Another New Year - Does It Seem Possible?????

 

My husband, Ken, and I marvel that the years seem to pass by faster every year.  As we both approach our 76th years,  we have so much less to do each day, but the days still seem to go so fast.  On these cold January days, I guess it's good that they go fast, although the cold gives us different things to think about.  The birds need fed and the sidewalk needs shoveled.  Christmas is over, so the decorations have to be taken down and put away.  We make our bread in our handy, dandy bread machine a couple times a week, and have developed a schedule of our favorite TV game shows - and football games.  Santa brought us a nice Chinese Checker game to enjoy this year, and we're trying to follow the One Year Bible again this year, too . 


So, there's lots to keep us busy, but perhaps one of the things we enjoy the most costs not a penny.  That's watching the edge of our thicket very carefully about 5:30 every day.  That's when 5 deer visit regularly, coming gingerly and watchfully our of the underbrush, nibbling on grass as they make their way to our big oak tree.  Here they forage for the acorns for an evening snack.  Soon they glide across the road and disappear beyond the neighbor's house.  When snow is on the ground, we can tell by their tell-tale tracks that they come back during the night, sometimes venturing close to our house.  Mixed with the bunny tracks, they treat the snowy yard like a huge canvas, etching out their movements that the sun will eventually erase.