Icemageddon 2023

 It's the last day of January and we are in the beginning stages of an ice storm.  When we arrived back from Montana on the 28th, it was 71 degrees out.  Not anymore.  This is the sound I woke up to this morning.

Montana Winter Trip 2023 - Week Three

Week three begins on Saturday with breakfast out.  Mom suggested a new spot in Bigfork called The Stage Stop and it was very good.  Loved our food and hope this little place does well in the future.

Montana Winter Trip 2023 - Week Two

To start Week 2, Mister and I decided to get out and about a bit today.  He hadn't been to Columbia Falls so that is the direction we pointed the car.  It's kind of a dreary day, but there is still a certain beauty, even in dreariness.

Montana Winter Trip 2023 - Week One

 And away we go.  We are off to Montana for three weeks with Mom and I have the heaviest suitcase imaginable for a carry-on.  The idea of taking clothes up there and leaving them so that I wouldn't have to have a suitcase fell apart.  I have a quilt for our bed and multiple projects to work on along with gifts for a niece and nephew.  It's a crazy early morning departure once again.  By 4:15, we've left the house for the airport run.  The car had to be dropped in long-term and then security lines before we finally board the flight at 7.  WOW.  One good thing - the sunrise as we're leaving the metroplex. 

Jen's Family Visiting

 We have a super full house.  There are big boys laying all over the place and I love the fact that they are all here.  Jen's family arrived last night and we stayed up rather late chatting so this morning they are a bit slow moving.  I'm in the kitchen making scones and frying bacon, but they are all still in dreamland so I move about with my camera.

Downtown Dallas Delights - DMA, Cathedral, and More

 It's time to get out of the house.  Yep - Mister has realized that his days off are coming to an end and wants at least one day of adventure to show for it.  We have tickets to a new exhibit at the DMA so are making that our first stop.

Before we enter the exhibit, Mister points out a painting that he says would make a great quilt.  He's not wrong.  It is entitled Tridim T and is by Victor Vasarely of Hungary.  This work was done in 1968.

Weekend Getaway - Liberty Hill, TX - Day 2 - 3 (home)

 Good Morning from Liberty Hill, TX.  It is pretty chilly outside, but Mister is already up and checking out the property.  Do you see him?