd: Pond visit! First purple crocuses in bloom!
• 4th: Beautiful sunset clouds!
• 5th: First white crocuses in bloom!
• 6th: Goodbye, old green manure spreader tank!
• 7th: Found large moth cocoon hanging from tree twig.
• 8th: Cleaned camper. Taxes done.
• 9th: Rainy day
• 10th: Winter Storm Warning, Wind Advisory
• 11th: Feeling nostalgic today...
• 12th: Flowering quince budding!
• 13th: Interesting sunrise
• 14th: Sibling dinner. First daffodil in bloom!
• 15th: Cleaned camper.
• 16th: Ordered normal/small longhorn plush set.

• 1st: Beautiful snow-covered landscape up the mountain to pick up my prescription. Hardly any snow at home.
• 2nd: Cleaned camper early. All three local groundhogs predicting an early spring.
• 3rd: Baked chocolate chip brownies. Made peanut butter ice cream.
• 4th: Pond visit. Lots of deer out feeding today.
• 5th: Took cattle to stockyard.
• 6th: PD start.
• 7th: PD #2, very heavy.
• 8th: Sinus headache. Beautiful sunrise!
• 9th: Cleaned camper. PD light.
• 10th: Sinus headache. Other side. Ibuprofen. Freaking out again over November 1st.
• 11th: Internet out until 3:47 PM. Yummy supper!
• 12th: Sibling dinner. Going empty-handed again. Migraine zigzags this morning.
• 13th: So tired! Wintry weather is back. Sno...

• 1st: Happy New Year! Potato Drop! Washed dishes. Cleaned out refrigerator.
• 2nd: Ordered corner metal shelving unit. Ordered pine mug set.
• 3rd: Can't go shopping for a few groceries, not even for tomorrow's family dinner?! I dread going to these things empty-handed.
• 4th: Sibling dinner. Houseplants not doing well. Nature journal not turning out as planned. Still want to buy those things I thought I could resist. Feeling very down and overwhelmed this evening. Surprise uplifting music.
• 5th: Morning photo session: sunrise, snowflakes, frosty plant/glass. Cleaned camper. New shelving unit arrived.
• 6th: Winter Storm Warning. Wintry mix of rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow. Fave storm chaser near my hometown.
• 7th: No church services

• 1st: Tough decisions must be made.
• 2nd: Don't second guess yourself.
• 3rd: Stuffed strawberry French toast with scrambled eggs and bacon for lunch. Treated to meal by son and his girlfriend.
• 4th: Monday. Enough said.
• 5th: Where'd all this snow come from?!
• 6th: Still snowing a bit...
• 7th: Somerset trip to WCE/JD. $100.00. Hereford oopsie! Cool Jersey/Holstein heifer.
• 8th: Cleaned camper.
• 9th: N.W. wedding. Tornadoes struck TN.
• 10th: Rain changing to heavy, wet snow. Asked about small neon orange duffel bag with black/silver gray straps, but it's already reserved. Ordered laundry supplies, toilet paper, and batteries.
• 11th: 3.5" of snow overnight last night
• 12th: So many livestreams to choose from today!

• 1st: Sunday drive in blue UTV. Fully caffeinated chipmunk noises. Headache. Panic. Prayer.
• 2nd: Anxiety. Loan offer.
• 3rd: Concert.
• 4th: Pumpkin donut -- yummy! Of course, that showed up today.
• 5th: Happy birthday! Stepped in a non-water puddle.
• 6th: Cleaned camper. Trying to resist the urge to order something that wasn't in the budget.
• 7th: Found a salamander in the sheep water bowl this morning! Dishwasher drain overflow.
• 8th: Birthday dinner! Ordered community calendar.
• 9th: Blah. Bored. Headache. Sleepy.
• 10th: I don't understand people.
• 11th: Pond visit! Well, he's not proposing today...
• 12th: I'm so tired. Why can't we have a norm...

• 1st: August?! Where did summer go?!
• 2nd: Hair cut
• 3rd: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth on phlox!
• 4th: Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on phlox! Cleaned camper.
• 5th: Pond visit! Counted 5 cows, 5 heifers.
• 6th: Heart-shaped egg :)
• 7th: Severe weather? What severe weather? There's no severe weather here today! Beautiful sunrise, though...
• 8th: Volunteer sunflower (the little one!) blooming in the backyard near the bird feeder!
• 9th: Yuma, CO EF3 tornado
• 10th: Hoof trimming today.
• 11th: Morning trip to town. Sheep mineral feeder.
• 12th: Frequent, persistent, long rumbles of thunder, followed by lots of cloud-to-cloud lightning and heavy rain.

