Ups and Downs……

Markings in dry clay disappear
Only when the clay is soft again.
Scars upon the self disappear
Only when one becomes soft within.
Deng Ming~Dao

The past few days have been a roller coaster of ups and downs, so I am a little late at getting to one of the "up" portions of our week.

On Sunday, we headed west to bring Hannah back to Plymouth to finish her second semester of her first year.  Ashley, lives so close and I had a little something to bring to her, so we decided to head up for a visit.  Usually it's one of the girls that I show on the blog, but since Brian was making some delicious mocha toddies to chase away the chill it was his turn…Mmmm, they were SO good!  Thanks Brian!

It's no secret that it has been cold, cold, COLD up here, actually it's been pretty cold over so much of the country.  It's only January, but it feels like it should be Spring pretty soon, doesn't it?  Ashley and Brian's little family of pets however know just how to stay warm by huddling around the radiating wood stove.  Little Romeo however did manage to singe the tip of his tail, silly cat!

Eventually we had to pull ourselves away from the toasty wood stove and away from the good company, but we were treated to an amazing sunset when we got home.

Hopefully the rest of the week is going to be filled with more "ups" 🙂