Did you see them? Northern Lights...

 Northern Lights, similar to what we saw last night.

Last night after the Ten O'Clock News, Hubs told me that we would be able to see the Northern Lights for the next couple of nights round about midnight.  These sorts of things excite and thrill me.  I'm a watcher of the sky.  So after we snuggled into bed and talked about the day for an hour, I asked if he would like to join me outdoors to see The Lights.  We pulled on our jeans and sweatshirts and walked out through the crunchy cottonwood leaves in the yard to see what we could see.  There they were!  The greeny-blue curtains of light on the northern horizon.  We decided we might have a better view up on the hill towards the mailbox, so we drove up there and watched some more.  The lights would spike and send green runners up into the sky and then fade away.  It was lovely, but not as impressive as some other Northern Light Shows we have seen in the past.  Maybe tonight it will be even prettier.  I wish I could have taken a picture of them for you, but I am not that savvy with night time photography so I'll share a few pics from Google with you.  Here's a little blip on the Geomagnetic Storm that causes us to see the Northern Lights.

This sky is similar to one we saw back in the early 80's when we were just married a year or so driving home from Canada.  We stopped and got out of the car to take it in.  We really did think that Jesus was coming back, riding on the clouds of light.  Imagine streaming red, blue and orange through the ribbons of light and you would get an idea of what we saw back then.  I hope you're up with us tonight watching the sky!

Strawberry jam and a pink moon...

Yesterday my daughter-in-love and Grandangel, Hazel Peach, and I made strawberry jam at their house while Frank Sinatra sang in the background. It's a tradition we have -- playing Sinatra while making Strawberry Jam. I didn't do very much stirring or jamming or anything. I mostly played with Hazel and we read a book together, Good Night Moon. I got to take one jar of jam home and let me tell you.....it tasted like spring had sprung. I nearly ate the whole thing on my morning toast, but I resisted for the sake of the rest of my family. However, I did take the last of the uneaten fresh strawberries on my counter, added in a few frozen strawberries, and made a small batch of jam of my own. As you can see, I licked the pot clean!



This evening after chores, l@@k what came up over the snowy horizon...
A Pink (nearly-full) Moon!
Tomorrow night is the real Full Moon.
Tonight at 10:15 p.m., it is -8* and I'm staying up to check the heifers and lambs before going to bed. It's going to be so cold out there, but I'll bundle up really well. Poor lil babies out in the cold. Good thing they have mamas to cuddle up to -- warm and snug.