{"id":894,"date":"2008-01-23T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2008\/01\/snowfall.html"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:27:33","slug":"snowfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2008\/01\/snowfall.html","title":{"rendered":"Snowfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Flamingo11708.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158717998267155666\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Flamingo11708-246x300.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/snowstormJan1708.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158717757748987074\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/snowstormJan1708-300x200.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>There are so many blogs on the web. I wonder if anyone is interested in mine?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Life in the country continues&#8230;.we watch the young male hawk fly over our fields and hunt through the millet for mice. We enjoy watching the other birds too, although the turkeys haven&#8217;t been back soon. I&#8217;m busy planning the elaborate gardens for the spring, including the vegetable garden. Now to find someone who knows how to preserve food so they can teach me!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are photos taken on January 17th. This was our first honest to goodness snowfall in the country. It was lovely watching the snow&#8230;.then it turned to ice, and then rain. But at least some snow stayed on the ground for us!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Between work, and working on our home, we ordered a ton of new books to read&#8230;.Medieaval poetry, earth science, and religious topics again. John is going to need to start building those bookshelves soon.<\/div>\n<div>Not much to report now, so enjoy the photos!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many blogs on the web. I wonder if anyone is interested in mine? Life in the country continues&#8230;.we watch the young male hawk fly over our fields and hunt through the millet for mice. We enjoy watching the other birds too, although the turkeys haven&#8217;t been back soon. 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