Quiet/Cold...13º

I wake in the night to the house creaking...Just one of the "kids" coming downstairs to the bathroom, I think, and go back to sleep...Hours later I wake up again, more creaking, but now I realize it is just the temperature changing, making our old house creak...The "kids" left for home two days ago and Herb and I are still getting readjusted to the quiet that surrounds us...After a week of celebrating the Christmas Season, cooking, eating, candy making, snow shoveling, cards, board games, puzzles and laughter, we settle back into our routine, with memories of another year gone by.

We have lived in this old house for 43 years now, the place we call home...It was a bone chilling, cold week, so our time outside was limited to only necessary trips to the local store...One day warmed up enough for a freezing rain, which kept us even more house bound...Rusty left on Tuesday morning, only to spend about 5 hours, waiting for highway 84 to open, arriving in Bend after 7pm that night...Bobi and Ci left Wednesday morning, with mostly sunny skies and clear roads...It is good to have them safely home and us enjoying our quiet, warm, creaky house...The days start to lengthen and the weather will warm up, I'm enjoying the foot of snow still on the ground, a real winter...Hugs To All...OWAV:)

A quick photo on the deck!