Do you remember April 2024? It was the month of the sun's eclipse.
Where we lived, it wasn't a total eclipse, but it was still a momentous occasion. And amazing.
If you have been reading Willows Cottage blog for very long, you will know that I am a beach girl. While I love the mountains and the trees, my heart is at the beach.
Looking back on last year, March 2024, I was sifting through photos from our road trip to Outer Banks, North Carolina, which we took with our Coffee Couple, T and S. Now my heart yearns to return and soak in the beauty of the ocean, the sand, the surf.
When we were at the Air Force Museum yesterday, we had our photos taken. Usually, we refuse purchasing those pictures, but it was Warrior Boy's birthday.
The Professor, Tall Boy, Willow, Warrior Boy, Younger Daughter, Her boyfriend.
(Tall Boy's Mom didn't go with us. And neither did WB's sister.)
And now we are expecting another snow storm. On top of this snow from yesterday.
Be safe!
Welcome to 2025! We woke this morning to a winter wonderland. And it's still snowing. This first few days of the new year have been busy. But I'm thankful I can be busy. Here are my Fave Fives from this week. This link Friday Fave Fives will take you to where you can join us.
1. I have been going through all my photos from 2024, deleting some, editing others. This thought keeps coming up to me: How blessed I am to be living an active life surrounded by beauty and people I love. I have had opportunities to travel to places I never ever expected I could visit. I am so thankful!
2. Older Daughter always has the week between Christmas and New Years off from work. That has given us extra time to spend with her this week. One day, we enjoyed an afternoon of coffee and conversation with Dr. Mike (our son who is visiting us for a few months) and her. Honestly, I just love to sit there and listen to them chat and discuss how to solve all the problems of the world. I wanted to take a photo of them, but I also didn't want to interrupt the conversations.
3. I finished that black scarf I was weaving. It looks good. Pictures and details coming soon (when I can get some decent pictures.)
4. We rang in the New Year with a family dinner and watching people celebrate the New Year in Paris and in London. Watching 'the ball drop' in London at 7PM our time makes it easy to crawl in bed before all the fireworks exploded here in Ohio. That's the best way to celebrate the New Year.
5. Yesterday was Warrior Boy's fifteenth birthday! He wanted to have dinner (it had to be Five Guys and DQ for dessert) at our house. Then we watched a movie. Tranformers One. His choice. This is one of the few photos I took of him during our trip to England last June. He loves dogs. Those dreads...
Now we're off to spend the day with him today by visiting the Dayton Air Force Museum!
Be thankful. Be blessed. Celebrate a New Year.
Today is Warrior Boy's birthday. He is fifteen years old!
Photo below taken February 2024
It's 2025. January. I am thinking of posting somethin every day this month. We'll see how it goes.
I have been culling my photos and choosing which ones to keep. Since I often take photos while sitting in the passenger seat of the car while The Professor is driving, I have many blurry photos. pictures featuring trucks and cars that photo-bombed a shot of a barn.
I chose four photos from January 2024.
So...just before the ball drops and we greet the new year 2025, I wanted to just share a couple of photos I took of our Christmas decorations.
Okay
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
On to 2025!
I shall close out the year with this Irish blessing.
May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine war upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