• 1st: Tired and bored. Day #3 of pd.
• 2nd: Feel like a blob. Need new clothes that aren't raggedy. C'mon, it's the 4th day of this...slow down! Amazing nighttime thunderstorm!
• 3rd: Irritable and grumpy. Beginning of the dog days of summer.
• 4th: Hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans, honey watermelon...yum! Small town fireworks display...same ol' stuff, but better than nothing.
• 5th: Still irritable and grumpy. Watching YouTube to ease anxiety. Didn't sleep well last night until after taking ibuprofen for sinus/tooth pain. Slept without blanket.
• 6th: So hot!! What is up with this bad mood? Another night without the blanket.
• 7th: I want to write, but I just end up staring at a blank screen.
• 8th: A new story? A glimmer of hope. Misse...

• 1st: Nature journal theme "color." Chose Carolina Allspice shrub as topic. Spotted red fox, female wood duck, and great blue heron, to name a few, at the farm pond.
• 2nd: Cleaned camper. Nature journal theme "texture." Chose bark and leaf rubbings. Followed Case tractor from home to out on the Ridge in the blue Dodge truck today. Talked to cousin.
• 3rd: Nature journal theme "aroma." Chose to list some of the most memorable scents I could think of in nature and draw little icons to represent them.
• 4th: Nature journal theme "song." Writing bird song and frog call mnemonics and listing some of my favorite nature sounds.
• 5th: Nature journal theme "flavor." Drawing little icons of some of the most memorable wild foods from childhood and writing about them. Pd. #1
• 6th: Nature journal theme "movement." I ske...

• 1st: Filled main bird feeder with fruit/nut seed blend and cracked corn. Put out three suet cakes: blueberry, apple, and peanut. Bought new hummingbird feeder. Pretzel pizza! Wintry mix of precipitation: rain mixed with snow/sleet.
• 2nd: 2 pairs of evening grosbeaks! Snow, occasionally mixed with rain. Schools on 2-hour delay.
• 3rd: Brain Freeze Day. Baltimore orioles at backyard feeder (2)! Repeat of yesterday: about one inch of wet snow in the morning, melting, but ongoing snow flurries. More peeks of sunshine today, though. Heavy afternoon snow giving way to rain showers. Accumulated snow melting. Feeling hurt by son's FB post about people he turns to when life is falling apart.
• 4th: Rain with intermittent sun. RB Grosbeaks are back! Red fox in the backyard.
• 5th: Ruby-throated hummingbird & eastern gra...

January

• January 1st: Dog parade float
• January 2nd: Mini holiday cupcakes
• January 3rd: Morning outside the camper
• January 4th: Cat sleeping with paw on my arm
• January 5th:
  • Sunrise clouds
  • Frosty plant
  • Frost crystals on snow
• January 6th:
  • Frozen burger pkt.
  • Icy black birch catkin
  • Icy rose leaf
  • Icicle on bird feeder
  • Ice-glazed black birch branch
  • Clouds and drizzly fog/mist
• January 7th: Snowy backyard scene
• January 8th: Red couch cover fabric close-up
• January 9th:

• Light of a Clear Blue Morning (01.03.24)
• My Last Name (01.04.24)
• The Darkest Hour (01.04.24)
• Monday Morning Church (01.05.24) (A)
• Because He Lives (01.25.24)
• I'll Rise Up From My Grave (02.03.24)
• Who I Am (02.16/17.24)

• 1st: Mixed emotions. 5 weeks. Important question. Answer unknown.
• 2nd: Carbs, carbs, and more carbs! Yikes! I wish my brain would stop trying to find something to worry about.
• 3rd: Cleaned camper. Motivational holiday music.
• 4th: Washed dishes.
• 5th: French toast and sausage for breakfast!
• 6th: New radiator cap is really taking the scenic route getting here.
• 7th: Cancelled WB yearbook & Christmas book via phone call.
• 8th: Hair cut. It's never too early to enjoy listening to Christmas music, is it? You can't take it with your time here is over.
• 9th: Deposits ready to go. Washed dishes.
• 10th: Morning slush! Cleaned camper. Way out of order, but done. Irritable.

• 1st: Cleaned camper. Washed dishes.
• 2nd: Ordered the rest of my Amazon wish list.
• 3rd: UTV ride or plumbing? Plumbing! Purchased main items from Walmart wish list.
• 4th: Thankful that the steers get to stay a little longer! Ordered coffee syrup dispensers.
• 5th: Why didn't you just wait at the end of the driveway like a normal person? Thanks for the anxiety attack, lady. Did y'all have fun gossiping about me later? Who goes fishing on a Tuesday evening?! I needed a pond night after what your cousin just did to me.
• 6th: When the ambulance siren is followed by the sound of a helicopter flying overhead...
• 7th: It would be nice if packages would arrive when the delivery service says they will.

• The Great I Am (01.01.23)
• God Is Still Good (01.23.23)
• He Gave His Life (01.24.23)
• Probably Wouldn't Be This Way (01.25.23)
• My Lord Is Taking Good Care Of Me (02.01.23)
• Ten Thousand Years
• Redemption Draweth Nigh
• When I Get Carried Away
• A Few Good Men
• Long Live Cowgirls
• Good Ride Cowboy
• One **** of an Amen
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
• Country Roads [TT Parody]
• I Don't Know [TT Parody]
• I've Never Been This Homesick Before (August)
• A Man Holdin' On (To A Woman Lettin' Go)
• Oklahoma (September)
• Austin
• Because He Lives
• Going Home to Spend the Day With The Son

• November 1st: Issue that had been stressing me out for the past 6 years resolved thanks to M's 3-hour phone call to 8 different people.
• December 24th: Heartfelt note from son's girlfriend.

