{SOULFUL RELATIONSHIPS - Celia M. High Heeled Life's Contribution}

What a joy to receive this excellent short stories book: ADVENTURES IN MANIFESTING about SOULFUL RELATIONSHIPS! Even more so since dear blogger friend Celia M. High Heeled Life & Resilientista wrote her story in it as well. She sure is and remains a Blogger I Admire! So glad I took advantage of the pre-ordering in September before it got published...

Indeed; Featuring Celia M.

You can read about her fatal accident and her story in my post: {"A Blogger I Admire" - Celia from High Heeled Life}

Celia knows a thing or two about wrapping things in a very special and meaningful way.

Peace and Joy it did bring to our home!

Thank you again dear Friend!

Here it is on page 137...

Had to put a rose birdie paperweight on top for making the page lay 'still'...

Love her enclosure card too! 

Very stylish, the way she is; a true Fashionista.

For anyone wanting to obtain this lovely book, you can still order it!

Just go to the link: Resilientista

{Pipe under Brick Walkway & Trench for Water Control}

On December 9, husband Pieter did start with the next Water Control project under supervision of our felines. You will see cute pictures below. This time he managed to place a Pipe under the Brick Walkway & digging a Trench. That way we for sure manage to get rid of the water that runs down the street and now into the trench and downhill into the creek instead of towards our front porch...

December 9, 2013, preparations for getting through the soil, under the concrete and brick walkway.

Tiggy–Tiger is sitting in the planter; studying HOW TO... she will soon find a solution!

Barty joins his adopted sisterTiggy–Tiger so they together can supervise their Papi as he's doing his back breaking job.

The trench got dug, now trying to get through to the other end by running the hose inside a pvc pipe and making the soil soft for bumping it through.

A rather muddy job...

Well, here comes the team! Barty the eldest cat–man with the youngest cat–girl Speckie following  with her tail up and tiny Tiggy–Tiger also follows her adopted sister. They soon will tell their Papi what and HOW to do this!

All three of them inspect and THINK hard. How to get through there...

Luckily the concrete below was not that thick, only a foot wider than the walkway on this side.

Takes patience for softening it all the way to the center.

Speckie is trying to use the plastic bag like her Papi does;  to sit on your knees on it for not getting all muddy... Barty on the brick walkway.

Tiggy–Tiger is contemplating that probably not today we can get through. It needs time to soak and soften...

Speckie is now getting into the trench to look underneath and see if the water is coming through already...

It looks like it's kind of blocked somewhere.

Tiggy–Tiger thinks it is better to go now inside the house, nice and warm for enjoying a snack...

We just wait another day!

Waiting for four days... as it rained heavily the first day and than some more and next we got frost.

See, this ice had to be removed from the water hose before starting the same game all over again.

On December 14 of 2013 it got DONE!

One more part of the Water Control managed.

Neatly done with large tiles alongside beginning of trench.

Still two more projects to be completed... stay tuned!

Do your kitties also love to supervise projects?

It seems to have been a good idea for several others...

Related links:
{Our New Retainer Wall & Vinyl Picket Fence} | previous post showing you part I of Water Control
{65 Year Old Pine Tree Cut Down} | previouis post showing you preparation of Water Control

{Sunshine Walk & Deer Tracks}

On Sunday, January 12, it was very sunny so both of us enjoyed a Sunshine Walk. Below this post you find the link where I already did show husband Pieter... We were quite surprised for spotting so many Deer Tracks on the still muddy road from all the rain we had. In our neighborhood we regularly can spot deer, even in our garden we did find deer tracks.

Perfect for wearing our French Le Chameau rubber boots on the muddy road...

Together with my German Elkont ribcord pants and Escada cardigan over a silk turtleneck sweater.

 You see the deer track?

They visit our garden as well!

Very fresh in the mud!

The Sunshine was so strong that it kind of 'faded' my right sleeve of this red Escada cardigan...

But the sun's winter power already feels so good on our body!

Such a walk outdoors in the sunshine is good for making our vitamin D level rise.

Of course, far better even with bare legs and arms but this is a good beginning.

Of course you already know I love roses... this is the back of my cardigan.

Very hard to capture red in the bright sunlight!

These pine trees at least add some 'green' to the dreary look of winter.

Standing next to a tree that got toppled by a storm.

That too is nature.

Do you enjoy your walks?

Related link:
{My Hand Knitted Irish Aran Men's Vest} | previous post by me showing husband Pieter at same walk
{ROSES} | previous post showing the same vest...