Shopping for a Christmas Tree

Today we went up into the mountains for our Christmas tree.
Here is the "lot" where we settled on one. What a beautiful day,
about 6 inches of snow on the ground, 35 degrees. I love being
up in the mountains, no paved roads, rarely see another
person.

NOTE: Sorry about the color of the pictures, my camera
is in real need of replacing, the trees really are green.

We went to the top of the first range, you can see the second
range behind Kirk, with our little tree.














Some of the work Kirk has been doing this year has been at
cow camp, in the second range behind him. The crew has been
rebuilding a house back in there for the cowboys to stay in
while they tend the herds.

A rare picture of me......we are so blessed to live here. I can not
tell you how alive I feel when we are up in these mountains.














It feels as if the rest of the world does not exist when your
up here, what a breath taking place.















Here is our little tree, dressed up in Christmas pretties.
We are excited to be going to CA. for Christmas to see
our family, to do some much needed hugging, snuggling and
neck kissing.

Wood Stove Cooking & Spoiled Kitties

Wood Stove Cooking:














Back in October we had early snow, 2 weeks of snow storms. During that time we also had a short (4 hrs) power outage. It occurred to me that it would be a good idea to try cooking on the wood stove that keeps us warm. So I found my dutch oven and put it on the stove with water to see if it would get hot.....it boiled nicely.

So the next day, out came the onions, carrots, celery, chicken, noodles and broth. The soup simmered nicely on the stove all day. It turned our really well and once the cold weather returns I will try cooking on the wood stove again.














The kitties in our house have become very spoiled. It used to be that they were not even allowed in the house, now they have taken over the sofa. Here is Missy Mew taking her afternoon nap in my chair (I cover it with a sheet to keep the hair off). She looked so cute I just had to share. Me Moew, has his spot as well, so when you come to my house and see sheets all over my sofa it is because of the kitties. LOL.