New Wine

I bottled the 2025 wine

 

Old Snow

Marc blew a path to the pond

this is old snow, very firm and a lot of it

Looking forward to see water instead of ice

 

Worship Paint night

there were quite a few people

we all got paint a brush and paper

Nicole was our instructor

I sat at a table with other newbies 

first you were supposed to paint a background

I also splashed some paint on mine to get some drops

we also had big papers for practice 

Nicole challenged us to paint the outside

of a flower first, called negative painting

all ages were represented

kids had fun 

I tried to make poppies

didn't look much like the example

but it sure was fun

On the way out I looked at Nicole's examples

they're very pretty

 

Sledding

Esmee's happy place

If you are wondering 

yes, there's lots of snow around

 

Monday Laundry Day

Monday must be the official Laundry day

even with -14C to -20C

It's outside, I feel for the women hanging it out and taking it back in

Thankful for a clothes dryer

 

Hoar Froast

it's -20C and we had fog

the trees are beautiful

a thick layer

of hoarfrost

with all the white snow banks

the sun makes it almost blinding

love it!

 

't Woud

Olga took some pictures of us 

Here we took our wedding pictures 

44 1/2 years ago

different season

of life and of weather

 

People

hoping for tourists to ask for a ride

no helmets

no limits on people on a moppet

not many women working at the resort

but they are in town

not very colorful

guys also wear dresses

traffic is never boring

old enough to drive

time for prayer

visiting while driving

lots of people fit in a pickup truck

I got this picture from another member of our group

 

On the Road

We're home, I loaded some camera pictures, so I'm posting some more

our convoy to Luxor

It's an old law to have to go in Convoy formation

There are also multiple checkpoints on the way

at every dirt road crossing there's a checkpoint

for those leaving the main road

Lots of loads are in a tight wrap

tomatoes for the red sea coast

where nothing grows

this is a fun load

Camels

we saw a lot of these trucks with a board coming down between the wheels

It seemed mainly to be used for socializing

some old fashioned way of transport

we saw lots of these too