February Morning

So it is nearly the middle of February! I hadn't had the camera in hand in so long that I couldn't find it this morning. It was on the shelf, the one with the unopened paint can and stir stick resting on it since last Fall. I've pushed that shelf into oblivion consciousness, out of mind, out of sight. It works! No procrastination guilt at all. Only trouble was finding the camera that had disappeared from my mind's eye with the shelf! The mind is a powerful thing!
So February.... It is a cold, bright, sunny morning. My first photo on the camera is of my jar of yogurt. I hadn't made yogurt in a long time. This jar must be a sign that I'm settling in. I started the raw Jersey milk heated to 115ºF with a quarter cup of Brown Cow Yogurt. I placed the warm jar of milk in synthetic dishtowels in a large insulated lunch box in the cupboard by the gas furnace. It was 24 hour yogurt. It is not real firm but delicious with a mild, creamy flavor. It didn't need organic maple syrup, but who doesn't like dessert all the time?

Cousin Steve brought his partner, a licensed electrician, and we got some new, "safe" switches and outlets last week!

The kids are preparing for Valentine's Day. Grammy and Grandpa gave us the little light balls that we strung on a string of Ikea lights I had. Tomorrow we have a "Family School" Valentine's party, so the valentine industry must happen big time in our home before the day is out! They'll be exchanging with about 24 other home-schoolers their age.