“January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow.” – Sara Coleridge, ‘The Months’

January 1

Let’s go for a walk

New Year’s Resolutions 101.1: Exercise more

New Year’s Resolutions 101.2: Eat better

This is why I don’t make New Year’s resolutions

January 2

Snow!

January 3

Heavy wet snow

Maybe four inches?

In these parts here, we measure snow by eyeballing the accumulation on the deck furniture

Oh yeah that’s at least four inches

It was a beautiful snow

It started to melt by late afternoon when the sun came out

January 4

Granddaughter Ella likes to pretend she’s a doctor sometimes, so we got her a doctor’s coat

January 6

Snow! Again!

Covered the roads

Our resident squirrel enjoyed the peanut butter

He’s the only one we’ve seen so far this winter. Not sure where his buddies are.

“Winter perches like a bird. Wings tucked in so the soul is heard.”  

~Angie Weiland-Crosby

Once again eyeballing the deck furniture measuring standard,

I’d say this is probably four inches give or take a flake or two

January 7

Neil, Kerry, Kelly, Knox, and Ella went sledding in the hilly woods

across the street from our house

January 11

Granddaughter Shelby enjoyed several weeks off during Christmas break from college classes

Ocha, our fave Thai food deli, is a must go-to when she’s in town

We don’t get to see her much these days so we enjoy spending time with her when we can

January 14

Grandson Elijah is loving his art class and doing very well,

judging from the looks of his pencil drawing

January 16

Got snow? Here comes round 3
I’m probably in the minority here, but I like a snowy winter

January 17

Neil got out, once again, and scraped off the snow and ice so we could go do this ….

… brunch at Grandma’s Pancake House

Ella’s favorite Disney movie is Frozen

She loves dressing up like her favorite Disney princess Elsa

So Ella and mom Kelly took advantage of the latest snowfall

to do a Frozen photoshoot which turned out perfect.

Elsa Ella was very brave and for just a minute pretended she was not really frozen.

Let It Go, Elsa! Time to go back inside!

January 22

Would you like some chili with your crackers?

They will give you two packs or they will give you twenty. There is no in between.

January 23

Neil and grandson Knox enjoyed hiking the trails around Burgess Falls

January 28

Anyone for round 4?

Schools closed after one o'clock in anticipation of snow, which was a good call

The snow started around three thirty and made for some slick streets

January 29

As you can see by the deck furniture measuring standard, this one didn’t amount to much

Jaggedy zigzaggedy

I don’t think I’ve ever seen icicles melting this way

January 30

Neil took Knox and friend hiking around City Lake

January 31

Epic sword battle between Ella and Grandpa this afternoon
I don’t know who won, but there was no bloodshed or broken eyeglasses

“Here she comes!”

She loves to watch the page inch out of the printer and onto the tray

She’s into all things Disney princess right now and picks out the pictures on the internet

that she wants to color—from Snow White to Frozen. And with every page,

she exclaims, “This is my favorite!”

When I was her age the only two so-called Disney princesses were Snow White and Cinderella.

Am I old, or what? Never mind. I already know the answer.

January hurried by in a snow white flurry

but left us with a beautiful winter sunset