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Jan. 1
We hiked a few miles in Farragut Park today, from the park headquarters to the Buttonhook Bay lookout, and there is a tiny spring-fed creek that has been depositing ice on the nearby twigs during the subfreezing weather, so here's the first new year's photo:

Jan. 3
We're having some of the wetter warmer weather predicted by the weather service due to the La Nina year. Ordinarily the lake would be frozen over enough for snowmobiling, but most of it is open water with only the Mill Pond having a couple inches of wet ice... Feels like March...

Jan. 5
Here's some photos and videos from the latest bluegrass showcase (our turn next month) http://www.sondahl.com/events/INBMAJan2019.html

Jan. 10

This has been the winter without a winter--we were down to bare ground, then got a couple inches of snow followed by a coating of ice, now back to melting down with highs in the 40's. They warned us this is typical La Nina for this area... Not complaining since it's less slippery and easier to keep the places heated with wood...

books read

Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart. Not as hilarious as the blurb at the top of the cover suggests, still a heartwarming bit of historically based fiction of a female family fending off a dastardly mill owner...

Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce. A lovely first novel set in the bombing of London WWII, both humorous and touching, with a taste of the film screwball comedy to offset the heavier moments...