2022 Is Almost Over!!

 Hallelujah! 2022 has been a tough year on the Fink Family Farm. It did not improve in December. A wicked ice storm was followed by  a vicious wind and rain storm that toppled the lawn llama. But llamas are tough and ours has come back to welcome in the new year.

In one break in the rain (there haven't been many), I went for a walk with Nightingale and her dog, Annie, who are inseparable. Well, Nightingale wants to be with Annie every second. I'm not so sure about Annie...

The wild weather kept Christmas packages from the kids from arriving until after Christmas. But they were well worth the wait. Here are the beautifully wrapped gifts from the Washington family... The contents were equally lovely... including a much needed warm sweater for Johnny and impossibly warm and wonderful socks for me. And, of course, already unwrapped and partly devoured before pictured, were delicious treats from Jessica.

I should have taken a photo of the amazing and creative box from the California family. But it was all food which we opened and began devouring immediately. Yum! Our kids and niece Faiza (whose treats arrived well before the wild weather... hurray!) spoil us with food gifts. We like being spoiled. 

And we loved the holiday card from Steve's family with a photo of all of them, including Jupiter, the newest member.

Our new year will start with a raptor survey on New Year's Day followed on the 2nd with a Christmas Bird Count. What a great way to start what we hope will be a great year... or at least way better than 2022. May everyone have a healthy, happy, crisis-free 2023!