missing these guys

and all the fun and noise they bring.....way too quiet here.

fresh

This is my go-to word for the time being.  I'm feeling a need to make things look fresher in our house, to eat fresh veggies and fruits, to start some things over (fresh).  Admittedly, mostly, I want to wake-up our tired-looking house.  It looks fine, but I hate the cloudy gloomy wintry mood that comes with this time of year, and the lack of sunshine is spilling over inside also.  There's not much sunlight in the house (totally miss that about our old house) so that doesn't help my mood.  So I'm trying to counteract that with some fresher, brighter colors here and there.  Now, I do LOVE our neutral walls downstairs because that gives me a backdrop that can remain the same while I change out accents, etc.  So that will not be changing (much to Brian's relief!).

So, I got some girl time with Amber this past weekend and we happened upon this fresh bright pot at Hobby Lobby.  Love it.   It's perfect and just needs a tall plant now.  I'm thinking I might go get another one for outside, too, since it was looking pretty awesome out there before I brought it in.

bald eagles

We went to see the bald eagles in Clarksville this weekend.  They come to this part of the country during January - March while the water supply in Canada is frozen.  We were fortunate to see a live presentation about them before we went down to the river front to try and spot some with the binoculars that our friends had brought and the telescopes that the Conservation Department had set up.  Really neat to see them perched in the trees.  I've been telling my class about them this week.....their wingspan can be up to 8 feet long!  And their nests are sometimes 8 feet wide and 4 feet deep.....that's a big bird house!