Sun bursts and dogs

 On Sunday afternoon I headed over to flippin' happy home and more decor.  It is a small shop on Washington over in Grand Forks North Dakota.  It is where Jen consigns her artwork and some of my crochet items...she was working and the shop owner was there and gave me permission to take some photos. 

This is the piece that I helped Jen paint a few days ago.  It is just beautiful! 

I will be showing photos of the shop from time to time...it is an interesting place. 

It snowed here and then turned cold.  

The sundogs were out.  Here is a photo of one sundog.  They almost always signal really cold weather.

Stay warm! 

Far Side

Sundogs

 We had sundogs on Friday morning.  I took a photo out the dining room window. 

We got a phone call that our Income Taxes were done....so we decided it was an okay day ( better than next week when it will be bone chilling cold) to go to town to sign the proper papers and pay the bill.  We could cross something off our list of things to do! 

It was blowing a bit out there.  

In the morning she who sees robins first dropped off our mail and in the afternoon she dropped off venison soup!  It was delicious and had lots of carrots!!  I had it for supper, Far Guy had a small bowl of soup with his lasagna. 

Friday is usually catch up day around the house... I did some laundry, dusted and cleaned the bathroom...had a nice nap in the afternoon. 

Far Side

Dogs

It was so cold we had sundogs.  We are NOT  expected to climb out of the deep freeze any time soon.

We sure enjoyed our grand dog company.

Miss Miney and Little Elvis were at the groomers.  They wake us up early and boss us around...after their visit to the groomers they were real tired.  They kept Far Guy company whilst Jen and I went to Bingo with my Dad...good thing we took him along as he hollered bingo twice!

Nice to have sleeping dogs to walk around again if only for a few days!

Far Side

Sundogs

There were sundogs yesterday. They usually show up when it is really cold.  It turned cold…our high for the next couple of days will be a minus high.   I hate those days. The least it could do is be above zero.   I use my old point and shoot camera on really cold days.  There were sundogs on both sides of the sun.


We got very little snow out of Winter Storm Hunter …maybe two inches of snow.

The front yard is sparkling white again. There are seven inches of snow at the snowstick.
I have been working on some all ocassion cards…watercolor…doing a bit of exploration into a few different techniques…in other words …playing.  I am not quite sure where the time goes but it seems to go by faster and faster everyday.
We will be staying home for the next few days…the windchills will be horrid.  I ventured out last night to take my Dad to Bingo…we each bingoed twice so we can go back again next week.  It was –20F or  -28C eh!  when I got home safely.

Ornament Winners

We are having a winter storm today.  It began snowing yesterday.  The wind is supposed to blow and visibility is supposed to be very low.  We will be staying home.

The other day when it wasn’t snowing we saw a sundog.

The sun is off to the far right just at the edge of the photo.  Sundogs are usually seen on really cold days…sometimes there is one, sometimes two on each side of the sun and sometimes they are connected by a circular thin band of pink.

I will get the ornaments mailed off to the winners as soon as the weather clears.

Red and Kansas Kay!  Congratulations! 

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Thank you everyone for sharing your favorite Christmas Memories!

Sundogs

It turned cold.  I knew there were sundogs out there.  My other baby brother called to confirm it.  Chance and I took off.  I just grabbed my zoom lens not my wide angle one….how stupid was that.

This sundog pillar was quite tall.

Sundog on the left and the sun just out of the frame on the right.

The other sundog was not as tall and harder to see.

Sundogs are ice crystals that are picked up by the suns rays.  Think rainbow but only partial and without all the colors.  Although I have seen sundogs ring the sun.

Far Guy thinks he has the flu now because he aches all over.   He had the flu shot and it was the special one for those over 65.  He might be a tad better…but not much.

I suffered through the mid part of the day with my ear buzzing and fluttering so I finally gave up and had a nap.  That ball of wax that is 64 years old just doesn’t want to give up the fight…it must be attached to a really really long ear hair.  Needless to say nothing Christmasy got done.

Snow and Sundogs

We got some snow that came in sideways.  About two inches of the beautiful “stuff” is at the snowstick.  Then it turned cold.  You know it has to warm up to snow?  It does.

Looking on the bright side it isn’t brown or grey it is white.

Did I say cold?

Here in Minnesnowfreezeyourbuttofota sundogs means it is a tad chilly… these are sundogs I captured at sunset on January 9 2015.   We went out for a very late lunch early supper because we couldn’t stand each others cooking anymore.  Our favorite place to eat in the boonies is up for sale…hope it doesn’t sell for a long time.

Just one of the sundogs showing off.  Sundogs are cause by ice crystals in the air that are refracted horizontally.  They are also known as mock or phantom suns.

Sundogs are fun to see.  I just had my little point and shoot camera. I don’t lug my big girl camera around in the winter if I have to leave it in the vehicle. (Moisture and condensation..yuk.)