sunday
February 17th. Happy Birthday brother John. I had this made for him a long time ago - before Kathy was doing stained glass. I drew up the design and one of Dave's friends made it. John loved pheasants. Now I regret that I cheaped out on the corners. John was hoping to have bevels in the corners but I felt I didn't have enough money to pay for them. Back then I was counting every penny. I know he was a little disappointed but he took it well, as he did everything that disappointed him. Very stoic. He would be 71 if he was alive. Gone 15 years now. I had a little dream that he was in the night before last but now I can't remember it. At the time I remember I was glad to connect with him in it even if it was only for a moment.
Anyway, I took the picture cause we had such a beautiful pink sunrise this morning. Each morning the sun is coming up noticeably earlier. I feel energized when I think of warm weather coming.
Yesterday I made a big pot of vegan chili and invited Jules and the boys over for dinner. It was pretty good but I would have made it differently if I was making it for Dave and myself and not them. They don't like the texture of whole tomatoes or tomato pieces so I used tomato puree instead. Not as good in my opinion. I'm wondering if next time I use V8 or tomato juice it might be better.
A beautiful sunny morning (at the moment), though it's supposed to snow later today.
That's enough typing to fill the morning for now. Time to get onto something else...