Playing in the North country!

Have you ever tried to type with a cats leg hanging over your keyboard? Noodles, my BFF is always wanting to be close by which is fine with me but this keyboard thing is taxing! The other thing he has a penchant for is chasing the cursor while I type which I'm sure isn't good for my screen........ I do shoo him away when he does that. (Dad, BFF means Best Friend Forever in teen lingo)

We have been back on the trails this weekend. With plenty of sunshine and snow it makes for a fabulous time in the outdoors. Each winter I check on the nest that is growing bigger each year on the power line. These birds sure know how to construct, nothing blows these things down!

The grand kids and Cousin K like doing the hand signals when we ride. The front sled person signals how many sleds are behind him and the last sled person holds up a fist meaning there are no more sleds in the party. These are safety measures for all concerned.

We stop on occasion to stretch our legs and the kids have a juice box. I always have my camera ready of course.

We were on top of a big hill and it was so pretty looking down in the valley.

We went through several huge corn fields. Don't know why they weren't cut down in the fall????? Maybe they are rotating the crop and this field will have a few years off.

There were lots of people out on the trails as it was such a nice day. We arrived at the little mom and pop store, put gas in the machines, had a soda and a snack, took advantage of the indoor plumbing and were on our way again headed home. D was riding with me and started falling asleep so I put him in front of me instead of the back so that he could put his head down and snooze and I could have my legs and arms around him. I am not comfortable with them asleep on the back, it makes me nervous even though I know they can't fall off as there are armrests and a back surrounding them. Just a grammie thing I guess.

Don't you just love this picture? I've got to try to find out where to order a print of it. Anyone know???

My brother and SIL like to ice fish so they went down to the cottage this weekend. The ice on the lake is about a foot thick due to all our frigid weather. They had pretty good luck and caught several salmon.

One really exciting thing happened that SIL caught on camera. A HUGE bald eagle was circling over looking for food so my brother threw him a fish which he promptly swooped down and took! These birds can have an eight foot wing span and are gorgeous. We don't often see them at the lake but do here at home as we live right on the river and it never ceases to amaze me as to how beautiful they are!

This was the sunset that evening that they watched as they baked the catch of the day for dinner. Now that is fresh fish! :o)

Next week we head for the sunny south for a few days to attend a convention. I will be hooking up with my dear friend and buddy Needled Mom as she and her hubby are always at this convention. Incidentally this is where we met quite a number of years ago over breakfast one morning while the men were in their class. Someone said the word quilt and we immediately bonded! lol! I am about as far north as you can get and she is on the sunny coast of California but we always keep in touch and look forward to this time together each year. See you there NM, I will be the one with the mayonaise white legs!! :o)