My grandson’s first ever snowman. Actually, we decided to make a snow-woman. I don’t know why the project went in that direction, but there you have it. He did a great job!

It snowed again last night. We at least 3 or 4 inches on the ground, with the prediction for more today. This is a lot of snow for us. Poor Dottie does not like to get her feet wet, so wet AND cold is a definite issue with her.

We had enough snow for our grandson to actually sled down the hill in the backyard. We had to get creative about what we had on hand that could be pressed into service as a sled. A boxtop worked pretty well.

As summer comes to a close, every year they have a very bad fire season in the western part of the United States. Now they have fires starting in California and Arizona. When I lived in Arizona every year we would have fires on Mount Graham, most were caused by lightning strikes but a few by discarded cigarettes or badly managed camp fires. I could never see having a fire so big that it was in danger of getting away from us when we went camping. Lets hope they get the fires under control very quickly and no more fires are started this year.