update

I am having problems with this system, but I can give you a written greeting from damp, chilly, and cloudy Texas. We shouldn't complain comparing our weather to what has been going on in the lower midwest, but it sure isn't the kind of weather we come south hoping to find.
We are fortunate to have a good heating system and friends and activities to keep us busy. I have been going to a 2 day a week computer class besides our exercise sessions(those have been held inside for the past 2 weeks). Last Thursday we went with our SD friends to a concert of the Army Air Force Band. They were really good and had a variety of numbers that showed off the fine instrumentalists they have.
We are feeling guilty that we were angry with Maggie for almost a week of nights when she kept rousing us with meowing. We took her to the doctor yesterday and I was right when it finally hit me that she's an old lady like me and was having a bladder infection. One day of medication and she slept all night without a peep last night. Having had the same problem several times in the last few years i could really sympathize. I am still hoping to get back to being able to add pictures but in the meantime keep warm and dry and have a good winter season whatever it is.

News from Texas

We have been having some lovely warm days, but the cold front that has been up north is coming in here tonight. Of course, that doesn't mean below zero like Bemidji has had, but it will be around freezing at night and highs only in the 40's for the next 4 or 5 days. It will be rainy and damp, but in another week it will probably be a lot warmer again.
We attended a wonderful Corpus Christ Symphony Orchestra program last night. They had two winners of a young persons violin and piano competition that was held earlier. They were in their 20's and the young man played the Lizst piano concerto #1 and the young woman played the Mendelssohn violin concerto. They have great futures. We have tickets for two more concerts, one in Feb. and one in March. Our neighbors who are from SD went with us and we had dinner at the Outback before the concert. I am going to try to put a hummingbird picture on this blog but it may not work. We are having wonderful sightings of hummers, goldfinches who come to feeders right on our windows. Try to keep warm. It worked!

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Here we are at our New Years celebration. I am using our neighbors computer on high speed to finally get a picture on the site. Happy New Year to all of you. We are doing well and keeping busy. We are warm but you guys haven't had very cold weather either, Keep in touch, Love from the oldies down south