Back to the simple style

First good snow of the season now. I shot a short video and here it is, just click on the photo below and the short video will play. The ground is all white now, about an hour after I shot this video.

From Drop Box

Ohio Baldwin Christmas Slide Show

Here's a link to a slide show of our Christmas

Joan Owen Christmas Card

We got a Christmas card from Joan Owen and thought you might get a kick out of the info she shared with us:

"Hi - It was great to see you again Herb and renew old memories.  It was also great to meet and talk with out Kathy.

Would you be interested in a subscription for the American Welsh newspaper Ninnau?  Of course it is all in the English language - very few of us specak Welsh in America now.

Let me know and I'll get one for you."

and she wrote inside the card ... "Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd dda"

We/you, if you're interested may be able to subscribe to Ninnau online or buy an issue or two via your Kindle?

Have a Merry Christmas, (it's Thursday afternoon and I am done for the week now) Going to have "brunch" with Stu and Sara tomorrow (Friday) and then Christmas Eve here with David and family after candlelight church service to open some gifts and have chilled shrimp / crackers & cheese / wine

Christmas morning church service then back home and David and family coming again to have a traditional Christmas ham dinner with all the trimmings.

Trying back to the "Dynamic" blog style

Just looking for something new and not so boring, so I went ahead and changed back to the "dynamic" view.  To write a new post, you should see a small "pencil" graphic in the upper right hand corner.  Click on the pencil and this will open your post composition box.

You can also click on the tabs (upper left) and change dynamically the view of the posts.  I kind of like "magazine" view myself.

Was up to 60 degrees today but rainy, now the rain has stopped and down to 34 later tonight, so I've fired up the wood stove.

Continuing to cut up, split, and stack firewood couple times/week.

Kathy's job at Rite-Aid is going well, she enjoys it and between her 16 hours/week and her school retirement, the cash income is just about the same as when she was working full time at the school.

OK, going to go watch the national news now.  Nitey-Nite for now.  Hope you don't have any problems posting with the new design.

Sad Day for Stu & Sara

Here's what Stu wrote in an email earlier today:

"I once read something to the effect that the difference in life span between dog and man is one of the cruelest inequities in life. I am more painfully aware of it today than ever. I lost my little girl, my best friend yesterday. We put Kyla to sleep. Sara and Mom and I were with her in the end. She celebrated her 13th birthday last month and had a wonderful life with us. She was deeply loved and will be deeply missed. Kyla and I lived a lifetime together, and unfortunately for me, it was her lifetime and not mine."