January 2023

January was a cold and snowy day!!   We woke up on New year's Day and found a wet heavy snow had fallen, (only about 6 inches).  But it was so heavy that it bent over and pull one of my 13 year old lilac bushes out of the ground and bent over most of the other branches.  The rose bushes out front, were all bent over, hoping they survive.  Looks like we'll be replacing quite a few of our flowing shrubs this spring.

We continued to have lots of snow storms 2 or 3 times every week.  Near the end of the month, a friend of ours had extra tickets to a local community playhouse, so we went to see "Indiana Bones:", (yes you read right), at the Deseret Star Theatre.  We laughed and had a good time.  Other than that, it was a stay at home month.  Here's to a new year.

February 2023

.Another cold and snowy month...good for the water level.  The old time farmers used to say, "Snow in February, means good garden crops in the fall".  I'm hoping.

The first part of February, Dave and I went to Oahu, Hawaii for a week.

It was nice to get away from the Utah winter weather.  We took a whale watching boat tour, but didn't see any whales.  They had a "If you don't see any whales, you can re-book again for FREE".  Unfortunately, 2 days later the Trade winds kicked up, and small crafts were'nt allowed on the waters, so we didn't get to re-book the tour.  We also went to a magic show.  It was really good, a small, (9 people), audience.  Very up close and personal.  But I still couldn't figure out how he did the magic.  One day while at the mall, the "Kings Grand Hawaiian Bank" was doing a lunch time performance.  We found some great seats and had a wonderful performance.  And it was free.

5 Days after we got home from Hawaii, we woke up to 24 inches of snow.  Dave cleaned our drive and walk 2 times, and some wonderful neighbors, brought her children and her sister over, and they even shoveled it once, (so grateful to them).  It just kept coming!!).  No one went anywhere.  The governor issued a "Stay at home" alert.  So - we stayed at home.  We got more smaller storms on and off the rest of the month.  I know I'm sick of winter, but we sure do need the water.  The ski resorts are reporting over 56 feet of snow - so far!!

Be safe friends and family.  And start making your summer vacation plans.