On Christmas morning, I was awakened about 6AM after not getting to sleep until close to 1AM. I finally dragged out of bed at 6:15AM because I thought my son was doing stoves. We’d agreed to do stockings and presents early, so he could go to sleep.

On Tuesday Christmas Eve Day, it started to snow shortly after I got up around 6AM. I got stoves going and the post up. By then it had stopped snowing so I went out and swept the walkways and steps. My helper friend would be here at 9:30AM.

I was up in the night Sunday night putting another blanket on the bed. It was mighty cold! When I got up at 6AM on Monday morning (because I didn’t want to get out in the cold) this is what the north side thermometer read.

One of the geraniums is still floweringI was up at 5AM on Sunday morning. I got the post up, cleaned up the kitchen, swept the steps and walkways, vacuumed the addition where I’d made a big mess tending plants, potted up the amaryllis, and did a few other jobs.

I was given this amaryllis on Thanksgiving. It was the first time I’d had a waxed bulb amaryllis. The idea is the wax preserves the moisture and the bulb has all the nutrients for flowering. You aren’t supposed to do anything to it besides provide filtered sunlight, just enjoy it.

It was snowing lightly again when I got up on Saturday morning. Tiny dusting flakes but a lot of them. So they did make about an inch or so more snow on the ground and haze in the distance. It stopped about 8AM or 9AM.I had a lot of help in the laundry room pulling up shades and finishing laundry.