Brrr....It's Turning Cold!

It was so cold in the mountains this weekend...
I told Rob that if we were ever to retire here on a year round basis...



I would get into my pajamas on Columbus Day....
...climb into bed and not come out again until April!

...April is usually when the ice on the lake finally disappears.



The frosty air made me want to come inside by the warm fire...and begin to think about indoor activities...baking, art projects, family games...



and snuggling up in warm wool blankets with furry friends....



Well, maybe not this fellow...but certainly our faithful kitty, Starla...

...Now back home I'm bringing my plants indoors as we are expecting colder temperatures here too! Looking forward to staying home this weekend and getting things organized around here...kind of nice to slow down and stop traveling for a while...
What are your plans for the upcoming weekend?

Fun and Games

When I was growing up my family spent a lot of time at the lake house where we still choose not to have a television.....Countless games of Monopoly, Scrabble, PIT, Hearts, Mastermind, Trivial Pursuit, Compatibility, Boggle and even Pretty, Pretty Princess have been played around my grandmother's old oak table and next door at my parent's camp.....





Happy, happy times were had...lots of laughing, lots of chocolate chip cookies and brownies consumed.....







Consequently, in my travels to the thrift store or flea market, whenever I spy an old monopoly game or a deck of cards or a bingo or scrabble game or anagrams or dominoes or dice.......I cannot help myself and usually bring it home with me..... as long as it is a dollar or less of course.....I use some of the game pieces in my art projects and the cards or game boards for display purposes as some of the graphics are really fun and interesting but a lot of this collection is simply stashed........always at the ready to be called into play and have fun with! Do you have a favorite game?