quiet time in Door County ~ 2013

I guess I should never ask anyone to hold their breath before I get back to this blog. But honestly, it wasn't my fault. Lots of problems with blogspot. So, here I am, ready to share some thoughts about life, my loves and any other random thoughts that occur to me. We are at the Rushes, in Door County, Wisconsin, again. We spend six weeks here a year,spread over several seasons. Winter was my first love, watching sparkling snow flakes drift lazily down from the cedars as I cross country skied through our woods adjacent to our condominium. I had recently read a book about the existence of angels, and in the silence of the woods, the snow suddenly fell glistening from the trees. What more proof do you need of heavenly attention than a burst of unexpected diamonds softly covering your head and shoulders? And that's the way it has gone over almost 30 years. We come in winter, ready to face the frigid Wisconsin winter ahead, envision spring as we see just the beginning of a thaw in March, return joyously to a warm summer in June, look forward to a golden September week and finally end the year in November with the grey skies marching with us into the Holiday season and into all those November, December and January birthdays with which our family is blessed. Four of the ten grandchildren have arrived while we have been here. Some pf them have even been able to spend their birthdays up here occasionally. We've celebrated a wedding, close by in Shawano, Wisconsin and came here to continue the celebration. Our entire gang joined us for a gala week in 2006 when we celebrate our 50th Anniversary. And now, a new era of Door County fun begins as Mark and Laurie have purchased a cottage directly across the lake from us! Kangaroo Lake will see even more of this family as tome goes on. Laurie and M ark are working on the cottage this afternoon, and will come over here for the Packer Game(of course!)and some chili. We'll be 'home base' until they have the renovations that are proposed done. So, Mahan is sitting near the fire, studying for her AP American History exam and with her help I have finally caught up with xomargo blog. Let's hope it isn't another year until I let you in on my life again.