Here and There

 Well, darn it, winter is still being wintery 'round here, go figure... We got more snow yesterday and temps were in the teens this morning... just a few inches of the white stuff. 

 Sadie the hen took two steps outside, took a good luck around, said Oh, Hell No.... and strutted right back inside the hen house where the cozy coop heater is keeping the flock warm.  Star, peering out from behind her, took the hint and jumped back up on the roost without placing a mere toe in the snow. 

   That's kinda what I've been doing every time I attempt to catch a little of the news. Try as I may,  I can't ignore the twilight zone that currently occupies the White House.  It's like trying to look away from a bad accident, you're just compelled to look back upon it as if you're not convinced this is really what it appears to be.    Wow, by absolutely anyone's standards, I don't care who you are or on what side of the proverbial isle you stand, or if you stand in the middle of the isle, outside in the hall, up in the attic, down in the basement or way out in the backyard with your head in the sand... this is all so bizarre.

Onward.  

    I've been playing with my new camera lens and eventually got a few moon shots I'm pretty happy with... one was an evening shot without a tripod so there is blur from the slight motion of holding up a camera with a really big lens...  

 And a few days later - this morning at 7 a.m.,   a moonset over the hill behind the barn...  The tripod makes a huge difference when you're trying to capture clarity... see the craters below?  Amazing when you think of the distance between me and that moon,  what a camera can do?  

    Meanwhile, down at Stella by the sea, another photographer who catches some beautiful landscape shots on the shoreline took this awesome photo in our cove... that's one hardy clammer right there at very low tide.  

        Speaking of the cottage and cove - On one particularly cold afternoon I made this sea glass tree to hang on the wall down at the cottage. It was surprisingly easy to put together, the simple materials not expensive at all,  and I love  sea glass displayed in a way you can see all the pieces.  When the natural light hits this piece, the  sea.and.salt  tumbled glass looks beautiful.  If you've got sea glass you'd like to create something with, Pinterest, that great time suck, has tons of ideas. 

           It's superbowl time! Do you have a favorite?  I'm a Patriots fan.. they have many many fans, and just as many haters, funny thing.  I had a football boyfriend in HS and our team back in the day was incredible - our senior year was a shut out season and in a burrough of NY, there's a lot of talent.  Currently one of our schoolmates has just been taken on by the Giants as a defensive coach.   I went to every single game wearing one of  the BF's ratty old jerseys, cheering like no one's business in the stands with my friends.  It's how I came to truly understand and love the game itself, except for the violence in those tackles.  Yes I know, there isn't one without the other, truth. 

     Here's a recipe I'm making tomorrow, it's always a hit and great superbowl fare if you're serving it up.  Easy to put together too, we can all use some -easy-, no? 

Pillsbury Antipasto Squares... recipe HERE. 

 Go Pats!  Let's hope the commercials are not political and just plain fun or inspirational. We could all use a little of that... 

  Have a good weekend, all -