Saturday Smiles.

Got up at a little past five today. Decided it was too early to feed the ferals and walk Bandit. So I put on a pot of coffee and headed to the computer room to play some solitaire. Got a big smile seeing that Bandit had left his aardvark on the chair. The fur babies sure do make me smile and giggle. 

Add to that the fact that I made number one on the leader board for Sweet Shuffle on AARP games on my very first try - today is shaping up to be a pretty good day. 

We walked the Poop Trail down to the river bend on our afternoon walk. Saw this tree ornamented with what I think might be seeds from those invasive shrubs that are taking over the edges of waterways here in The Wilds. Mother Nature's way of celebrating the season.

Got in a rough, uneven 2.36 miles. Not much snow, but in the spots where the puddles go off the road and the weight of vehicles have passed through has broken the surface and sloshed it to either side of the tires. That ice has been thick enough to form shelves around the tire tracks showing the effects of freezing, breaking, and refreezing.  There are only a couple places at the beginning of the trail where you need to mind your step.

Not sure what to work on today. Have four more sets of holly leaves to embroider and then the berries. Would have been a lot easier to do before basting together with the batting. It's going to be beautiful when finished.

Won't be walking that far again today. Thirteen degrees now with a possible high of thirty one. With a wind speed of a mere three miles an hour the wind chill index says it feels like seven degrees outside. Too cold for the likes of me. Even with a mask. Bandit sure seems happier when he gets a bit of exercise in.