Cold but Happy

Ghana

Many of you know that my daughter (Jen) and son (Ben) are in Ghana, Africa.  They are coming home soon, and I will be overjoyed to see them, but I also understand that their time in Ghana has been beneficial for them as well as the people of this region. You may be interested in reading about their adventures:

      http://erbesghana.blogspot.com/

Spread Your Wings and Fly Away

                                                                  
                                                              Back in the Saddle Again....

Snowy Evening

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

                                                      Whose woods these are I think I know.
                                                      His house is in the village, though;
                                                      He will not see me stopping here
                                                      To watch his woods fill up with snow.

                                                       My little horse must think it queer
                                                       To stop without a farmhouse near
                                                       Between the woods and frozen lake
                                                       The darkest evening of the year.

                                                      He gives his harness bells a shake
                                                      To ask if there is some mistake.
                                                      The only other sounds the sweep
                                                      Of easy wind and downy flake.

                                                      The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
                                                      But I have promises to keep,
                                                      And miles to go before I sleep,
                                                      And miles to go before I sleep.
                                                               ~Robert Frost

'Wouldn't it be Loverly'

   A late winter evening snow provided a beautiful heavy white canopy and at least one more opportunity to cross country ski.  However, with temperatures of 50 degrees predicted for Sunday we should be back on the water before March roars in next week.

Strange Seasons

                 

'Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.'   ~Thoreau

Perhaps it's global warning, or just time for a mild winter but winter in Iowa this year has been more like a prolonged spring.  The lake already has patches of open water;  I'm curious when the wildflowers will bloom....and, I'm thankful I'm cleared to kayak.  

Sunrise

                                                             
                                                       February Sunrise at Lake Red Rock

                       
                                                        Kayakers Breakfast at EXPO 2012

Big Sky

                                                         

Soft Fog in Winter Woods

                       

                                          'Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves
                                                    that not all of life is black and white.'
                                                        ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Afternoon Reflections

                                   
                                                  
                                                  Solitude - Near Peterson Pitts, Story County

Cedar Waxwing

                                                               
      'God loved the birds and invented trees.  Man loved the birds and invented cages.' 
          ~Jacques Deval, Afin de vivre bel et bien.
 

[HD]Sheep Herding Dog

This is funny.....it figures that the dog is a Portuguese Water Dog.  Everyday is a party when you're a PWD; this sheep is pretty funny too.  I didn't know they could run that fast!