• 1st: Carolina Spring Beauty in bloom at the edge of the woods in the upper corner of the backyard!
• 2nd: Family Easter dinner -- why? Easter isn't until next Sunday.
• 3rd: I need a nap. Naps. I need naps.
• 4th: Farm pond morning!
• 5th: Another farm pond morning! High of 80 degrees! Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10 PM. Nighttime thunderstorms -- 2 Special Weather Statements. Around 8:08 PM and again around 10 PM.
• 6th: Cleaned camper. Watered plants. Productive day!
• 7th: I feel like a failure as a mother.
• 8th: Our son's 20th birthday party (and his "birthday buddy!")
• 9th: Happy Easter! Easter dinner at Hemlock Acres Farm
• 10th: Migraine zigzags. Farm pond afternoon.
• 11th: Farm pond afternoon. Cute lamb pics. ...

• January 1st: Yummy New Year's Day foods!
• January 2nd: I successfully resisted the urge to buy two more cat plushies. My husband agreed to let me get the metal corner shelving unit for the pantry.
• January 3rd: The shelving unit shipped and is arriving early!
• January 4th: Hot roast beef sandwich with fries and brown gravy.
• January 5th: Snowflake photos! Groceries! Shelving unit arrived!
• January 6th: Winter Storm Warning. Wintry mix. Tracking on 2 of 3 missing/delayed packages updated!
• January 7th: Coconut cream and chocolate pie
• January 8th: Two missing packages arrived.
• January 9th: Got to use a few of the small boxes I saved to organize the laundry room cabinet. Stunning rainbow! So bright and glowing!
• January 10th: New pantry shelving unit in place

• autumn leaves (tree species and their fall colors)
• butterflies & caterpillars (butterfly life cycle?)
• clouds
• feeding station details (feeders, foods used, bird bath, etc.)
• fireflies
• frogs & toads
• june bugs
• ladybugs
• seasonal birds (winter/migration/summer)
• seasonal changes
• state park visits (history of?)
• storms
• woolly bear caterpillars (w/winter weather folklore)
• rosy maple moth
• national moth week
• imperial moth
• hemlock looper/mournful thorn moth

• January 1st: Happy New Year! Baked butterscotch chip cookies.
• January 2nd: Flickr subscription issue
• January 3rd: Isaiah 41:10
• January 4th: Paid bills.
• January 5th: National Bird Day! #1M
• January 6th: WB wagon #2H
• January 7th: Ice cream cake #3M
• January 8th: Philippians 4:6-7 , soft tacos #4L
• January 9th: January sibling dinner. Walked home. #5L
• January 10th: Brain can't math today
• January 11th: Thyroid medicine refill, Paid clinic bill, toothache?, river ice training
• January 12th: Finished and posted January story
• January 13th: Friday the 13th, groceries, snow
• January 14th: Watered plants. African violets blooming!
• January 15th: Balanced checkbook (Nov. statement), debit card declined
• January 16th: MLK, Jr. Day

• 1st: #4L, PM panic/anxiety, laundry (my clothes), Beau got loose this morning
• 2nd: #5L, headache that refuses to go away, BM
• 3rd: Woke up to migraine zigzags around 7:15 AM, and the order I've been looking forward to arrived this morning around 11:30 AM.
• 4th: Laundry (my clothes)
• 5th: Either no one told me, or I forgot, about today's family gathering...for the whole family! Husband brought me a plate home. Pipe froze and busted in camper. No water in home. Main room of camper flooded.
• 6th: Water pressure comes and goes. Got a shower. Made coffee. Flushed toilet. So far, so good.
• 7th: Beau (dog) got loose. Again. Annie (dog) hid, but stayed close.
• 8th: Sad. Depressed. Frustrated. Anxious....

• 1st: March is coming in like a lamb here. Clear, sunny, and warm!
• 2nd: Overnight thunderstorm rattled the framed photos hanging on the wall above the couch. Purple crocuses in bloom. Saw two American robins. Baked a strawberry gelatin poke cake with homemade strawberry whipped frosting.
• 3rd: Wind Advisory. Very strong, gusty winds. Old playhouse tumbled. Roof damage to blue barn and niece's dog's kennel.
• 4th: Just another Saturday... Not as windy, despite High Wind Warning.
• 5th: Farm pond visit, friendly cow. Sheep!!
• 6th: Warm, sunny day. Cool cloud and fungus photos.
• 7th: Annual spray meeting. Financial confusion.
• 8th: Sick! Right side and lower abdominal pain. Nausea and vomiting.