Thursday, December 31, 2015

Goodbye 2015!

After days of rain, wind, and snow, we are having very cold, but beautiful sunny days. What a nice way to end the year.

The second the sun comes out the jackets go on and we hit the yard or go for a walk.

This week I set up my new bird feeder station:


Sometimes Nim still looks so young.


He found the one area with rays of sun and settled in for some chewing.


I set up the chair and studied. I didn't last long. The second you stop moving it is pretty hard to keep warm enough for the hands to work well.


Unexpectedly this year has ended on a major note of sadness for one of the organizations I love http://www.blinknow.org/. For those of you that follow my Instagram, you saw that I recently reposted a photo of the young boy Ravi with a dog. Like many of their supporters, we find ourselves loving these kids from afar. I don't know the circumstances at this time, but a post went out last night that Ravi has died (definitely sudden). For everyone that followed his story from his extremely malnourished start to the boy he is today, it was a terrible blow. I know I wasn't the only one that cried about a boy I know only through the love of the people that shared him.

I don't know Maggie Doyne (BlinkNow founder) but I greatly admire her and she is definitely in my thoughts. I appreciate her sharing Ravi with me (really the world). She is going into the new year suffering a major and life changing loss.

Happy New Year's Eve to everyone. One way or another the New Year always brings change and promise doesn't it?  

4 comments:

  1. Happy New Year! We still don't have any snow but our temps have returned to normal for this time of year. So sad about that little boy but what a wonderful organization.

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    1. Yeah, it has just been heartbreaking. This organization in particular has called my attention to some of the issues in Nepal that I certainly haven't been hearing about in the news but desperately need world attention. They do some good work.

      I think this is normal for us? I don't know. It is pretty darn cold, but not our worst January for sure. You guys have had a strange winter.

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  2. I love your beautiful outside photos, along with telling me how cold it is. :)
    I don't do Instagram, but I'm sorry to hear about Ravi.
    I hope you had a great New Year's. Each new day brings new things.
    Linda

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    1. I know you love it. :) I know you are my winter-deprived reader. You have a great New Year's too!

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