Lamps, Warmth,Food,Electricity,,Blessed

Good evening friends. We are getting hit hard in Georgia again in a matter of a few weeks. This time I am thankful our state was more prepared ,however this time for us in our part of the county, it is ICE. We have yet to see snow,but it is to come later in the evening.

As I sit by the roaring fireplace, hearing the sleet outside the window, there is such a calm, quite, feeling here at the home place. Mr. P. is home from work{they closed the plant} and he is happily working out in the shop, Holly and her family are safe at their house. They did loose power earlier in the  morning but it was quickly restored.  All is well.

But there are many in our county who have it really bad. A huge tree has fallen on the carport of my friend's house and many are without power already.  I feel so blessed and thankful for all those who are out on this dangerous day to restore power to all the homes without. And also to all the workers who are going hours and hours to keep the roads clear, and of course all the emergency workers who never gets time off during a storm.

Which brings me to my post today.  Everyday we go into a room, flip a switch and immediately we have light. We wash clothes, bathe, cook, and stay warm. All these things we so take for granted until we are faced without them in a time of crisis. We  have been warned by officials that loosing power will most likely take place.  So yesterday I prepared food that we could reheat on camp stove, grill, or use the fireplace.  Being blessed to have kept power  thus far today, I have again busy in the kitchen.  If you want to come back a little later, we will have hot peach cobbler and some coffee.  But,,,,, the roads are almost white. And even though most of you are use to all this winter weather, here in GA. we are not and you might not want to meet some of our drivers out in the rural area where I live.

I do love my electricity. To get up in the morning and turn on all my lamps, and put a tart in the tart burner, well it just helps to make a house a home.  I have been so thankful to have had my lamps on all day and the tart that is burning is one of my favorite, butterscotch maple cream.  Yummy!
Thought I would share some pictures of some of my favorite lamps.  Enjoy the pics.

 

Do you like the wax sleeves that go over the little candle lamps? I love them. It's hard to tell but this one has saltbox houses and willow trees.   You will see another later.

 

 

HeHe,,,,Talking about our ice storm , and notice the greenery and little chick in the wooden bowl. Some days you just need a little Spring in your life!!

 

This sleeve is  my favorite.  It has pineapples on it. I want one for every holiday so that I can change them out.

 

Little year round tree that I have moved into the bedroom.

 

Hope you enjoyed visiting with me this afternoon. If you are in the path of yet another winter storm, please take care and be safe.  Can't  leave you without sharing a picture of the ice and sleet that is falling here at the home place.

 

 

It is so pretty, but just praying that we will keep our power.  Forecasters are saying we have many,many more hours of this and snow to follow. Yep,,, thinking of moving even further south.  This is NOT Georgia winter weather.  UGH!!!

 

Until next time.